lemme in@lemm.ee to TechnologyEnglish · 3 months agoCan’t upgrade your PC to Windows 11? Buy a new one, is Microsoft’s laughable solutionwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareTrigger2_2000@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI can’t see investing upgrades into HW that old (I know I could, just doesn’t seem like the best use of money in the long run). Also, my partner’s SW is only available for Windows and I don’t feel like teaching them enough Linux to run Wine under it.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWell that hardware isn’t going to run a supported version of Windows anyway. 2 GB of ram should be enough
minus-squareTrigger2_2000@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat was my original point: it is running Windows 11 right now. A bit slow, but it runs.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWindows 11 requires 4 GB of memory and a newer CPU. There is no way that’s officially supported by Microsoft. However, somehow I think you know that. Just keep in mind it probably will have issues and updates may not apply. (No security patches potentially)
I can’t see investing upgrades into HW that old (I know I could, just doesn’t seem like the best use of money in the long run).
Also, my partner’s SW is only available for Windows and I don’t feel like teaching them enough Linux to run Wine under it.
Well that hardware isn’t going to run a supported version of Windows anyway.
2 GB of ram should be enough
That was my original point: it is running Windows 11 right now. A bit slow, but it runs.
Windows 11 requires 4 GB of memory and a newer CPU. There is no way that’s officially supported by Microsoft.
However, somehow I think you know that. Just keep in mind it probably will have issues and updates may not apply. (No security patches potentially)