Win 11 a worthwhile upgrade from 10 ?

digitaldreams · 21 Jul 2023 at 17:57

Win 11 has been out a while now. Those who have upgraded from 10, is it any better or worse ?. Did the upgrade from 10 go well ? (not fresh installs). Rumor has it that it's better for the new processors (better thread scheduler or something) but not heard anything else

Raumarik · 21 Jul 2023 at 18:55

Upgraded fine on 3 of ours at home, no real issues although as per previous versions there are additional things that annoy me, changes to the UI which seem unnecessary.
However I can't fault how stable it's been.

digitaldreams · 21 Jul 2023 at 18:58

Raumarik said:
Upgraded fine on 3 of ours at home, no real issues although as per previous versions there are additional things that annoy me, changes to the UI which seem unnecessary.
However I can't fault how stable it's been.

Upgraded over the old win10 (so all you apps etc were still there) or fresh install ?

Raumarik · 21 Jul 2023 at 19:02

Honestly I dont' have that many installed mostly office etc.

Only one I think I had to reinstall was an older version of photoshop elements but tbh that's OLD!

jklc · 21 Jul 2023 at 19:12

No issues at all with a 5800x system. Upgraded and besides looking a bit different here and there, it's basically the same thing. Win 10 was working fine but I just thought why not with the inevitable end in 2025.

Mr Jack · 21 Jul 2023 at 19:21

It has some nice window arrangement features, that's all I can think of that makes it different from Win 10. If building new it's a no-brainer, if you're upgrading an older system I'd say it was worth it if you plan on running it for a while just because of better ongoing support.

Raumarik · 22 Jul 2023 at 17:18

For context my wife's PC was upgraded to W10, then to 11. It's not had a manual fresh install for about 6-7 years and still runs well.

mi9tchy · 22 Jul 2023 at 17:31

windows 11 keeps moving things 'settings' around from week to week which is annoying and random tasks have extra sets added for no reason