
davidscott
Audioholic Spartan
Yep, has to be an intel gen 9 or better. I snuck in with my laptop gen 9 but md ole desktop gen 2 or 3 didn't make the cut.
The used / refurbed Z workstations are now an incredible value. Running an Z840 with 2X 2970v4 14C/28HT, 128GB DDR 4 ECC, 1TB NVME and did it for $~650. Thing is a beast and it's quiet.reasonable price (compared to Z workstation prices)
Your migration to a Asus Prime Z370-A- II, struck a nerve with me.TL.DR: I've recently switched to Win11 on a new PC, and it's okay. But nothing to write home about vs Win10.
Long story:
At my previous job, we bought these HP "light gaming" desktops four years ago. The reason for the "gaming" part is these machines came with an i7 cpu, 32 GB RAM, decent SSD, and supported 3-4 monitors out of the box for a reasonable price (compared to Z workstation prices). The issue was that ALL 6-8 machines kept getting blue screens. During BIOS and software updates nothing to fix the issue. I suspected some thermal issue.
So, I bought my motherboard (Asus Prime Z370-A- II). and a cheap air cooler (cooler master I think) The rest of the parts came from one of these PCs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 (not K), 32 GB DDR4 RAM, NVMe SSD. My old GPU GTX1080.
Installed win10 then upgraded to win11. So far, there have been no issues or blue screens of death.
I may like it more if the EDGE browser has fewer annoying and constant pop-ups.
But outside of work stuff (Edge does a really good job integrating with M365 and Azure stuff) - I fully switched my daily browser to Firefox, and it also works fine.
My new work laptop came with 11 and we are restricted to Edge only. I do have admin rights, but I haven't had anything to complain about the newer Edge so far. Plus, as you said, it works very well with all the M365 stuff we rely on.TL.DR: I've recently switched to Win11 on a new PC, and it's okay. But nothing to write home about vs Win10.
Long story:
At my previous job, we bought these HP "light gaming" desktops four years ago. The reason for the "gaming" part is these machines came with an i7 cpu, 32 GB RAM, decent SSD, and supported 3-4 monitors out of the box for a reasonable price (compared to Z workstation prices). The issue was that ALL 6-8 machines kept getting blue screens. During BIOS and software updates nothing to fix the issue. I suspected some thermal issue.
So, I bought my motherboard (Asus Prime Z370-A- II). and a cheap air cooler (cooler master I think) The rest of the parts came from one of these PCs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 (not K), 32 GB DDR4 RAM, NVMe SSD. My old GPU GTX1080.
Installed win10 then upgraded to win11. So far, there have been no issues or blue screens of death.
I may like it more if the EDGE browser has fewer annoying and constant pop-ups.
But outside of work stuff (Edge does a really good job integrating with M365 and Azure stuff) - I fully switched my daily browser to Firefox, and it also works fine.
With Windows 11, while you can't use Google can you take Firefox as browser?My new work laptop came with 11 and we are restricted to Edge only. I do have admin rights, but I haven't had anything to complain about the newer Edge so far. Plus, as you said, it works very well with all the M365 stuff we rely on.
My main PC is still 10. No real reason to change it yet. My kid's PCs are all 11 and the family M365 stuff is pretty sweet. They finally have Minecraft, but everything is restricted outside local play, which is pretty slick. They also have to "ask an adult" when installing apps, so that made that easy. I'm able to restrict Edge on their PCs too.
I wish Google's stuff worked this well.
FTFYYep, has to be an intel gen 8 or better. I snuck in with my laptop gen 9 but md ole desktop gen 2 or 3 didn't make the cut.
Work laptop is restricted on what browser you can use.With Windows 11, while you can't use Google can you take Firefox as browser?
I suggest you try Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It's a Linux based free and stable OS and I'm running it on my desktop PC. Jinjuku has also been using it.I'm really tired of MS coming out with 'the latest & greatest OS' and seeing that they completely changed the appearance, locations of just about everything and that it makes so many computers obsolete. It's like moving a blind person's furniture and they seem to think that we all have unlimited budget for hardware and time, or that we all have IT staff.
I do have IT staff. Me. Sadly.I'm really tired of MS coming out with 'the latest & greatest OS' and seeing that they completely changed the appearance, locations of just about everything and that it makes so many computers obsolete. It's like moving a blind person's furniture and they seem to think that we all have unlimited budget for hardware and time, or that we all have IT staff.
Strangely, my staff of one is the same!I do have IT staff. Me. Sadly.
Small worldStrangely, my staff of one is the same!
No kidding....same here and I never meant to need more support, although I do have friends who have more advanced knowledge, so that helps. Plus, there's always the World Wide Wait, AKA the Information Super Driveway, as a local college radio station DJ calls it.Small world![]()
I'll look into it- haven't really checked out Linux in years, although the music server I used runs on it, but a much earlier version since it was made in 2007. Being purpose-built, it still works fine.I suggest you try Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It's a Linux based free and stable OS and I'm running it on my desktop PC. Jinjuku has also been using it.