Apparently my computer isn't good enough for Windows 11.

[kane_magus]

They "helpfully" let me know this with a large banner thing in the middle of the screen when I ran normal Windows Update just now. Apparently, the CPU isn't good enough or some shit.

*shrug*

That's fine. I wasn't planning to update to Windows 11 at any point in the near to distant future anyway. I only just updated to Windows 10 back in January (EDIT Jan of 2020, that is, of course; has it really already been almost two years? /EDIT) or whenever, and even that was only because they completely stopped supported Windows 7 at that point.

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[owsf2000]

If your computer doesn't meet the requirements for Win11 I'm fairly certain my bucket of bolts won't either. Granted I'm overdue for getting a real computer anyhow.

This time around, unless this computer bites the dust before I'm ready, I might see about ordering a comp from one of them online places like newegg or whatever. Actually get something that can Do Things.

Then again I'm still open to getting one of them Steam Decks if/when they go on sale for general purchase instead of just via the preorder placements. If most of my gaming can be done on that thing (Especially since it can be docked to a TV like the switch it's trying to copy) it'll probably encourage me to go linux full time.

[kane_magus]

My current computer is basically the "same" computer that I bought back in 2010... except with more/different RAM, the HDDs replaced with SSDs, the video card replaced at least twice, monitor replaced, keyboards/mice replaced multiple times, and so on and so forth. However, to replace the CPU, which is the current bottleneck, it would require replacing the motherboard as well, neither of which are something I'm ready to commit to just yet, both from a financial perspective and from a "it'd be nice, sure, but it's not something I truly need just yet" perspective. (For me, the potential to "upgrade" to Windows 11 is not a "welp, guess I need to get a new CPU now" situation.)

I.e. whenever you get a new computer, I'd suggest buying it piecemeal and putting it together yourself, if that's something you'd be comfortable doing. For one thing, it would likely be cheaper that way, and then you can also later upgrade it piece by piece as desired, rather than having to buy a whole new computer each time or whatever.

[owsf2000]

I don't think I've ever felt too comfortable with building PCs to be honest. My comp from 2005 I did a couple of minor upgrades myself - upgrading ram, installing some extra usb ports, etc. But the idea of putting the entire thing together myself is a bit daunting given I have the tendency to do the Wrong Thing and fuck shit up.

Not entirely opposed the the idea all the same, but I have to get some cash saved up first. I'd agree it'd be nice to have some quality parts at least for once. Including a case that's actually built to be easy to access shit unlike most of the prebuilt boxes you'll buy at the store where I swear it feels like they make it as hard as possible to get at the bays just to encourage you to go take it to a store to get repaired/upgraded. >_>

Which I never do, even if I have to find fucking tutorials of how to properly open and upgrade a store bought computer.

[kane_magus]

For me, I think the trickiest part of putting the current computer together was probably screwing the motherboard and power supply to the case itself. Everything after that was simply following the diagrams in the manual for the motherboard to make sure that the right cable went into the right slot on the board and such.

No, I take that back, the trickiest part was probably connecting the CPU, and then smearing on the thermal paste and attaching the heat sink fan to that and making sure the fan was housed correctly on the board and up against the CPU. But then, I've done that so many times (like, maybe half a dozen) by this point that it's kind of old hat by now. That said, I still treat the whole thing like it's made of glass every time I do it, all the same.

And yeah, having a spacious case is nice. My previous computer, before the one above, is one I bought pre-built when I first moved to WA, and it was the one that had that huge, inexplicable fucking bar on it, on which I snapped off a piece of the HDD/SATA connector and ended up literally destroying the CPU and CPU housing on the motherboard itself, which is what finally prompted me to have to buy the current computer in the first place. So... yeah... trying to build/fix/upgrade things yourself is definitely not without risk. That's the only time I ever had major problems of that nature, though... but then, even one time is one time too many... >_>;