Should I update to Windows 11?
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So Windows 11 was announced some weeks ago too much fanfare, a lot of Press of course, and a
lot of confusion. As a result, I am getting the question. OK, great Windows 11 should I update?
Normally the answer is it depends. It depends on a lot of different things.
In this case, the answer is actually really, really clear.
No, no you should not update to Windows 11. There's a variety of reasons,
but the biggest reason for most people is very, very simple. It's been announced.
And there are test versions of it around,
but it hasn't been released. It is not done. In fact, it's a long way from being done.
It is not ready for the general public. And no, you should not update to it for
no other reason than that, right? It's just not something that's ready for the general public.
It's not ready for you now if you need initial reasons I've got.
One of the things that has caused a lot
of confusion with Windows 11 from the get go are its requirements.
It apparently has new hardware requirements. My theory, of course is is
that's one of the reasons they went for the name change so that they could more
easily change the fundamental requirements for the operating system.
But the problem of course is that the operating system requirements have already changed a time
or two. I'm not convinced that the requirements that are in place today are going to persist
until Windows 11 is actually released. And to be clear, as I record this, in the middle of July.
Windows 11 will not be released for the general public for
at least another six months. We're looking at early next year at best,
so there's a lot of opportunity for things to change, and I think that one of the places things
will change is in fact in its minimum hardware requirements. We'll see how it shakes out.
The other thing this one is kind of weird.
It's not a reason I don't want it to be a reason. It's kind of like a curse.
It's the every other version theory of Windows. If you go back to Windows
XP it was popular. The next version of Windows, Windows Vista, well not so much. Windows 7
very popular. In fact there are many, many adherents to it today.
Windows 88.1 again, not so much. Windows 10, the
most installed operating system on the planet ever. Many, many people swear by it.
So the next one in the sequence Windows 11 would be in that not so much category.
We might be wanting to wait for Windows 12 before we really make any commitment to it.
Again, there's really nothing factual about that
analysis, but I just find it kind of cute that on the every other.
Version scale, which has held for a good
six or seven versions of Microsoft Windows. Windows 11 would be 1 to avoid.
Now I do want to point out that, honestly, there's
no compelling reason to move to Windows 11 right now, or potentially even later.
I'm not seeing anything that really has me super excited about Windows 11. What I recommend you do
is you continue to use Windows 10, which will be supported for years.
To come even after Windows 11 is released.
Just continue to use Windows 10. Continue to get your work done. Continue to keep Windows 10 as up
to date as possible and then a year or two from now when you get a new machine or when something
shows up that's really compelling about Windows 11. Make the decision then. But today, July.
Of 2021, no, there is no reason to even consider moving to Windows 11 because it ain't done.
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