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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#31 Post by axur-delmeria » Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:52 pm

kfzhu1229 wrote:
Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:32 pm
But if that does indeed work does it mean a NVS140M based T61 would also run Windows 11?
That depends on whether DX12 is a hard requirement or not.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#32 Post by ThinkPad560X » Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:22 am

I'm trying to install 11 on a T520, not a T510. The Pentium 4s that will handle a Windows 10 x64 is a Pentium 4 HT Prescott and cedarmill witch is around 2005-2006 processor and had the NX bit requirement for windows 8. The onboard GPU on the M51/M52s support 10 as well but I have a Nvidia GTX 960 4GB in them and I think the card support DX12.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#33 Post by ModelMman » Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:41 am

I have successfully installed the Windows 11 Insider Preview on my T430.
Some clever people have made a registry-edit-file that removes the need for TPM and Secure Boot.
I used the video instruction below, but there are also lots of others on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF80cnIJ24M
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#34 Post by ModelMman » Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:48 am

I got it installed on my T410s as well. Didn't test it long, but seemed to run just as fast as Win10 on that machine, which just shows that Microsofts "supported CPU list" is pure BS.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#35 Post by kfzhu1229 » Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:55 pm

axur-delmeria wrote:
Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:52 pm
kfzhu1229 wrote:
Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:32 pm
But if that does indeed work does it mean a NVS140M based T61 would also run Windows 11?
That depends on whether DX12 is a hard requirement or not.
Actually I think by now the "updated" requirements are all utter bs in terms of what Windows 11 actually requires to get it working!
Have a look at this: a Dell Latitude D630 with a weak sauce NVS 135M graphics chip up and running in Windows 11 Pro developer preview.
So good news to 4:3 loyalists I guess that a frankenpad can still run Windows 11 no problem!
T60 owners however will definitely need a Core 2 duo upgrade to get it to run at all and then the poor Merom based Core 2 duos will surely struggle with this.
So, with the exception of requiring x64 as a requirement over Windows 10 and perhaps more RAM, basically other guides for minimum requirements are all planned obsolescence.
This is just gonna make Windows 11 a less appealing upgrade over Windows 10
https://youtu.be/6C_CF2wMHeg
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#36 Post by axur-delmeria » Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:46 pm

kfzhu1229 wrote:
Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:55 pm
Actually I think by now the "updated" requirements are all utter bs in terms of what Windows 11 actually requires to get it working!
Have a look at this: a Dell Latitude D630 with a weak sauce NVS 135M graphics chip up and running in Windows 11 Pro developer preview.
So good news to 4:3 loyalists I guess that a frankenpad can still run Windows 11 no problem!
T60 owners however will definitely need a Core 2 duo upgrade to get it to run at all and then the poor Merom based Core 2 duos will surely struggle with this.
So, with the exception of requiring x64 as a requirement over Windows 10 and perhaps more RAM, basically other guides for minimum requirements are all planned obsolescence.
This is just gonna make Windows 11 a less appealing upgrade over Windows 10
https://youtu.be/6C_CF2wMHeg
Win11 hard/soft requirements aside, the T60/X60/R60/Z61 generation will still struggle due to the 3GB RAM limitation. From experience with clients' machines running Win 10, 2GB RAM is for masochists and 4GB RAM is OK for basic use.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#37 Post by kfzhu1229 » Fri Jul 02, 2021 3:55 pm

axur-delmeria wrote:
Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:46 pm
Win11 hard/soft requirements aside, the T60/X60/R60/Z61 generation will still struggle due to the 3GB RAM limitation. From experience with clients' machines running Win 10, 2GB RAM is for masochists and 4GB RAM is OK for basic use.
Yup that's also true. I imagine both the RAM and even the best of the Merom Socket M CPU's are gonna struggle extra hard in Windows 11, not helping with the fact that support for DirectX 9 only graphics is already quite poor in Windows 10, with the Intel 945 series of graphics behaving like a slideshow and both ATI and NVidia cards of that era not aging any better in Win10 thanks to poor driver support
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#38 Post by ThinkPad560X » Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:06 pm

On my ThinkCentre M93p, I ran whynotwin11 and everything is all checked green accept TPM witch says I have TPM 1.2. Is there a Lenovo firmware update to 2.0? On HP and DELL websites their is a firmware update from 1.2 to 2.0.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#39 Post by kfzhu1229 » Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:33 pm

ThinkPad560X wrote:
Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:06 pm
On my ThinkCentre M93p, I ran whynotwin11 and everything is all checked green accept TPM witch says I have TPM 1.2. Is there a Lenovo firmware update to 2.0? On HP and DELL websites their is a firmware update from 1.2 to 2.0.
What Dell did was it provided an utility for you to choose between TPM 1.2 vs TPM 2.0 on systems that support both. The two standards are completely non-interchangeable and TPM2.0 only works UEFI based OS.
And those are only available on Skylake and later systems, which unfortunately the M93p is too old for anyway.
Seems like the only way around is to keep modding the dll file so that Windows 11 doesn't check for this.
But then you also know that the "health app" is already taken down and it's one of those sorry not sorry situations where you don't exactly know if Microsoft is considering relaxing the requirements or not.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#40 Post by ThinkPad560X » Sun Jul 04, 2021 11:44 pm

I guess we'll see what Microsoft does. If anything they may not change anything as NEW pc sales is their way of making money off OEM. It even says on their windows 11 page if you have windows 10 and meet the requirements then windows 11 will be a free upgrade. If they do change anything, they may allow 7th gen systems to upgrade, but 6th and older will not.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#41 Post by ThinkPad560X » Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:36 am

This can answer any questions about TPM and Secure boot for Windows 11. The full release version may or may not require TPM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRFnOh_pqX8
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#42 Post by w0qj » Mon Jul 05, 2021 9:47 pm

Why must everyone get the newest and latest Windows, ASAP?
Why not upgrade (if you must) from Windows 10 in 2024 (hopefully later--if there's more MS Windows Update extension).

By then, perhaps Windows 12 would be around!!

Consider the (curse) of the every-other-generation of Windows OS:

Windows 98 ==> successful

Windows ME ==> unsuccessful

Windows XP ==> successful

Windows Vista ==> unsuccessful

Windows 7 ==> successful

Windows 8 ==> unsuccessful

Windows 10 ==> successful

Windows 11 ==> unsuccessful ???

Windows 12 ==> successful ???
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#43 Post by ThinkPad560X » Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:20 pm

I'm still on window 7. I have a 2nd HDD that does have windows 10 Pro on it just for testing and messing around on, but still haven't used 10 at all really. I just like to know if my machines are compatible or not if absolutely have to upgrade. I even have windows 8/8.1 and I completely skipped it.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#44 Post by dr_st » Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:09 am

w0qj wrote:
Mon Jul 05, 2021 9:47 pm
Consider the (curse) of the every-other-generation of Windows OS:

Windows 98 ==> successful

Windows ME ==> unsuccessful

Windows XP ==> successful

Windows Vista ==> unsuccessful

Windows 7 ==> successful

Windows 8 ==> unsuccessful

Windows 10 ==> successful

Windows 11 ==> unsuccessful ???

Windows 12 ==> successful ???
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#45 Post by josh5k » Tue Jul 06, 2021 10:30 pm

ThinkPad560X wrote:
Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:20 pm
I'm still on window 7. I have a 2nd HDD that does have windows 10 Pro on it just for testing and messing around on, but still haven't used 10 at all really. I just like to know if my machines are compatible or not if absolutely have to upgrade. I even have windows 8/8.1 and I completely skipped it.
If you have any ideas of moving to Windows 11 (even if possible), I'd suggest you get on the Windows 10 boot first and use it as a production machine. It's a big enough chance in daily use even if there isn't a steep learning curve. Win 11 will take it further if any of the design changes are a hint at what's to come.

Personally I'll be happy enough with Windows 10 till about 2025 at which point most of my machines will be too old for anything but good old Linux.

If this 'New OS' was called Windows 10X I'd have simply ignored it, and nothing in it so far other than the silly requirements mess, has caught my attention enough to behave otherwise.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#46 Post by olddog » Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:21 am

josh5k wrote:
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If I do start to see some decent photo editing tools and audio tools for a home podcast to media consumption OS, I'd certainly try it out full time on a backup machine.
Once Haiku R1/Beta 3 is out, those are the things I will be trying. I think much can be achieved already, but a good workflow is the key.

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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#47 Post by timsuomi » Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:33 am

Ingeneral, atm, I think it's rather no-nonsense to speculate whether model x/y/z is to be supported by W11 or not as for the 'test releases' the hard/soft requirements are most probably not the same than for as update / final W11. Yet, it's human nature to speculate :D

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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#48 Post by kfzhu1229 » Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:18 pm

timsuomi wrote:
Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:33 am
Ingeneral, atm, I think it's rather no-nonsense to speculate whether model x/y/z is to be supported by W11 or not as for the 'test releases' the hard/soft requirements are most probably not the same than for as update / final W11. Yet, it's human nature to speculate :D
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#49 Post by skx » Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:14 pm

Who needs W11 if you have W365 :lol: :lol:
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#50 Post by ThinkPad560X » Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:29 pm

skx wrote:
Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:14 pm
Who needs W11 if you have W365 :lol: :lol:
so in theory I can run the latest version of windows on my ThinkPad 600X through a browser or even bring my 560X out of retirement :lol:
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#51 Post by skx » Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:46 am

ThinkPad560X wrote:
Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:29 pm
skx wrote:
Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:14 pm
Who needs W11 if you have W365 :lol: :lol:
so in theory I can run the latest version of windows on my ThinkPad 600X through a browser or even bring my 560X out of retirement :lol:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365

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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#52 Post by ThinkPad560X » Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:27 am

Well it system requirements are Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microso ... ng-5dcqxz4
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#53 Post by skx » Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:30 pm

ThinkPad560X wrote:
Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:27 am
Well it system requirements are Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microso ... ng-5dcqxz4
I think you are confusing office 365 with the newly announced windows 365. 2 completely different things
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#54 Post by AndyMH » Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:23 pm

Yet another linux user (mint) sitting on the high ground feeling smug, do I care about win11?

Seriously it is an excellent alternative to win and can breathe new life into old PCs.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#55 Post by duyng9989 » Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:30 am

Hi

I have a Thinkpad X230 Tablet. The graphic is Intel HD and does not seem to support DX12.

However, I have been using eGPU setup using the Express Card with my GTX 980Ti. Just wanted to check if it should meet the DX12 requirements to run W11?

Thank you

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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#56 Post by Bobber » Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:01 am

@duyng9989 as for Windows 11, this eGPU setup should be good enough

BTW - could you share some practical inside, how is gaming on older ThinkPad with this relatively powerful GPU of yours?
Isn't CPU to much bottleneck to the overall performance?

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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#57 Post by atagunov » Fri Jul 23, 2021 6:48 am

duyng9989 wrote:
Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:30 am
I have a Thinkpad X230 Tablet. The graphic is Intel HD and does not seem to support DX12.
However, I have been using eGPU setup using the Express Card with my GTX 980Ti
If you're technically inclined and your processor supports VT-d you may switch to Linux and run Windows in a VM.
You should be able to pass through the eGPU to the VM.

The upshot will be your machine will continue to be usable both on the go and when plugged into eGPU. You might have okay-ish performance in Win11.
Okay, the VM will only get 1/2 of the CPU power.. And I think you may need an external audio card like UFO202 under Windows in a VM for a glitch-free sound. And pass that USB controller to Windows too. All in all some techie messing to do.

So if push comes to shove you may end up with a choice between

- always docked X230t/Win11 as main OS/full CPU power
- mobile Linux X230t/Win11 as guest OS/half CPU power under Win11

On the other side Win10 will probably be still supported for a number of years so the choice will likely not come up immediately. I am using such a VM setup on my T520 now with Win10 but not for gaming and without a eGPU. Peformance? Probably okay but I discovered that doing other things while also running Zoom - yes my video conferencing works okay on this VM - so doing other things while using Zoom has become slow. One CPU core is one CPU core.. On the other hand Zoom alone is fine, remote desktop is fine, any one app alone is okay-ish. I certainly advise 16Gb RAM with such setup, think 3/4 of this can go to VM.
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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#58 Post by duyng9989 » Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:15 pm

Thank you all for your kind response.

I want to use W11 natively on Thinkpad X230T machine and probably will use Win 11 with eGPU setup as my workstation. If I need mobility, I will boot into Win 10. By the way, I have a boot option to Windows 7, just for some nostalgic feeling).

I guess that the main problem with the system is TPM, which is 1.2 on the X230T model and Secured Boot?

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To other questions on eGPU on my system, I think it should be on a different thread as this is about Win 11 Compatibility topic. But my system configuration is below:
1. RAM: 16GB (2x8 - 8500, 1600Mhz, CL9)
2. CPU: core i7 3520M @2.9Ghz
3. eGPU: EVGA GTX 980 Ti

3Dmark Fire Strike score is about 8200. (Graphic: 15,126; Physics: 4,113; Combined: 2,808) at about 32% percentile. I can run game like Farcry 3 quite decently at above 60 fps with (2560 x 1080) or 24-30fps with (5760 x 1080) - 3 monitors side by side. Basically, the eGPU gets about 65 - 80% of the full performance of GTX 980Ti had it run natively without bottleneck. But it is a giant leap increase for X230T performance.

Ping me if you have any questions. But let's get back to topic Win 11 :)

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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#59 Post by josh5k » Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:51 pm

olddog wrote:
Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:21 am
josh5k wrote:
Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:53 am
If I do start to see some decent photo editing tools and audio tools for a home podcast to media consumption OS, I'd certainly try it out full time on a backup machine.
Once Haiku R1/Beta 3 is out, those are the things I will be trying. I think much can be achieved already, but a good workflow is the key.
Edit: Ignore that; Did not know that there was a live boot option. Gonna check it out all week and then install if it feels worthwhile.
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Daily Driver - Linux - T430 - (2349-7N7) i5 3320M, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1600x900

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Re: Windows 11 Compatibility.

#60 Post by MikalE » Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:21 am

My Dell G3 upgraded without incident from Windows 10, but after trying many work-arounds my T520 failed four attempts to upgrade to even Windows 10 from Windows 7. THis T520 already had Windows 10 on it once back in '18 and I went back to 7. But I like Windows 11 and was going to try to upgrade to 10 and then 11 on the T520. Seems like this will be a no-go.
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