I still saw new laptop still selling wit Windows 10.

So, which one is better.?

Win 11 for future proof

Go with the one more stable (win10)

then wait for the next stable version to come out (win12 etc)

Unless you dont mind experimenting then go for win11.
Anyhow, laptop can be easily reformatted

New laptop still with windows 10? old stock? New release now with windows 11 already.

Testing with various laptops that came with W11 and reformat to both W11 and W10. Sharing my experience so far.

It seems that W10 is running cooler and more stable. On W11, some apps are incompatible and may cause BSOD. Whereas, W10 works and laptop runs cooler.

If you like the simplicity of W11, then maybe it's for you. Probably not for dev folks which may encounter compatibility issues with W11.

Windows 11 is newer and has new features

Problem is compared to the older windows 10, its buggier, has some quirks and feature removals and just generally not a great experience for power users

If you go with win10, you will always have the option of upgrading to win11 without much hassle in the future
where as if you got a win11 machine, downgrading to 10 basically means wiping it clean and reinstalling

windows 11 for me.

I still prefer windows 10 for its stability.

This post has been edited by tekkaus: Sep 6 2022, 10:57 AM

I like Win 11 more.

I believe the system should be upgradable to Windows 11, right? Since the free upgrade offer is still active now.

For me, I've used both Win10 & Win11 on my 8th Gen system and I noticed that the system boots up faster under Win11 to my surprise, much speedier in overall usage too.

Running Win 11 on my 3 different PC.
works great actually, its stability still depends on hardware/drivers, the beta one occasionally blue screen on my laptop.
All 3 are AMD though

depends if you want stability or new features. Win 10 for former, and 11 for latter.

so far no difference on w11.

I think now my problem is....I am using a 10 year old laptop. Ha

new OS generally do not runs well on old hardware, especially made by Microsoft.
Linux is more suitable on older hardware and runs more efficiently.

Tested with the latest 2H22 build?

Not yet.
I have moved my start button back to left side. I think more user friendly.

No big changes otherwise.

11 since beta - Omen15T
Never had any problems - not even once

win 11 for me

Windows 11. I heard windows 12 coming out in 2024 though.

Even if windows 10 is more stable, we have to change anyways to windows 11 so it will be updated for long term. Win10 support will end Oct 2025. Unless that is fine with you, go with Win11.

"Win10 support will end Oct 2025"

not sure why people so scare about that. It's not going to uninstall itself, duh.
software is not a piece of bread that will mold after expired, duh.

stuff will still be made compatible with W10, no one will suddenly say "yeah we not making driver / software for W10 anymore", that's stupidity alienating out large chuck of their business.
if you worry about security issue there plenty of 3rd party security solutions. But then again, no matter how good your security software is, when the living thing in between the monitor and the seat isn't using it's 2 braincells, then nothing can save it.

will keep using W10, skip 11. See what happens at 12, if I still alive by then.
there's no real benefit of moving to W11 so far in productivity standpoint, you just inviting problems.

there's nothing wrong of using older OS as long as it works for the user's / device's purpose.
the so crucial machines that manage your money in and out... still run XP btw.

This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Oct 7 2022, 11:30 PM

Windows 10.

still on win10

tested win11 and it always have the printer driver problem where it cannot connect to my HP printer despite reinstalling the driver many times

I have tested both W10 and W11 last week.

If anything is below the 8th gen, don't bother. W11 will lag like shit even with 16GB RAM and NVME. Stick with W10.

If 8th gen or up, no problems even with the same specs. I'm guessing the drivers were not optimized for anything below the 8th gen.

Very true.

I have several machines still on 2K, XP, Vista, 7, 10, and the latest 11. All are linked together for file transfer and app sharing. Worried about malware? Install Spybot. Worried about intrusion? Install Comodo Firewall. Newer machines can use TinyWall or GlassWire.

I had some memory leak in 11 for few months. I think they disappeared after 22H1 and seems 22H2 is great. If you have newer ish laptop go with win 11

may as well wait for windows 12 and skip 11.

New laptop means which processor?

Last 2~3 years old laptop should run fine

actually win 11 memory leak still got, file explorer,
i tested on my new pc, keep open many file explorer, then close it, memory does not release
as windows explore still using it