Windows 10 or 11 for new build?

[Memes]

Building my friend's new PC tomorrow and was wondering if I should get him windows 10 or 11? I would be getting Windows 10 but sooner or later down the year they would make everyone get Windows 11 so is it worth getting him Windows 11? Hows the performance issues on Windows 11 as of now? Saw it was buggy on release but not sure how its been lately

[Tonepoet]

Isn't the upgrade from 10 to 11 still free, or did they end that program already?

If it's a free upgrade, then a Windows 10 license will be cheaper.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes that form of upgrade is still free.

However if it's a new build, yes use Win11.

If you buy a Win10 key for cheaper, this is totally fine.

Simply go make a Win11 24H2 USB Flash Drive, boot from this on new PC, enter the Win10 product key. It will work the same as if doing Win10 to 11 upgrade.

[N3tRunn3r]

New Build?

Windows 10 is about to reach its End-of-Life (EoL) soon.

Today you can also download and install official Windows 11 24H2 (Beta) ISO from Microsoft, which is already stable and be released to the public in a few weeks . . .

[Lixire]

If it's a new computer then just go Win11 at this point anyway

[Philco7a]

Neither. Linux Mint.

[alexmaru]

Originally posted by Tonepoet:

Isn't the upgrade from 10 to 11 still free, or did they end that program already?

If it's a free upgrade, then a Windows 10 license will be cheaper.

Problem with Win11 is what its unstable right now. Every month there are the news like "Microsoft reverts upgrade KB1234566789, because ... is broken / PC not loading, etc".

[Quint]

I would personally go with Win10 LTSC.

[Zefar]

Originally posted by alexmaru:

Originally posted by Tonepoet:

Isn't the upgrade from 10 to 11 still free, or did they end that program already?

If it's a free upgrade, then a Windows 10 license will be cheaper.

Problem with Win11 is what its unstable right now. Every month there are the news like "Microsoft reverts upgrade KB1234566789, because ... is broken / PC not loading, etc".

It really isn't unstable. It might have affected some PCs with the right setup and changes done to it.

I've install every Win11 update that has come out without any issues. At work where all PCs have Win11 there isn't an issue with the OS.

[Mr White]

Windows 11 as Windows 10 will soon be unsupported.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by alexmaru:

Originally posted by Tonepoet:

Isn't the upgrade from 10 to 11 still free, or did they end that program already?

If it's a free upgrade, then a Windows 10 license will be cheaper.

Problem with Win11 is what its unstable right now. Every month there are the news like "Microsoft reverts upgrade KB1234566789, because ... is broken / PC not loading, etc".

95% of those issues happen on crappy OEM desktops and laptops. Custom builds I rarely ever have had such an issue. And any WinOS user with any ounce of common sense should keep Windows Updates paused at all times until after update Tuesday passes and we see if those new updates cause problems or not. After about 2 weeks after update Tuesday (2nd Tues of each month) never leave WU unpaused to randomly dp what it wants when it wants.

[Çapgun]

I recommend Win 11 so new year Win 12 expected so free upgrade may apply.

Also ms integrating neural ai to windows 12 so its much more wise using Win 11 then upgrade to 12 asap.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Anything using Ryzen 7xxx or later or Intel 12th Gen or later should be on Win11 since Win10 doesn't do the cpu thread scheduling properly and they will never fix it since Win10 is already dead. All tbat it gets now is security updates until 2028

Most businesses like John's Hopkins will still be running Win10 for the long haul but their PCs are mostly using 10th or 11th gen stuff

So yea basically building any Pro/Gaming PC for last few years it's best to either use Win11 or hop on Linux

[Iron Knights]

Win 10 Pro can be chopped to behave if you turn off UEFI and Secured Boot.
They don't protect your system from outside attacks, only for Corporate, when a malicious person could exploit the 0.001 second & stop the system from booting, physically, on location.
But they do protect Windows 10 from being modified.
Must be knowledgeable to do the job of making MS behave on your HW, from Bios to Setups.
Win 11 much less so. Win 12 will be an MS Brick, just like iApple.

[Iron Knights]

Originally posted by Philco7a:

Neither. Linux Mint.

If the user doesn't play 3D Games or AAA titles, agreed.

[Iron Knights]

Windows 11 is also the "SKIP" version, just like 8.1, Vista, Millenium, 95, were.