Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is obvious that none of you Apple aficionados play games! ? You should also remember that Xi Jiping's most valuable "useful idiot" nowadays is Apple - Tim Cook has actually increased Apple's supply chain dependence on China in the last 18 months (source:NYT). A point to keep in mind if a trade war does break out, or, God forbid, another pandemic is let loose among us. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 11:40 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Answering the question in the heading : NO ! > > An Apple a day keeps the technies and doc away ;-) > > Amities > > Philippe > > > > > Le 29 juin 2021 ? 19:06, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > a ?crit : > > > > WIn11 requires a 8th generation or later processor.... so I looked up > how old these processors were: > > > > * *8th Generation, released 2017 to 2019;* > > * *9th Generation, released 2018 to 2019;* > > * *10th Generation, released 2019 to 2020; > > * > > * *11th Generation, released 2020 to 2021; ( Current processor) > > * > > > > Which processors is in MY computer? > > > https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000032203/processors/intel-core-processors.html > > > > or, if you purchased a computer that is now more than 4 years old, you > will not be using WIn11, in most likelihood. Your processor is too old. > > > > Says WHO? Microsoft! > > > > Is this definitive? NO. there are other requirements that must be met, > but this is the easy one to find and now, in my case, forget about WIN11. > > > > Is this a blessing? If you absolutely HATE having to re learn where MS > put all the gadgets you have used daily for the past 5 years, and detest > having to figure out where they put your opening page so you can find some > program, then YES, this is a blessing. > > > > If you are MR. IT Corporate America ( or World), and you have not > recently replaced the immense amount of computer items in your company, > this is a blessing from THE WOMAN himself. > > > > What are the ramifications of not being able to migrate to WIN11? Some > day, some piece of SW, or worse, a piece of Hardware, right after it is > automatically upgraded, will suddenly not run. THEN it IS time to trash > your old computer and buy a new model. > > > > When will this happen? When you are on a project with a completion date > is coming up and you are up to your eyeballs in problems anyway......ie, > the MOST inconvenient time. > > > > Expect Adobe to be the first to give us all a problem! > > > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > > > > I found that my Dell Laptop is not Win11 compatible. The processor was > the reported problem. > > Here is the most likely reason > > The CPU requirement may be more or less of a problem than it initially > seems. Microsoft has a relatively short list of supported CPUs from three > major manufacturers (AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm) that generally goes back to > Ryzen 2500 or Intel 8th generation Core?no farther. > > My processor is 5th generation. > > -- > > Frank Filippone > > BMWRed735i at gmail.com <mailto:BMWRed735i at gmail.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information