grandmabee Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 Anyone using Windows 11 with 2022 ATX yet? Tech guy just said I should get new computer and not finding any windows 10 pro out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 Dell is still selling systems with Win 10 Pro including an upgrade license to Win 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacun Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 Please don't downgrade your computer just because... As soon as Windows 11 came on board, I upgraded and I have never had any issues. In your case, I would install ATX 2021 with its data on the new computer and then install ATX 2022. I always keep my old computer handy the next tax season. After the next tax season, I disconnect it from the LAN and turn it on when needed. I keep it for another year or two and then there is no need to go back to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbreck Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 I don't use ATX but I've had zero problems with Windows 11 and I upgraded the day it was available for me. That's over a year without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 Windows 10 Pro is available at Tiger Direct......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLMAS Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 If one already have 10 Pro and want to upgrade to 11 Pro for free, do you automatically get the Pro version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 I have been told that you cannot update 10 Pro to 11 Pro due to the fact that the 11 Pro system requires an entirely different chip and you need an entirely new computer. What is the real deal here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacun Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 hour ago, mcb39 said: I have been told that you cannot update 10 Pro to 11 Pro due to the fact that the 11 Pro system requires an entirely different chip and you need an entirely new computer. What is the real deal here? That's not true... unless when you purchased your old computer 4 years ago, you asked the technician to buy a 3 year old computer because you were afraid of windows 10 at the time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 I purchased the old computer with Win 10 Pro. Then I updated the Win 7 Pro computer to Win 10 Pro. I am only concerned about the one that came with Win 10 and that I use every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Depends on the processing chip in the old computer. Intel 8th generation and newer can upgrade, older than that can't be upgraded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmabee Posted January 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 But I don't refurbished computer. That is all I found on Tiger Direct. Tech guy said get a HP, intel I 7, generation 12 or above, SS drive, 1 or 2 TB. I think I will go with a Window 11 pro and hope no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medlin Software, Dennis Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 For the hold outs, the last time I checked, Microsoft will support Windows 10 until (at least) October of 2025. If getting a new box, there is zero reason to get anything other than a current OS. If software does not run on the current OS, it is time to get new/different software! It has been many years since MS released a new OS which was not reasonably backwards compatible. Yes, there is still a command prompt, and things like CD and MKDIR still work. What you might run into, is a program (programmers) who use undocumented API's, or elect to use some function or feature which is known to be deprecated, and tell their customers not to use a NEW OS because of "compatibility" (rather than a decision they made) issues. Or, a software dev may say something like "hold on", we have not done any testing with the new OS (even through devs have access early on to relatively close to release versions of the new OS). Just free thoughts, from a long time developer, worth what you paid for them. (I do not miss trying to stuff data into 300-400k of available memory, or having to come up with special code to hook keys into to do what they should have done within the OS.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmabee Posted January 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 The only software I run is ATX plus back years of ATX. Quickbooks Pro several different years on desktop and MS Office. I hate to spend the money on new machine and get an old program that may go out in a couple years. I usually keep my computer 5-6 years before I change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 For the hold outs, the last time I checked, Microsoft will support Windows 10 until (at least) October of 2025. If getting a new box, there is zero reason to get anything other than a current OS. I find this totally encouraging. I know time flies, but this allows me to stop worrying for a while. I just saw this morning that it is ten years since I took a 200 mile trip to take and pass a test that turned out to be redundant. The good side of the story is that I don't have to be tested every year to maintain AFSP status. This is a quirky and difficult business in so many ways. I wonder if we have to be a different breed in order to stick with it. Good luck to all this year! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medlin Software, Dennis Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 13 minutes ago, mcb39 said: I find this totally encouraging. I know time flies, but this allows me to stop worrying for a while. Microsoft is very transparent about their end of support dates. Any search engine will return a list. Most use such a list not so much for planning, but to see how far behind they are <smile>. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevM Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 I have Lenovo laptop with windows 11 and installed ATX 2017 thro ATX2022. All have been running fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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