Subj : Re: Windows 11 Upgrade Pr
To   : Mike Dippel
From : Lee Green
Date : Fri Sep 12 2025 08:02:00

-> On 9/11/2025 12:09 PM, Ky Moffet wrote to Mike Dippel:

-> -> I tried it on a middle-aged but decent HP laptop (midrange i5, 8GB RAM). 
-> -> It is certified for ChromeOS Flex, which seems to be the one that's 
-> -> available.
-> -> 
-> -> It runs, I'll give it that. It took over an hour to install, then it did 
-> -> a full replacement update even tho I'd just downloaded the current 
-> -> version a few hours previous.
-> -> 
-> -> Beyond that... unless I only want to do browser things, it is the most 
-> -> singularly useless OS I have ever seen. (Worse than the Android 
-> -> derivative on my unloved Kindle Fire, which runs better and at least 
-> -> mostly works.) It cannot use the Google Play store, which was the entire 
-> -> reason I tried it (wanted something with a screen bigger than a postage 
-> -> stamp to run the Starlink app). The help for Google Play just goes in 
-> -> circles.
-> -> 
-> -> Because of that, there is no way to install anything that isn't actually 
-> -> a browser extension.
-> -> 
-> -> Dark mode is weird, it's actually some sort of Night Light with a black 
-> -> background. All of what should be light or white are... orange.
-> -> 
-> -> So... yikes, NOT what I need in an OS, not even . But it was good to try 
-> -> and find that out!!
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-> Sorry to hear that.  I guess there is no perfect OS.  There are certainly some
-> drawbacks if you have a bunch of Windows programs that will no longer run on
-> your computer.  I found a way to upgrade Win 10 to 11 with no problems at all.
-> If you can do this, it is certainly the best option since you don't lose your
-> programs or files.

Which option of what program will upgrade to Win11 but not lose
installed programs?

-> My second computer is a Windows upgrade and runs perfectly.  The upgrade
-> doesn't speed up the computer, but the best thing about it that it extends the
-> OS to October 2029.

-> Mike Dippel


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