Windows 11
My laptop is telling me to upgrade to win 11. Anyone go from 10 to 11 yet?
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BobsYourUncle wrote:
Windoze could make older hardware work, they just don't want to...
I understand part of the problem, many of the older peripherals interfaced using 16 bit legacy DOS calls and functions. Sometimes it is a necessary evil to clear some space and not support old legacy devices. 64 bit Win versions do not support any 16 bit DOS calls and functions, 32 bit Win versions support 16bit DOS calls and functions.
Just because I understand the issue, it doesn't make me feel better though when I am facing spending $500 for a new laser all in one, a new color printer $200-$500 photo quality ink jet, a new color flatbed scanner, a new film negative scanner, new web cam, thousands of dollars in new software for all of my needs and much of the software there is no direct replacement for which requires multiple other alternatives.
Jury is out on Win10 in that aspect for me as I have a lot more work ahead of me but I will be at a min setting up at least one PC with Win10 32 bit to see if I can get most of what I have to work in some fashion rather than dumping everything into the trash heap, virtually nothing I have will work with Win10 64bit.
These ARE the reasons why I still have PCs with Win98SE, XP and Win7 (I skipped the lousy 8/8.1 era).
