Windows 11
Friday, 14 January 2022 17:38![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
claidheamhmorYesterday I had a go at installing Windows 11. My PC is not compatible (some components, like the motherboard, are a decade old), missing Secure Boot, TPM, and a compatible CPU, but there's a fairly simple workaround to bypass those prerequisites.
Anyway, it installed in less than an hour, and had no issues at all. Everything is working and behaving as it should.
The interface seems smarter and improved from 10 (but maybe I felt like a change), the Settings panel is much improved, and I like some of the taskbar improvements (still on the fence about it being centre-aligned though). Generally a nice experience.
I have noticed my CPU running hot in the last few months, noticeable from the noise of the CPU fan. I opened the case up, plugged in my modelling airbrush, and blew the dust our from the fins of the heatsink. That seems to have helped a lot; CPU is about 10C cooler now.
Anyway, it installed in less than an hour, and had no issues at all. Everything is working and behaving as it should.
The interface seems smarter and improved from 10 (but maybe I felt like a change), the Settings panel is much improved, and I like some of the taskbar improvements (still on the fence about it being centre-aligned though). Generally a nice experience.
I have noticed my CPU running hot in the last few months, noticeable from the noise of the CPU fan. I opened the case up, plugged in my modelling airbrush, and blew the dust our from the fins of the heatsink. That seems to have helped a lot; CPU is about 10C cooler now.