[rescue] off-topic but advice needed for the involuntary hardware upgrade for Win 11?

[Lionel Peterson]

OK, but the idea of buying a machine current enough to RUN Win 11 is still a good idea.

There are lots of systems out in the refurb/surplus market at great prices because they are incapable of running Win 11.

The OP is looking for a Windows compatible MB/system, I propose using Win 11 compatibility as a useful cutoff/starting point.

The OP documented the reasons for running Windows, I see no reason to challenge his requirements.

Ken

> On Dec 18, 2024, at 17:45, Phil Stracchino via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
> On 12/18/24 17:22, Lionel Peterson via rescue wrote:
>> If you choose to build a system for Win 11, almost anything current should suffice, with a few caveats:
>> - quad core or better
>> - 16 Gigs RAM
>> - SSD for boot device (NVMe for the win, but SATA SSD fine)
> 
> Personally I'm hoping to give Win11 a pass if at all possible.  As far as I can determine it was in every way either worse or no better than Win10, even BEFORE Microsoft started trying to cram it to the gills with LLM artificial stupidity.
> 
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