Will you upgrade to Windows 11 in 2025

What will you do after the end of support for Windows 10?

  • I will continue to use Windows 10

    Votes: 87 24.5%

  • I'm already using Windows 11

    Votes: 198 55.8%

  • I will upgrade to Windows 11, but only on the last day

    Votes: 21 5.9%

  • I will switch, or I'm already using, Linux, MacOS, or another OS.

    Votes: 42 11.8%

  • I'm only on console and/or mobile, so I don't care.

    Votes: 7 2.0%
  • Total voters
    355
Mercador said:
Win11 is not as good as Win10 but it's mostly fine for one year or so. They are still messing up with HDR from time to time.
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In what way is Win11 worse than 10? I can't think of any. It's basically a refinement of 10, like 98 was to 95 or 7 was to Vista, but even then, not as big of a change as those.

I really don't like the direction MS has taken Windows, but they took that step in 10. If you're on 10, then I really don't see any reason to stay on 10.
 
Oppoi said:
"It's not really that big of a deal" is the best sales pitch I could ever dream of for an upgrade. What did Sweeney say about MS buying Steam now again? Windows keep getting worse with more aggressive adverts and "whoops you're now using Edge and Bing" updates.

Edit. I know a better sales pitch that fits perfect: "It could be worse."
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You do realize they can just put adverts in the previous os right? When I say it's not a big deal i mean there is literally nothing wrong with it. Sounds like you've just been reading headlines and clickbait articles. Oh no windows 11 so spooky
 
I ran into almost no problem using 11 since it launched. I don't do much complicated stuff thought.

I also like macOS it takes time to get the hang of it but the experience is almost lag free, bug free. The updates are non intrusive.

On windows, you got to make sure your drivers are up to date , windows update all the time. Sometime there are slowdowns etc..
 
I've seen a few people mention Auto HDR in this thread, but it's RTX HDR that's the real game changer.

It's great for games with no HDR support but also ones with bad HDR implementation like Cyberpunk as it will always "just work" and look (to my eyes at least) indistinguishable from a good native HDR implementation without the need to faff around with plugins like Special K. You can even use it in emulators to breathe new life into retro classics. I'd say it's worth upgrading to Windows 11 purely for RTX HDR. It basically allows you to just play anything and everything in HDR.
 
diffusionx said:
In what way is Win11 worse than 10? I can't think of any. It's basically a refinement of 10, like 98 was to 95 or 7 was to Vista, but even then, not as big of a change as those.

I really don't like the direction MS has taken Windows, but they took that step in 10. If you're on 10, then I really don't see any reason to stay on 10.
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Yeah Windows 11 is just Windows 10. I'm almost certain that it would have just been an update to Windows 10 but they needed to change the number because they needed a hard cut-off to introduce the TPM and secure boot stuff.
 
On my next PC, I'll probably go with Windows 11 but I'm seriously considering a dual boot system with a Linux distro. Never done that before but all this ad and telemetry garbage that Microsoft keeps slowly adding in is becoming a breaking point for me. I need to minimize somehow.

God knows what Google already knows from my Pixel usage. Can't win them all.
 
ienjoyrawfish said:
I've seen a few people mention Auto HDR in this thread, but it's RTX HDR that's the real game changer.

It's great for games with no HDR support but also ones with bad HDR implementation like Cyberpunk as it will always "just work" and look (to my eyes at least) indistinguishable from a good native HDR implementation without the need to faff around with plugins like Special K. You can even use it in emulators to breathe new life into retro classics. I'd say it's worth upgrading to Windows 11 purely for RTX HDR. It basically allows you to just play anything and everything in HDR.
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This is literally the only thing holding me back from going full Linux.
 
I'll probably see what paying bills on my iPad is like.
If I can do all my bills on iPad and pc gaming on the SteamDeck, not sure I'll care much about PC.
 
I'm sticking to Windows 10 until the key I bought stops working. Then I'm going the Linux route...
 
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I have been using 11 for a long time now.

I used to be a big Microsoft fan. Owned several Surface machines (they really are the best kind of tablet, Android and iOS tablets are garbage in comparison), Xboxes, and the Xbox controller is the best controller, and there is no arguing this.

But...

I'll probably switch to Linux Mint when they roll out the perpetual screen recording crap to non- ARM architectures. I'll keep 11 on my gaming rig for PC gaming, but my main usage will shift to a laptop and a low-power desktop both running Linux.
 
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Will you upgrade? Who is gonna give me money for a new pc to upgrade to this new win?

Apparently it doesn't support my core i7 6500u

f that
 
diffusionx said:
In what way is Win11 worse than 10? I can't think of any. It's basically a refinement of 10, like 98 was to 95 or 7 was to Vista, but even then, not as big of a change as those.

I really don't like the direction MS has taken Windows, but they took that step in 10. If you're on 10, then I really don't see any reason to stay on 10.
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It's ok now but at launch, it was a bit finicky. I still have issues with dual displays. Win10 was more stable or my memories are playing tricks on me.
 
used it with my last pc upgrade
looks purdy but the menu system sucks like win10

at this point, just make the control panel for advanced users (and include all reasonable settings there), and give everyone else an "AI search" with fancy animations.
 
There was a time when I used to get excited for a new OS. Instead these days, I just wonder what shit is coming with the latest update.

Last OS related thing I enjoyed was installing an Android emulator. Maybe one day I'll try the Linux route.
 
The only reason I haven't is because I can't be bothered. But I'll have to if I want to be using all the latest drivers for the things I attach to my computer like my UAD apollo thunderbolt interfaces and my electronic music instruments.



For now as long as they keep making W10 drivers I'll keep using it till end of the year at least.
 
kikii said:
u might to need enable TPM 2.0 in BIOS unless ur comp is 5 years or older
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I need to do this aswell. My MOBOs are X299 and Z390 ( built them both back in 2020) both ASUS prime models.I just can't be bothered. But I'll have to at some point this year. I think anybody who uses their computers for productivity/ content creation of any kind will probably make the jump.
 
Kssio_Aug said:
Probably the same people that wouldn't upgrade from 8 to 10, and neither from 7 to 8, and neither from XP to Vista or 7. Just delaying the inevitable.
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I'm on a i7 6700k. It's not supported, otherwise I would have done so already. Can't remember the reason why it's not supported but my way below average laptop got the upgrade message and I installed it last year sometime.
 
drotahorror said:
I'm on a i7 6700k. It's not supported, otherwise I would have done so already. Can't remember the reason why it's not supported but my way below average laptop got the upgrade message and I installed it last year sometime.
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You can easily bypass the TPM requirements for Win11

www.pcworld.com

Windows 11: This simple new trick bypasses strict PC requirements

With a simple trick, the hardware lock for Windows 11 can be bypassed. That means Windows 11 can also be installed on older computers.
www.pcworld.com www.pcworld.com
 
Running widows 11 since 1,5 years when building my new PC and it ran fine for me.

Was really surprised that even with just an old Windows 7 edition I still could do the free upgrade.
 
A quick overview of the features and requirements of Windows 11.
Might be useful for people "stuck" on Windows 10.

 
Already been on it for a while, and I don't hate it...but the lack of great new features, the extra bloat of background resources ,the introduction of ads, and stuff like Recall have soured me.

I'd recommend anyone who wants the old right-click context menu back use Nilesoft Shell, and for a better start menu use Windhawk with the Windows 11 Start Menu stylizer (would recommend the SidebySide2 version).

That said, Win11 did a great job getting me to dual-boot linux, and mess around with some distros until I landed with PikaOS. The amount of apps I need only available on Windows keeps dwindling, so I don't see a far future with me on Microsoft.

Edit: I'd also add for anyone sticking with Windows, do at least de-bloat some of your system. I've tried a few different tools that remove telemetry and other junk from Windows, but I think ChrisTitusTech's WinUtil (free) tool has the better GUI to easily with presets in a few clicks remove the basic things, or customize what exactly you want to keep/remove.
 
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I switched to Bazzite for my high end desktop. It plays everything flawlessly that doesn't have Ring 0 anti cheat OR is an old PC games with arcane patches and mods.

I got a cheap laptop with Win 11 for those instead.

So I'm playing Expedition 33 at 1440p on ultra on my desktop and Gothic 2 and Morrowind on my laptop right now.

Win 11 many of the annoying issues of Win 10, but they finally added tabs on the file explorer and have much improved the various settings menus.

They also gave up on updates, which is hilarious, where they won't even check unless you manually initiate it.
 
Aenima said:
No.

Even if i wanted my laptop dont support it.
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Since this thread got bumped, things changed as i retired my old laptop for a new desktop PC, im using win11 on the desktop. My experience so far has been better than i expected. I tried win11 back when it launched and just using it for a few minutes was enough to find some bugs and weird behavior, but right now everthing seems smooth. Outside of some things changing places, my experience with it is pretty much the same i had with win10, maybe just slightly better.
 
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diffusionx said:
In what way is Win11 worse than 10? I can't think of any. It's basically a refinement of 10, like 98 was to 95 or 7 was to Vista, but even then, not as big of a change as those.

I really don't like the direction MS has taken Windows, but they took that step in 10. If you're on 10, then I really don't see any reason to stay on 10.
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Win 11 only has a single app kiosk mode for full touchscreen use.

Basically they killed all the fullscreen large big button start menu of 8, 8.1 and 10, meaning that one of the newer intel gen 13 SFF Lenovo's in our house primarily used for media/art with Iiyama 27"inch kiosk touchscreen is effectively stuck on 10 because 11 sucks for touchscreen by comparison.

The default context menu system on 11 is change - for change's sake - also shit.

On Win 11 home edition there is no way to even fix it with a reg key to revert to the classic all options showing that goes all the way back to win 95 V1. meaning that 10 home edition is worlds better than 11 home. I also hate all the moving of lower level config features and them fazing them out. Overall 10 and before is much better than 11 for interface.
 
I disabled windows updates years ago on Win10, have malwarebytes taking care of attacks I'm fine. No reason whatsoever to upgrade to Win11.
 
I somewhat recently was on Win11. But I had some major driver bugs with AMD that I would fix by installing AMD drivers but Window updates would then replace them automatically even though I had automatic updates paused. This happened multiple times.

Also, 16gb of ram wasn't enough for Win11. Chrome + 2 instances of VSCode and even the cursor started to lag. Then when even my monitor started having issues I had enough.

I formatted my PC, installed EndeavourOS (basically Arch but with an installer and default configs) and everything was working perfectly and still is. Games run great, I can have chrome + 3 instances of VSCode with programs running and everything still works fine.

I have no plans to go back to Windows any time soon. I'm staying with Linux.
 
Win11 has been fine for me. Whenever a new Windows comes out people complain. It's nowhere near as bad as Vista or 8. It feels like going from Win95 to Win98, basically the same but a little better. It seems to be better optimized than Win10 too. It handles HDR much better and has direct storage so games that support it load faster. Downside is all the data the OS wants to collect. Most of the annoying stuff can be turned off or fixed with a regedit. I also have a separate nvme with Catchy OS installed for gaming, and with the custom proton core it's pretty damn fast. If i need to do something in windows i'll boot back to it.
 
I started using Bazzite to begin to replace Windows. Linux has got so much better thanks to Proton. It's also a lot easier to use Linux with AI too. I've dabbled with Linux, but it has always required some coding to get the most out of it. Its much less daunting now that AI can do most of the work.

The real issue with Windows is not their annoying changes though. It's just a medium to run our programs in at the end of the day. The issue is that Microsoft's business model turned from selling us a product to selling us out. It's spyware. People shouldn't be accepting of these business practices when there are alternatives. A little inconvenience is worth it.
 
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