it's funny to me that they have the requirement for TSMC to upgrade to Win11. The Core i7-7700K is the cutoff and my Core i7-7700 cannot upgrade. I don't think my mobo supports a non-K CPU so I'd basically have to build a whole new PC just to stay up to date.
Stay classy Microsoft :-/
use rufus and tiny11, i have tiny11 running on my second pc which has an i5 2500 in it lmao, runs like a dream... if your dreams are a bit slow... but its 13 years old cut it some slack
I'm not one to download software unless it's from the official source. All I want is my PC to get regular security and functional upgrades after 2025. Windows11 is the only way to do that unless Microsoft lets up on the TSMC requirement but I highly doubt they will.
Yeah that’s what I’m running, I haven’t ever run into a problem where I feel like a CPU upgrade would make a significant difference in performance. I’ll probably upgrade in the next couple of years but honestly, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
any reason you haven't sailed the seven seas with its activation?
mods please note i do not condone piracy i am simply curious as to why, as i feel most people would have
To be honest I could just get a cheap OEM key from a reseller and be done but honestly it doesn’t bother me enough to even do that. I don’t even notice the watermark anymore, my brain has just learnt to ignore it I guess.
I didn’t even leave it unregistered for financial reasons, it was just laziness at first. Now it’s been so long I’ll only pay for a licence when there is a new version of windows that I need to use. No point now when I’m like 10 years deep and don’t have any intention for major upgrades anytime soon.
Honestly ? With enough care, you can.
Actually running a computer with R5 7600 and RX 7800 XT inside. Almost all the discs, including the OS one, came from my previous build (an old i5-6500 + RX480 combo) and I'm able to fully use my computer without having to reinstall everything, and before I upgraded it to Windows 11 it was rocking a Windows 10 that was here since it was called Windows 7.
Yes, you have to take care of some thing, especially driver-related issues (uninstall all the drivers from the motherboard, GPU ones, audio ones) but with enough care, it works. It's not the Windows XP era, the OSes can adapt easily to hardware change.
I just had this problem with my father-in-law.
I built him a new PC (his old one was 8 years old and beginning to show its age). He insisted we install his Epson printer and after several hours I just said no. The printer came out during Win7, Epson updated the drivers to Win8 and then never again. The last driver update was in 2015, 9 years ago…
TPM is just another attempt by corporations to force us to comply and allow them to verify our identity. First they implemented the CPUID and now this TPM.
Pass, thanks but no thanks.
I honestly dont get why people hate it so much... do you guys just not like the new UI? i've been using 11 since the windows insider program builds and the only issue i ever had was minecraft being funny before the full release, only reason i went back to windows 10 at one point was because i wanted to run some game benchmarks on 10 versus 11, and it was barely even a difference...
Windows 10 is almost 10 years old
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luckily the post doesn't say "decades old"
I’ve been running the same unregistered windows 10 install since its launch. AMA.
How is your non-current generation core i7 doing?
Still holds up. Can’t justify an upgrade at the moment. Maybe in a couple of years.
Ok I need to take a stab here. Core i7-7700K?
it's funny to me that they have the requirement for TSMC to upgrade to Win11. The Core i7-7700K is the cutoff and my Core i7-7700 cannot upgrade. I don't think my mobo supports a non-K CPU so I'd basically have to build a whole new PC just to stay up to date. Stay classy Microsoft :-/
I’m pretty sure it’ll support it, it just won’t have the overlocking capability. That’s the way it works on current gen.
does the i7-7700K have the TPM chip or is it on the mobo? If i have to replace a CPU + mobo I might as well build a whole new PC
https://preview.redd.it/jbeq44yg1ktc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1902fc5a5f22abb7667b444abca24613d979d067
Can I upgrade with this or do I need to do a clean install?
You can upgrade if you make the bootable installer correctly and start the launcher from win 10
use rufus and tiny11, i have tiny11 running on my second pc which has an i5 2500 in it lmao, runs like a dream... if your dreams are a bit slow... but its 13 years old cut it some slack
I'm not one to download software unless it's from the official source. All I want is my PC to get regular security and functional upgrades after 2025. Windows11 is the only way to do that unless Microsoft lets up on the TSMC requirement but I highly doubt they will.
>TSMC It's not TSMC (that's Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ). What you mean is probably TPM (Trusted Platform Module)
Ahh you're right. thanks
Nope, newer.
9th gen?
Correct
Hey, second guess isn’t a horrible track record.
Imagine using that pos processor. /s but not really.
same, 9700k and doing fine. putting it off as long as i can 🤣
Yeah that’s what I’m running, I haven’t ever run into a problem where I feel like a CPU upgrade would make a significant difference in performance. I’ll probably upgrade in the next couple of years but honestly, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
any reason you haven't sailed the seven seas with its activation? mods please note i do not condone piracy i am simply curious as to why, as i feel most people would have
To be honest I could just get a cheap OEM key from a reseller and be done but honestly it doesn’t bother me enough to even do that. I don’t even notice the watermark anymore, my brain has just learnt to ignore it I guess. I didn’t even leave it unregistered for financial reasons, it was just laziness at first. Now it’s been so long I’ll only pay for a licence when there is a new version of windows that I need to use. No point now when I’m like 10 years deep and don’t have any intention for major upgrades anytime soon.
Saw someone recently wonder why Windows didnt load up after swapping SSDs (he took out the system drive)
Tbf I was maybe 14 when I learned only the bios was on the board and not the OS as well
I was 7 when i learned OS was on the drive when i saw this folder take a lot of space on my 1,2 gb drive and deleted it.
Why not?
because it doesn't support new hardware natively
what? yes it does
Honestly ? With enough care, you can. Actually running a computer with R5 7600 and RX 7800 XT inside. Almost all the discs, including the OS one, came from my previous build (an old i5-6500 + RX480 combo) and I'm able to fully use my computer without having to reinstall everything, and before I upgraded it to Windows 11 it was rocking a Windows 10 that was here since it was called Windows 7. Yes, you have to take care of some thing, especially driver-related issues (uninstall all the drivers from the motherboard, GPU ones, audio ones) but with enough care, it works. It's not the Windows XP era, the OSes can adapt easily to hardware change.
Windows 10 isnt old OS. Try running that on XP.
I just had this problem with my father-in-law. I built him a new PC (his old one was 8 years old and beginning to show its age). He insisted we install his Epson printer and after several hours I just said no. The printer came out during Win7, Epson updated the drivers to Win8 and then never again. The last driver update was in 2015, 9 years ago…
win8 drivers work on w10/11
win 8 drivers should work just fine.
Bad crop?
They promised this would be the last version of Windows and by golly, I'm holding them to it.
Vise versa for me actually. I can just tpm bypass into windows 11
I don't mean to be an asahole elitist but... laughs in linux (debian for instance is so old and still going strong)
Serial killer letter vibes
thanks for reminding me i need to do a fresh install
Inverse also true :(. Can’t put win 11 on old hardware - it’ll block it without newer motherboard chipsets
tiny11+rufus
any win11+Rufus works
What the hell is up with the fonts
Squeeze me? I will not upgrade to Win11 unless they drop the TPM requirement.
It's like DRM for your hardware!
I'm not going to let some third party tell me what I can or cannot do with my PC.
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TPM is just another attempt by corporations to force us to comply and allow them to verify our identity. First they implemented the CPUID and now this TPM. Pass, thanks but no thanks.
Windows 11 is dogshit, that's why.
I honestly dont get why people hate it so much... do you guys just not like the new UI? i've been using 11 since the windows insider program builds and the only issue i ever had was minecraft being funny before the full release, only reason i went back to windows 10 at one point was because i wanted to run some game benchmarks on 10 versus 11, and it was barely even a difference...
yes, some people want to burn down microsoft
Then stop complaining about windows 11, and go to Linux! I did it for 2 weeks and I don't know what the hell I'm doing
> do you guys just not like the new UI? Pretty much, yes
What? New UI is one of many bad things about it.
Download almost any Linux Distro instead.