You might face the same problem as Jo does: The laptop reports that her existing Windows 10 is running out of updates and urges her to upgrade to Windows 11. But the following check says that there are some hardware requirements not met, indicating she would have to buy new hardware.
What to do? And why even is this happening? The hardware works fine, why does Windows 11 need other hardware? And what if I can't afford or don't want to upgrade? Is it a problem if I just keep using my Windows 10? Aren't there any alternatives?
To help answer these question our host Jo, invited the CTO of Acter, Ben, to the show again. Spoilers: there is an alternative to throwing money at Microsoft for you to continuing using your hardware – and it's even free and we'll briefly go into how to use that.
This and more in this weeks podcast episode of "Hack The System"
Notes:
- End of Life for Windows
- Windows 10 End of Support Microsoft Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support
- Disable Copilot on Window 11: https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/software/how-disable-copilot-in-windows-11
- Best Linux to switch to: https://jasondeegan.com/best-linux-distros-to-try-before-windows-10-support-ends/