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Kaydenyo
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Jan 05, 2026

Will Windows 11 run well if My computer is old?

I know it looks like trolling/ragebait, but please don't disregard it as that. I'm poor. This is my only computer. As you can see it is top 2025 technology /s

It is running with an HDD only and the graphics are Intel G41 express chipset.

Two years ago I used to use Windows 10 on this same machine, and you needed patience to use it. Another thing I did not like was the stuff it downloaded on the background (updates afaik). My internet service is like 2 MB so it had an impact. These things made me go back to Win 8.1.

But obviously this is not only really dangerous as internet is still needed, but Windows 8.1 is not really stable in my machine. Blue screens are more common.

Honestly I think I can get over windows 10 performance as long if its more stable (and also it would be actually safe to browse the internet, as I have planned to install Win 10 IoT LTSC). Honestly when working with slow systems, after everything has finally loaded or recovered from a lockup, the experience with the opened software its ok. Games are not a problem as the only games I play are Neo Geo games. The heaviest work I do in my computer is Video Editing, which I do with Linux on dual boot.

But also got curious from installing Windows 11 as people say its not so different from Windows 10, but I'm not really sure bc, obv, english speaking post are likely from a good country, and will probably be rocking hardware that is acceptable in todays standards, and therefore the difference between 10 and 11 would look like less from then, but at the end im speculating.

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