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Folks, I've been closely following the new Windows 11 operating system, and I've seen that a lot of emotions have clouded the issues.

The simple truth is that Windows 11 is a massive upgrade to Windows 10 that will only work on new, powerful computers. Windows 10 will continue to work fine on the rest of them.
 
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The only thing Microsoft does well is force software that is bloated with buggy, unwanted "features" down the throats of its unwitting user base; "features" they never requested but are forever destined to deal with - kind of like how the world must now deal with the likes of Microsoft's multi-billionaire owner - an unwanted, unrequested, "feature" which properties can't be edited to ignore of turn off.
 
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The only thing Microsoft does well is force software that is bloated with buggy, unwanted "features" down the throats of its unwitting user base; "features" they never requested but are forever destined to deal with - kind of like how the world must now deal with the likes of Microsoft's multi-billionaire owner - an unwanted, unrequested, "feature" which properties can't be edited to ignore of turn off.

Which is why I proudly use Linux Mint.
 
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The only thing Microsoft does well is force software that is bloated with buggy, unwanted "features" down the throats of its unwitting user base; "features" they never requested but are forever destined to deal with - kind of like how the world must now deal with the likes of Microsoft's multi-billionaire owner - an unwanted, unrequested, "feature" which properties can't be edited to ignore of turn off.

At least you can turn everything ugly about windows 10 off. Fontana, that horrible search bar, the new weather app thingy, and their new browser. You can't Uninstall them but at least you can turn them off/hide them. I'm thinking w11 will be the same.
 
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See? Emotions are running high on Windows 11.

The truth is, most of Windows 11's improvements are only cosmetic. And you can download many of them for free in the Microsoft Store.

IF you have a powerful new computer ("New" is defined here as "less than two years old") 11 will run slightly faster than 10. Otherwise, the greater power demands will make 11 slower than 10.

11 will be able to use Android aps. Few of them do something that Windows aps can't do. You will get a few more mid-range games, though. This is the ONLY thing that 11 does that 10 does not do.

And 11 will include the complex and controversial security system, which we will be discussing later.
 
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Folks, I've been closely following the new Windows 11 operating system, and I've seen that a lot of emotions have clouded the issues.

The simple truth is that Windows 11 is a massive upgrade to Windows 10 that will only work on new, powerful computers. Windows 10 will continue to work fine on the rest of them.
Well Windows 10 will continue to work fine tell 2025, so for only another 4 years.
Windows 10 Home and Pro - Microsoft Lifecycle
 
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A virus seizes control of your software, copying itself into every program you open. The virus program then does whatever harm it is designed to do. And more than five years ago, Microsoft realized that we had won the war against viruses--antivirus companies were manufacturing remedies to new viruses even before the bad guys had invented them.

Meanwhile, computer hardware was growing more complex. Monitors were actually more powerful than early computers, even having their own software programs. The first video cards were welded to the motherboard; modern video cards operated their own cooling systems and also contained their own software programs.

And MS realized that the wave of the future was malware that seized physical control of your hardware. And because this type of malware isn't a virus, antivirus programs usually couldn't stop it.
A completely new type of anti-malware protection was needed, but software programs weren't up to the job.
 
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that's funny. I recall ads for Windows 10 saying it would be the last Windows version insomuch that "your kids will be using Windows 10"
Michael, there's a bizarre story here.
Here's what seems to have happened:
MS hired a highly-skilled programmer named Nixon to help develop Windows 10, even before Windows 8 had been released. Nixon is not a permanent MS employee, nor was he an MS executive, nor is he authorized to speak for MS.
Speaking at a conference, Nixon explained that MS typically had people working on future versions of Windows, including far-distant releases.
In a famously 'out of context" quote, Nixon explained “Right now we’re releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we’re all still working on Windows 10...” In context, Nixon meant that no one was working on anything after Windows 10 because the operating system after 10 was not being planned yet.
The out of context statement blazed through technology sites, and MS never denied it. But MS never said that 10 would be their last operating system.
 
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Michael, there's a bizarre story here.
Here's what seems to have happened:
MS hired a highly-skilled programmer named Nixon to help develop Windows 10, even before Windows 8 had been released. Nixon is not a permanent MS employee, nor was he an MS executive, nor is he authorized to speak for MS.
Speaking at a conference, Nixon explained that MS typically had people working on future versions of Windows, including far-distant releases.
In a famously 'out of context" quote, Nixon explained “Right now we’re releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we’re all still working on Windows 10...” In context, Nixon meant that no one was working on anything after Windows 10 because the operating system after 10 was not being planned yet.
The out of context statement blazed through technology sites, and MS never denied it. But MS never said that 10 would be their last operating system.
It is pretty funny though, that commercial with the babies did say that your children will be using windows 10, so it painted a picture that MS actually was saying something like that. So it's still funny when I hear there will be a Windows 11. Maybe It's better to skip a version, Windows 10 had a very "beta test" vibe kind of like vista did so I stayed with 8.1.
 
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A few months ago, a cyber-gang encrypted the computers of a major US gasoline supplier. After weeks of refusal, the company paid the ransom because America's east coast was endangered by a gasoline shortage.

On a happier note, a gang managed to seize about 40 business computers, but the company rapidly fell back onto an alternate plan, with no harm done. But those forty computers would ultimately have affected about 1,000 businesses. And those businesses, with their customers, would have affected almost 1 million computers.

Windows 11 will include Microsoft's painful and controversial defense against these attacks. And painful as it is, I'm on Microsoft's side.
 
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In 2009, scientists invented the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chip. It encrypts the hardware on a computer so that extortioners cannot seize physical control of a computer. In 2016, Microsoft demanded that all new Windows 10 computers include the TPM 2.0 chip. The chip contains its own software program and costs less than $15 US. (Tech companies have raised the price now that they are in demand by people who don't realize that they already have one).

Unfortunately, no computer could use them. The first CPU chip able to use TPM was released in July 2017--most new computers didn't have that chip, and a lot of the other hardware in the computer couldn't use it. And Windows 10 cannot operate the chip. Since it did nothing, most manufacturers installed it but did not turn it on.

Windows 11 is designed for new, powerful computers, and it operates the TPM chip. However, TPM cannot operate on a lot of hardware manufactured before 2020.
 
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well I am quite content. I have a macintosh now. So I do not need to worry bout Windows or microsoft.
 
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Okay, on the bottom left side of your monitor is a search bar. Type tpm.msc into it. If it tells you that it can't locate your TPM chip, it hasn't been turned on. If it describes your TPM chip, it is turned on.

Don't worry--Windows 10 can't operate the chip anyway, but you'll need it turned on in order to install Windows 11.
 
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Microsoft released their second Windows Preview yesterday.

It corrects about fifty minor glitches in the first Preview. It offers one major improvement: there will be a Search bar on the Start page. There are also some minor improvements.

And you cannot install it if your TPM chip is not turned on, unless you have the first Preview already installed. There was some hope that MS would releaser two versions of Windows 11, with one of them not requiring the TPM chip; apparently, this won't be happening. The new Preview cannot operate the TPM chip, however; that will take a lot of power and cause problems that MS cannot yet solve.
 
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The Terrible Truth About Windows Upgrades

Windows XP, the queen of 32-bit systems, was built from the ground up to run on single-core 32-bit systems.

When MS introduced Vista, they neglected to mention that it was designed for dual-core 64-bit systems. They made it backwards-compatible and produced a disaster. As the internet raged over what a bad system Vista was, an off-brand company produced a low-powered budget laptop with Vista installed--and it ran great. Built from the ground up for Vista, its low-end dual-core CPU ran Vista just fine.

Requiring less power than Vista, Windows 7 ran even better. Requiring less power still, Windows 8 ran even better. And requiring even less power than any of them, Windows 10 ran the best of all.

But Windows 11 will require more power than any of them. Designed for new, powerful computers, it should run well on them. Otherwise, you will get an operating system that is not as good as Windows 10.
 
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In a cautiously-worded statement released yesterday, Microsoft said that most computers built in the last half of 2019 should be able to run Windows 11.

Notice that they did not refer to computers BOUGHT in the last half of 2019; they needed to have been BUILT in the last half of the year.
 
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Conflicting reports on the second Preview version of Windows 11 show that it drains laptop battery life about two hours--and it isn't even running the power-eating TPM program.

But other than that, most reports have the 2nd Preview running well on laptops that meet the hardware requirements.
 
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