Trying to install OS and stick to it for 2 Years Atleast. Windows 10 or 11?

[AlirezaGhanbari]

HI,

I'm just freaky about installing fresh windows every 3 4 month. but i have to stick to one for a bit ( Like 2 3 years )

so my main question is which OS do you think runs better? Win10 Gets Updates Only till end of 2025 but Who Cares about the Updates when the OS runs Like butter With the Latest Version?
in terms of features I don't see that much, if the Copilot is the feature i don't want it i use GPT.

all a round, what do you guys think should i install? Win 10 or 11? and Why?

my PC Spec for running both for programs on long term is solid

i5 13400 + RTX 3070 + 32GB RAM + 980 Pro

 

[Frick]

Either. The stuff people don't like about Win11 are generally quite specific UI stuff (it's fine on my laptop but I will not use it on the desktop) but if you don't care about those things it's fine.

 

[mechtech]

Well since W10 is EOL in about 9 months I would probably go W11 pro version. Having said that W10 apparently will have option of $40/yr for security updates.

I guess another question is the software you use, and if any of if has preference for OS or not?

I have been running 2yrs now

 

[Shrek]

Who Cares about the Updates when the OS runs Like butter With the Latest Version?

The security updates will stop, so you will be left vulnerable.

 

[kilo]

Windows 11 works better than w10 with the heterogenous cores on intel cpu's was my understanding.

 

[_roman_]

You should take Windows 11 Pro.

You may take your time reading the specifics about backups, data privacy and other important points.

Windows 11 Pro is buggy, but it was a free upgrade form windows 10 pro, which was a free upgrade form a second hand windows 8 pro paper box license.

I hardly remember any windows without bugs. Maybe windows 3.11 and the other version I used before that on the 286 computer was bug free.

As the question was about windows operating system - that's it

 

[Wirko]

Are LTSC versions an option too?

 

[Kapone33]

This has been my experience. Ever since 24H2 I have been having problems. Everytime Windows makes an update they add some annoying feature. I was getting freezes and black screens before my PSU started tripping. So I re installed Windows. First issue was a error key. When I investigated it had to do with Extra Storage like RAID 0 drives. What I had to do was go into CMD and use DIskpart to convert them to Basic. Of course that wiped all of those drives. So I reset the OS and it came right back. I installed Bazzite for a day and was not satisfied. I decided on Windows 10. The first thing that happened is my board is WIFI 7. There are no Windows 10 drivers for that. I got a USB Network Adapter to make it work. Then I -get into Windows and all of the rest of the Drives in my PC that are not Raid are all now locked by Bitlocker. Going online solves nothing as the keys are not in my profile. Now I am stable but have to re-download almost 800 Games.

 

[SchumannFrequency]

Well since W10 is EOL in about 9 months I would probably go W11 pro version. Having said that W10 apparently will have option of $40/yr for security updates.

Upgrade to Windows 11: FAQ - Microsoft Support

Find answers to top questions about upgrading to Windows 11, from the minimum hardware requirements to where to find the upgrade.

support.microsoft.com

Upgrades to Windows 11 from Windows 10 are free.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Windows 11 works better than w10 with the heterogenous cores on intel cpu's was my understanding.

True. The core management/scheduler is better and more optimized.

 

[TheDeeGee]

I switched to Windows 11 on January 1st, and was on Windows 10 again after 3 weeks because all games stutter on Windows 11.

I have been told it's related to Windows 11's aggressive back/foreground handling and the Xbox App (even when it's disabled). It can also be observed in RTSS as the FPS locks to 59 FPS until i alt+tab out and in of the game, it's fixed for a couple of minutes then until it happens again. It's suppost to be fixed in the preview update, but i can't wait for that so i went back to Windows 10 which is butter smooth.

(this was all on a clean 24H2 Media Creation Tool installation).

Go with what works best for you, i'll stick with Windows 10 for now and may even pay for the 1 year additional support.

 

[Wirko]

I'm just freaky about installing fresh windows every 3 4 month.

What are you doing with your Windows anyway? There was a thread here at TPU:

How often do you (re)install your OS?

Just curious how long folks go between OS installs, and I'm interested in the discussion that evolves. Back in college, I think I reinstalled Windows every week, often because I'd alternate between versions quite a bit (95/98, NT4, Me, 2K...yeah, I'm old). These days, my aim for OS configs is to...

www.techpowerup.com

Most people agreed that a reinstall is usually never needed, or very rarely (but used to be different in the past). And my experience says never, not even in the distant past. You should make your choice based on other criteria, not whether the OS will survive more than 3-4 months.

 

[Assimilator]

I'm sticking with 10 until they pry it outta my cold dead hands. 11 has been forced onto us at work and it is complete unmitigated garbage because Microsoft in their infinite wisdom decided that making their OS named after windowed applications be rubbish at handling windowed applications, so that it looks more like a Mac, was a good idea. Fortunately there is ExplorerPatcher which brings back most of the functionality, but it's f**king insane that Microsoft is making their flagship product objectively worse with every new update. I hope Nadya Satella gets a bus dropped on him.

I'm just freaky about installing fresh windows every 3 4 month.

This is a mental illness that you should seek therapy for. My Win10 install is half a decade old at this point and has been through at least 3 different CPU/motherboard combinations (various combinations of Ryzen 1000/3000/5000 and X370/X470/X570 twice, now TR 1900 + TR40), and the only issue I have when swapping hardware is that I have to purchase a new OEM key (which so far is at least 3 times, and still cheaper in total than buying a freaking non-OEM license... go figure).

 

[DaemonForce]

so my main question is which OS do you think runs better?

Right now none of them outside LTSC. I'm on Win10ProWS and it barely works. The problems will storm in again after next week too.

The security updates will stop, so you will be left vulnerable.

This is literally the biggest non-problem. The monthly updates have me consider nuke and start over. The security updates are a big nothing.

This is a mental illness that you should seek therapy for. My Win10 install is half a decade old at this point and has been through at least 3 different CPU/motherboard combinations

And you have absolutely no idea what's going on. The main update ring is being routinely sabotaged with updates that destroy everything.
Start bar is frozen and crashes, start menu doesn't want to be called, IMEpad transforms stuck on the first two, clipboard history access gone, etc.
My advice is find one that works and don't update.

 

[_roman_]

Sometimes but not always It is a good idea to puase the windows 11 pro updates. Go to computerbase.de/downloads and get the monthly update package there. Install it and than pause the updates again.

Random updates were not to my liking when i forced upgrade from w11pro 23h2 to 24h2. My previous w10 pro installation never made the version upgrade itself. It always needed the manual search for the enalber / updater package / iso image to do the version upgrade. check with the winver buildin windows software to see your windows status.

 

[Dragam1337]

Like others in this thread, i have plenty of experience with win11 through work, and it is garbage.

I will use win10 until games / drivers no longer support it - at which point i hope valve have perfected their linux gaming os.

 

[Wirko]

And you have absolutely no idea what's going on. The main update ring is being routinely sabotaged with updates that destroy everything.
Start bar is frozen and crashes, start menu doesn't want to be called, IMEpad transforms stuck on the first two, clipboard history access gone, etc.

To be sure, you're talking about Win 10 Pro here? I'm in the process of sidegrading from 7 to 10, and hearing things like that just helps me to find more excuses for procrastination.

I will use win10 until games / drivers no longer support it - at which point i hope valve have perfected their linux gaming os.

I care next to nothing about gaming, yet I'm eager to see what comes of that.