Subj : Re: Windows 11 and Ryzen
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Mon Nov 01 2021 12:35 am

 -=> On 10-31-21  11:06,  Daryl Stout <=-
 -=> spoke to Matt Munson about Windows 11 and Ryzen 7 17 <=-


 DS> Matt,
 
 MM> It is a tragedy that MS will not move it to Windows 11.
 MM> Perhaps I will do better with a Raspberry Pi or Mac computer.

 DS> I did a search (with DuckDuckGo) on the differences between
 DS> Windows 10 and 11. While I've found some differences, Microsoft
 DS> has a page telling what the system requirements are, and what 
 DS> features were removed, among other items.

 DS> I didn't like them removing the Toolbar or view desktop folder
 DS> items from the taskbar, but I found I could pin the program to
 DS> the taskbar instead.

 DS> I do like the simpler Start Menu, and that I didn't have to
 DS> reinstall anything with the upgrade.

 DS> It does take a long time to download and install Windows 11,
 DS> and about as long for the installation to finalize...during the
 DS> latter, you can't do anything with the computer, except to be
 DS> sure it stays powered on.

Thanks for responding.  Unfortunately, A test for whether or not my
system can upgrade said that my system fails.
It is possible that the first two of its items could be fixed -- but I
do not really know what they are talking about nor how to do it.
[quote]
1. This PC must support Secure Boot.
2. TPM 2.0 must be supported and enabled on this PC.
TPM:TPM not detected.
3. The processor isn't currently supportd for Windows 11
   Processor: Intel Core I7-3770 CPU@ 3.40GHz
[/quote]
Even though my processor is 8 years old, I think it is pretty powerful,
runs Win10 Pro 64 without a glitch.

I left everything you said in the quote in case someone else would like
the spoils of your research.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


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