So windows 11 update tanked my system…

[BeTheGoddess]

A fellow VirtualBox user! Oracle ftw!!!

I honestly don't understand how anyone can use VMware.

I did a thread on TempleOS, chuck that in a VM if you're bored.

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First rule of engineering: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I figured out some time back how to actually get a computer to work with Windows. The trick is to not update the OS once it is stable. Microsoft releases upgrades when Microsoft needs money... as long as they release upgrades every few years, they always have a new product to sell. If they didn't release upgrades, the market would become stagnant. So we went from Win95 to Win98 to WinXP to Win2000/Vista to Win 7 to Win 8 to Win 10 and now Win 11.

The thing is, I am not interested in learning how to tweak a new OS every few years. WinXP was stable as a rock, so I saved a backup disc. Win 7 was also stable so again, I saved a backup disc, Win 10 is sunning on this laptop... it's fine for playing games and surfing the Internet, but for actual work like running simulations and creating data? Nope. It tends to reboot at will, runs the HDD excessively, and is way too heavy.

So when I built my office machine, I just installed Win 7. They said it wasn't possible to install Win 7 on a Ryzen5, and it is difficult... but not impossible. That machine runs like a champ, much faster than under Win 10. Now I have a backup Win 7 disc with keyboard support. If Microsoft wants me to upgrade, it's easy to convince me: make a new OS that works better than Win 7... otherwise I'll just use what works.

Linux is a far superior OS to any Windows version anyway... if only they can get a Windows emulator running right. I haven't checked on that in a few years now, so someone let me know if they have.

TheRedneck

Agree with you on all that. I stuck with XP like forever it seemed.

I havnt used WINE for anything serious in a while, but its so much better that it was 20 years ago.