TECH Windows 11 download space requirements

Doomer Doug

Doomer Doug

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Here is a link to give people some idea of just how BIG bill gate's new operating system Windows 11 really is in terms of download. It is a staggering 3.5 for a straight download, with eventual requirements up to nearly 30 gbs for your computer.

how many gb is windows 11 at DuckDuckGo

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IN my case, I have a 30 GB monthly download limit on Verizon, which means I very well could use up a large chunk of my total monthly download just to get this POS from that friend of Epstein's Microsoft Bill Gates.

I have several more months at least to download it, July of 2022 I think at least.

Anybody having computer damage issues from yet another of Gates upgrades/updates?

I can say that the antitrust waiver Gates got to force 90% plus of all computers to be loaded with his :poop: operating systems has screwed consumers for decades. I should have the right to go and buy a computer with ANY OP I want to, Linux, or even the old IBM one that I had way back in the early 1990's

Rant off. I hate both Microsoft and Bill Gates by the way. Gates is a serial sexual predator, possibly a pedophile with his buddy Jeff Epstein and a totally corrupt crook who has stolen BILLIONS in money from consumers and competitors. A real piece of work who even tried to screw over Paul Allen, no nice guy there either, as he was sick.

So, what is the verdict on Windows 11? download or wait until as long as 2025 when Windows 10 finally gets dumped?
 
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heelgeneral

Senior Member
Great post, and I've been having the same questions. I got the notification that 11 is available and don't know what to do either.
 
Kris Gandillon

Kris Gandillon

The Other Curmudgeon
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Running 11 on three of my computers. No issues. Smoothest, fastest and most problem-free Windows upgrade I have ever experienced.

I have a gigabit, unlimited data plan which helped the upgrade go quickly.
 
Pat Hogen

Pat Hogen

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Where did I read that the operating system has to be greater than 8 to operate Win 11?

Here -
  • Intel is 8th Gen or later, including Atom, Celeron, Pentium, and Xeon. It all depends on whether the processor supports Trusted Platform Module TPM 2.0.
  • AMD goes back to its 3 series Athlon, 7 series EPYC, Ryzen 3/5/7/9 series and Threadripper.
  • Qualcomm supports SD7c and later.
Microsoft did say that ongoing future support for older processors will depend on its capabilities, including a current minimum of 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, UEFI bios, TPM 2.0, Direct X12 and 8-bit colour.

If you currently run Windows 10 and can’t upgrade the PC, don’t worry. It will be supported to at least October 2025 by security patches and hopefully any Windows 11 features that may not need modern hardware. After 2025 your PC will still work, but no new security patches to protect it. So, no, you won’t have to throw it out, but you may find future apps may begin to need more than Windows 10.

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Windows 11 is a free and perpetual licence based on compatible hardware. Most of my recent PCs are suitable, and I want the added protection of an operating system hardened against 2021+ issues.

It has better multi-monitor and multi-tasking – essential for me as a rabid multi-tasker who can chew gum, walk, and whistle simultaneously. I also use tablets, and Windows 11 tablet mode is, shall we say, a proper tablet mode – not a hashed up unpredictable Windows 10 one. I love the idea of Android apps, albeit ones from Amazon App Store.

Windows 11 will enable me to make the most of my ARM-based Samsung Galaxy Book 2. Updates will be much faster – Windows 10 can be awfully slow. And I have some Wi-Fi 6E devices that I would love to be even faster. One reason I will be upgrading it to get rid of Cortana. I genuinely hope Google Assistant comes to Windows 11, although initially, Microsoft is cosying up to Amazon Alexa and its Android app store.
 
Pat Hogen

Pat Hogen

Contributing Member
Microsoft has published a list of initial specifications and feature specific requirements that apply to hardware and a list of Windows 10 feature depreciations and removals.
[ The specific requirements is a bit demanding, imo]

  • The Start menu is very different. Named groups and app folders are gone, and the layout is not currently resizable. Pinned apps and sites will not migrate when upgrading from Windows 10. Live Tiles are no longer available (new dynamic content Widget’s feature).
  • A key change is to the taskbar. It sits at the bottom (not relocatable), and apps can no longer customise it.
  • Timeline is gone – thank goodness – where all of a sudden your screen has different thumbnail versions of what you have done.
  • Cortana is less relevant and won’t help you at install time
  • Internet Explorer is completely gone, replaced by an almost hard-coded Edge browser that is harder to depreciate to another browser.
  • Tablet mode (annoying when you remove a hybrid keyboard or change orientation) is now more intuitive.
  • Gone (but installable) are OneNote, Paint 3D, 3D Viewer, and Skype.
No huge changes and no one should miss the depreciations. The fundamental changes are under the bonnet! Have a look at the Windows 10 vs 11 feature comparison
 
Pat Hogen

Pat Hogen

Contributing Member
Wait a while – or not
While your PC may receive a notification that it can run Windows 11, the roll-out will happen over a few months to avoid an internet melt-down. But if you cannot wait, you can jump the queue and go to Windows 11 download site.

Before you install, a) back up data, documents, photos and browser bookmarks and b) rerun the installation assistant just to make sure your PC is fully compatible. In future articles, we will look at some of the issues that may not be compatible and if you can get around that.

Next, download the Windows 11 Installation media install tool. It allows you to select either a reinstall over Windows 10 or a clean install. Reinstall keeps your apps and settings and is best for the average user.

A clean install is always better. Windows remembers that you had an activated PC, so you don’t need to worry about the activation code, but you must have the PC registered to your Windows account, e.g. cannot use a local login. But a clean install also requires a reinstall of all your apps.

Next, download the Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) to make an install flash drive (at least 8GB).

It is all pretty straightforward, but it will take time and will chew up internet data. And a reinstall can be rolled back to Windows 10 – a clean install cannot.
 
Doomer Doug

Doomer Doug

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hmm, I have a Lenavo laptop I got in 2020 so I did the Microsoft test and came back no problem. I have a little blob on my task bar telling me to upgrade, and obviously if you go into settings I have another one. I see no reason not to keep my computer on Windows 10 till 2025. After all, my cell phone has a update arrow for my chrome browser that has failed to update for the last 18 months. It works fine.

I have not had good experiences with Microsoft software generally. If it ain't broke, why fix it. The key thing for me is it would seriously impact any timebomb movie downloads I would want to make. I go on my 30 GB available at midnight tonight. It converts every 30 days and I really don't want to eat up a whole bunch of my 30 GB allotment just for some bs gates operating system.

I will just not do anything, possibly all the way to 2025, when my computer will be 5 plus years old and showing its age. I currently have my brothers old dell computer, no internet access, but I can watch movies etc on it if I need to.

Anyway, thanks for the info. :D
 
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ghost

Veteran Member
Doomer Doug said:
Here is a link to give people some idea of just how BIG bill gate's new operating system Windows 11 really is in terms of download. It is a staggering 3.5 for a straight download, with eventual requirements up to nearly 30 gbs for your computer.

how many gb is windows 11 at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.
duckduckgo.com duckduckgo.com

IN my case, I have a 30 GB monthly download limit on Verizon, which means I very well could use up a large chunk of my total monthly download just to get this POS from that friend of Epstein's Microsoft Bill Gates.

I have several more months at least to download it, July of 2022 I think at least.

Anybody having computer damage issues from yet another of Gates upgrades/updates?

I can say that the antitrust waiver Gates got to force 90% plus of all computers to be loaded with his :poop: operating systems has screwed consumers for decades. I should have the right to go and buy a computer with ANY OP I want to, Linux, or even the old IBM one that I had way back in the early 1990's

Rant off. I hate both Microsoft and Bill Gates by the way. Gates is a serial sexual predator, possibly a pedophile with his buddy Jeff Epstein and a totally corrupt crook who has stolen BILLIONS in money from consumers and competitors. A real piece of work who even tried to screw over Paul Allen, no nice guy there either, as he was sick.

So, what is the verdict on Windows 11? download or wait until as long as 2025 when Windows 10 finally gets dumped?
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THE NEW WINDOWS 11, IS NOTHING BUT UPDATED SPY WARE. BE CAREFUL WITH USING IT OR DO NO INSTALL IT.
 
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Mercury3

Veteran Member
Kris Gandillon said:
Running 11 on three of my computers. No issues. Smoothest, fastest and most problem-free Windows upgrade I have ever experienced.

I have a gigabit, unlimited data plan which helped the upgrade go quickly.
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Same here. I upgraded one of my laptops yesterday and it went unexpectedly well. Actually I went ahead and did a clean install rather than the upgrade. It went fairly fast in comparison to all the other new versions I've ever done.

It seems to be running well. The only issue I have right now is my bluetooth logitec m590 mouse won't work in bluetooth mode (It's working with the dongle though) I'll probably get it figured out I just haven't had time to look into it further yet.
 
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meandk0610

Veteran Member
The biggest problem I have with it is that it forces you to use a Microsoft account. Guaranteed they are going to database your MAC address and probably anything connected to the same network.
 
subnet

subnet

Boot
On an enterprise level, my team and I are the first at my work..
Snipping tool broke on one
Copy and paste is hosed for 3
1 program required a reg fix for everyone
And now, we have a team one note covering all the issues and the fix, if there is one.
My personal thoughts so far, thier programmers no longer follow the basics, things are supposed to be intuitive/user friendly and are not, they took the most basic of things and hosed them up, the save function ect...
Why fix what was not broken, unless they are like middle management, coming up with BS to make excuses for their positions.
Of course we do have team members that it doesn't matter what MS does they love it...lol
 
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susie0884

susie0884

Dooming since 1998
I am still running Windows 8.2 and I am happy enough with it since I switched it over to the desktop default view. I turned off the updates after that so it wouldn't give me Windows 10 when I wasn't looking. In fact I think I had to hunt down that particular file and delete it. Since the fan has never worked properly in it, I have expected that PC to go poof at any moment, but it is still kicking for me after 7 years (though it did let out a big puff of smoke some years back, and I thought it was toast then. I took the back off and vacuumed it out.) This HP has been my longest running device ever. Obviously, I am not a gamer, and I am not working from home, so I don't need all the bells and whistles.
 
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ChicagoMan74

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Mercury3

Veteran Member
Mercury3 said:
Same here. I upgraded one of my laptops yesterday and it went unexpectedly well. Actually I went ahead and did a clean install rather than the upgrade. It went fairly fast in comparison to all the other new versions I've ever done.

It seems to be running well. The only issue I have right now is my bluetooth logitec m590 mouse won't work in bluetooth mode (It's working with the dongle though) I'll probably get it figured out I just haven't had time to look into it further yet.
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Just back to update I got my logitech bluetooth mouse working and the issue did not have anything to do with Windows 11.

My windows 11 upgrade seems to be running very well. Only a few minor changes to get use to.

As far as the adware/spyware post someone else above mentioned I have no idea yet. I wouldn't doubt it though.
 
Sozo

Sozo

Insignificant Contributor
meandk0610 said:
The biggest problem I have with it is that it forces you to use a Microsoft account. Guaranteed they are going to database your MAC address and probably anything connected to the same network.
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I'm running Win11 and don't have a Microsoft account.
 
AlfaMan

AlfaMan

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Doomer Doug said:
Here is a link to give people some idea of just how BIG bill gate's new operating system Windows 11 really is in terms of download. It is a staggering 3.5 for a straight download, with eventual requirements up to nearly 30 gbs for your computer.

how many gb is windows 11 at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.
duckduckgo.com duckduckgo.com

IN my case, I have a 30 GB monthly download limit on Verizon, which means I very well could use up a large chunk of my total monthly download just to get this POS from that friend of Epstein's Microsoft Bill Gates.

I have several more months at least to download it, July of 2022 I think at least.

Anybody having computer damage issues from yet another of Gates upgrades/updates?

I can say that the antitrust waiver Gates got to force 90% plus of all computers to be loaded with his :poop: operating systems has screwed consumers for decades. I should have the right to go and buy a computer with ANY OP I want to, Linux, or even the old IBM one that I had way back in the early 1990's

Rant off. I hate both Microsoft and Bill Gates by the way. Gates is a serial sexual predator, possibly a pedophile with his buddy Jeff Epstein and a totally corrupt crook who has stolen BILLIONS in money from consumers and competitors. A real piece of work who even tried to screw over Paul Allen, no nice guy there either, as he was sick.

So, what is the verdict on Windows 11? download or wait until as long as 2025 when Windows 10 finally gets dumped?
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Tell Microsoft to stick it and use a Linux OS. Yank out the current hard drive and toss it in the trash can so there will be zero trace of Windoze on your computer. Get a good linux distribution and an SSD hard drive and don't look back.

The Linux install I did on both my laptops came out to around 8.5 gig. But that's only because I chose to add additional software (like server functions, mail server functions, etc). My laptops are swiss army knives when it comes to software-I probably won't ever use the extra programs, but it's nice to have them here on a fully encrypted hard drive if needed.
 
Doomer Doug

Doomer Doug

TB Fanatic
Thanks. Alfa man but I don t plan to do anything till 2025. The debt will likely default on December 3rd, so not much point doing anything for a while.

After the Wisconsin massacre, race war is both imminent and inevitable. Need to focus on combat skills and not computer operating systems.

Hell, Alfaman china, russia and conus may be lit up by Thanksgiving which is Thursday. :shkr:
 
BornFree

BornFree

Came This Far
Gen 8 intel processors did not even get released until Sep 2017. This means Gen 7 was being sold at least into 2018. Microsoft has cut all those people off who have computers that are less than 4 years old. In some cases probably less than 3 years old. Not very bright in my opinion.
 
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