Question Is it recommended to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 23H2 now or wait until next summer?

[tablespoon]

Hi, I recall there were some issues at the beginning and some recommended not to upgrade to Windows 11. Are there any issues now?
I activated TPM on the BIOS of my motherboard yesterday. Windows 11 upgrade was not available at that time but it is available now. Is it recommended to upgrade now or wait until the previous day it loses support?

 

[3-5105]

The issues that most of my friends encountered when upgrading to Windows 11 are as follows:
1. Legacy applications may experience compatibility issues.
2. Applications closely related to the system may experience compatibility issues.
3. The new layout and UI are difficult to get used to.
4. Malicious bugs within Windows itself (but this problem rarely occurs now).

If you believe that issues 1 to 3 will not occur for you, and you are not in a hurry, then you can certainly upgrade to Windows 11. If you think you are likely to encounter these problems, you might want to wait.

Additionally, if you are capable, you can install Windows 11 on a separate partition without uninstalling the existing Windows 10, so you have two systems that you can start at any time. The advantage of doing this is: if you find Windows 11 unsatisfactory, your Windows 10 data will remain intact, and you can safely revert back to Windows 10 at any time.

Finally: My native language is Chinese, and ChatGPT created this English translation for me, so please be aware of any potential errors in meaning.

 

[Muse]

I have two SSDs in both of my Windows 10 laptops. Could I install Windows 11 on the secondary SSDs of those machines? Or would I need to repartition the main SSDs? They are 1 TB main drives. The secondary SSDs are 256GB.

Another question: In Settings/System of this (one of the 2 laptops mentioned) I search on "reset" and have several options, among them:

Reset this PC

Reset your Thinkpad to its default settings

Create a restore point

Does Reset this PC wipe everything and make the machine act as if newly out of the box?

Another question: If I install Windows 11, will I have the ability to do the same, i.e. Reset this PC, meaning I get a fresh install of Windows 11? This is particularly of interest to me because both my Windows 10 machines have issues and an upgrade to Windows 11 I figure may not resolve those issues, but a fresh install of W11 might.

 

[Muse]

I ran translate on your Chinese:

I have two SSDs on both of my Windows 10 laptops. Can I install Windows 11 on the secondary SSD on these machines? Or do I need to repartition the primary SSD? They are 1 TB primary drives. The secondary SSD is 256GB.

Another question: In settings/system on this laptop (one of the 2 mentioned), I searched for "reset" and there are several options, including:

Reset this PC

Reset Thinkpad to default settings

Create a restore point

Will resetting this PC erase everything and make the machine work like it just came out of the box?

Another question: If I installed Windows 11, would I have the ability to do the same thing, i.e. reset this PC, meaning I reinstalled Windows 11? This is particularly interesting to me because both of my Windows 10 machines have issues that I think upgrading to Windows 11 might not fix, but reinstalling W11 might.

Regarding installing Windows 11 on a secondary drive, in theory, it is possible. However, if you need to choose which system to start when booting, you need to deal with your system boot program.
Because I am not sure about the specific situation of your computer, I cannot give a definite solution. In addition, handling the boot program requires certain expertise, and improper operation will cause the original system to be unable to start.

Regarding the three reset options you mentioned, none of them can guarantee the complete restoration of system files and installed drivers, so there is no guarantee that they can be restored.

Regarding the third question, yes, your newly installed Windows 11 means that you get a brand new Windows 11 system

 

[mindless1]

Silly monkeys think a bigger number is a better thing.

Windows 11 < Windows 10 < Windows 8 < Windows 7.

From a GUI standpoint, Windows 7 < WinXP < Win2K, but much hardware support was added in those changes.

It is fairly simple. What does Win11 bring that you need? I accept any valid answer. If you have nothing, then don't "upgrade" because it isn't one.

Someone is bound to mumble something vague about security, which they cannot substantiate. If it helps you sleep better at night, then switch to Win11. At least that is something. I only wish that something this trivial was a reason to lose sleep.

 

[Muse]

Silly monkeys think a bigger number is a better thing.

Windows 11 < Windows 10 < Windows 8 < Windows 7.

From a GUI standpoint, Windows 7 < WinXP < Win2K, but much hardware support was added in those changes.

It is fairly simple. What does Win11 bring that you need? I accept any valid answer. If you have nothing, then don't "upgrade" because it isn't one.

Someone is bound to mumble something vague about security, which they cannot substantiate. If it helps you sleep better at night, then switch to Win11. At least that is something. I only wish that something this trivial was a reason to lose sleep.

So is there nothing about support suspended that frightens? Does it mean you are subject to recently discovered and exploited vulnerabilities that won't be addressed by Microsoft? That would be an obvious concern. If there's nothing to that then, yes, I suppose continuing to run an unsupported OS might be fine. But I hesitate to run a browser on Windows XP, myself. If you're not running a browser I suppose your computer is pretty opaque.

 

[3-5105]

So is there nothing about support suspended that frightens? Does it mean you are subject to recently discovered and exploited vulnerabilities that won't be addressed by Microsoft? That would be an obvious concern. If there's nothing to that then, yes, I suppose continuing to run an unsupported OS might be fine. But I hesitate to run a browser on Windows XP, myself. If you're not running a browser I suppose your computer is pretty opaque.

If it's just a security problem, I think it can be solved by installing third-party security software. Windows XP + security software still has a much lower resource footprint than Windows 11