My rig is pretty high end right now, but it does not even come close to meeting the new requirements that Win12 will have. So I won't be installing Win12 even if it was free.....You need a completely new motherboard that can run the new Microsoft Pluton chip (CPU) So even if Win12 IS free its very expensive to upgrade the users PC so you could run it. But I'll be interested to hear how the people like this new Win12 that do have it installed.MS has been giving free upgrades since I think Windows 8. Then they came out with Windows 11. Wanting to make Windows 11 the most secure OS possible they decided on what systems would meet the requirements and be able to upgrade. Then they got bombarded with complaints from user that had system that don't meet the minimum requirements. The upgrades were free so why can't MS choose what systems get the free upgrades and what systems don't. Windows 10 has a few more years of support so they are giving us a grace period to upgrade our computers to ones that do meet the Windows 11 requirements. I will be totally surprised if MS allows us to upgrade to Windows 12 for free. If they don't I think it's easy understand why.
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My Computer
System One
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- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro (x64) 22H2 22621.1413
- Computer type
- pc_desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Made
- CPU
- Intel Core i9-10900K @5.2MHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Apex - z590
- Memory
- 2 - G.Skill DDR4 - F4-4000C16D-16GTZRA @4000MHz
- Graphics card(s)
- EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated ROG SupremeFX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q 27 inch
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080@165Hz
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 980 PRO 500GB - M.2 NVMe, Samsung 970 EVO SSD 1TB - M.2 NVMe, Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB, WD Black 1TB Performance Hard Drive
- PSU
- EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 80+ PLATINUM
- Case
- Phanteks Enthoo Primo Special Edition
- Cooling
- Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX Liquid CPU Cooler 360mm
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3 Wireless
- Keyboard
- Razer Huntsman Elite
- Internet Speed
- 400 / 20
- Browser
- FireFox, and Chrome
- Antivirus
- MalwareBytes Pro / Windows Defender