New FREE version/tier of the venerable Cakewalk Sonar

[Starship Krupa]

1 hour ago, Doug Steinschneider said:

The fact that Microsoft quietly allows the creation of Windows 11 installers that don't check CPU and TPM requirements lead me to believe that the risk of installing Win11 on older hardware is minimal.

I suspect that their "off the record" policy was/is to go ahead and allow it due to the fact that the user must do it deliberately.

They don't get the same security overkill that they would with the TPM and CPU with the extra feature, but they get everything else. And I suspect that they would ultimately rather have people on Windows 11 than Windows 10.

My test Windows 11 system is an i7 4770, and it works a treat. Updates, etc. And Windows Security and Updates never complains that my hardware isn't strictly Windows 11 compliant.

Performance-wise, there's no difference that I can perceive. It could even be better for all I know.

So far there's no compelling reason to upgrade my main (i7 6950X) system. While I really like the return to rounded window corners, the changes to the Start Menu are annoying. Microsoft haven't entirely broken the Start Menu yet, but they seem determined to do so.

[frankjcc]

I second the start menu being a downgrade and more unintuitive.  That is why I'm glad I found a $9.99 (perpetual) replacement.  I forgot how bad the original was until you mentioned it.  

https://www.stardock.com/products/start11/

[Doug Steinschneider]

I'm so downtrodden by OS "downgrades" that the Start Menu annoyances hardly phase me 😀.

+1 for Stardock products, I like Fences also.