1066familyman
Radio User
- Jan 15, 2008
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I have purchased one old Windows 7 laptop for about £200 about 10 years ago. I've used various releases of Linux Mint on it with no hassle turn it on and works.
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[Help] Laptop won't upgrade to Windows 11 - do I need a new one?
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1066familyman
Radio User
- Jan 15, 2008
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My ongoing digitised music collection is backed up on 3 external HDs and two 512gb sd cards. We can't be too careful with the things that really matter in life
Just waiting for the prices to come down, which they will, for the 1tb cards next.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 26,582
MacOS is an appalling user experience. For the record I have both a Mac and a Windows PC for work.
Performance wise the Mac has a much better battery life and never overheats. The PC overheats all the time so badly I have to run in on a special heat extracting fan.
Apple were definitely ahead in terms of UI years ago, but have got complacent and to me it feels old.
For home, Ubuntu (Linux) is a dream to use and gets progressively better.
My surface go 1 is a lovely little machine running Ubuntu. It even supports the touch screen. I recently had to buy a new keyboard cos I split water all over it (£35)
So for the money, I've built a lovely and hugely portable machine for £135. At todays prices I could it for much less.
Next time, I'll get a refurbished surface go 2 and do the same. Just waiting for the prices to come down.
The surface is a lovely bit of kit with an operating system that kills them. I've got the bigger one as well (probably 8 years old). I've been using that to remote into my other PCs, but I'm going to dual boot with Ubuntu because I've had such a great experience recently with the latest version.
My current issue, those sneaky guys at MS have been overwriting the dual boot menu, but I'll work that out.
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boik
Well-known member
Linux on a Mac book is a lovely experience. Best of all worlds.
dadams2k11
ID10T Error
You can still upgrade it to Win 11.
You will need to do a few things, though.
- A USB memory stick with 10GB of space
- You will need to download Windows 11 - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
- Download Rufus USB boot creator - https://rufus.ie/downloads/
You create a bootable Windows 11 image with Rufus, and it basically stops all the compatibility checks and bypasses your CPU issue.
Instructions on creating the boot drive -
You simply plug the USB stick into the laptop once you are in Windows 10, open the USB stick and click on Set up and sit back and wait.
You will need to do a few things, though.
- A USB memory stick with 10GB of space
- You will need to download Windows 11 - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
- Download Rufus USB boot creator - https://rufus.ie/downloads/
You create a bootable Windows 11 image with Rufus, and it basically stops all the compatibility checks and bypasses your CPU issue.
Instructions on creating the boot drive -
You simply plug the USB stick into the laptop once you are in Windows 10, open the USB stick and click on Set up and sit back and wait.
Madafwo
I'm probably being facetious.
- Nov 11, 2013
- 1,917
That's what I've done on my old laptop but stopped short of recommending it as it won't install the latest updates, so it's kind of no different to Windows 10 in this case.
Coldeanseagull
Opinionated
Out of curiosity, I checked what my compatibility issue is. Apparently to change it to UEFI(protected boot thing), I need to adjust it from legacy boot but it's not installed on GPT but the usual MBR so I'd have to do a clean install anyway. Linux it is as per my original plan.
dadams2k11
ID10T Error
It should definitely do updates once you're on Win 11.
This thread prompted me to finally make the switch to Linux. I've been wanting to upgrade the SSD in my laptop, so I bought a new one and did a clean install of Linux Mint.
It's been many years since I last used Linux on a PC and they really have made the process so much more user-friendly. I installed all the programs I used regularly in Windows with no issues. It's basically Windows without all the crap you don't want running in the background. I don't think I'll be switching back any time soon.
It's been many years since I last used Linux on a PC and they really have made the process so much more user-friendly. I installed all the programs I used regularly in Windows with no issues. It's basically Windows without all the crap you don't want running in the background. I don't think I'll be switching back any time soon.
Surrey Phil
Well-known member
- Aug 3, 2010
- 1,582
Do you know, with the link you provided (which is brilliant by the way) if it comes with Windows 11 or do you have to buy this separately?
Blues Guitarist
Well-known member
If you had bought a Mac you would not need to upgrade, so in the long term you would be saving money. I'm writing this email on an iMac I bought in 2017. It's as good as new.
Coldeanseagull
Opinionated
Ive used Mint, but for a linux OS it's quite a memory hungry system....not like windoze, but a bit grabby. Also, being Debian/Ubuntu based it's a bit 'same as'. Nothing wrong with that, but it's like going to a sweet shop and not knowing what to choose
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Yes it does. I have my son's old computer just to run RDR2 on the TV and it had this stupid compatibility issue. I used the method described and it updates perfectly.
Coldeanseagull
Opinionated
I take that back. Just tried it and it's a lot more user friendly and compatible than a few years ago...Let's see how the
I'll try this if the