Windows 11 upgrade on Windows 10 Dell PC for October 2025

Rodders53

prowla said:

I would say that 8GB may be under-spec'd for Windows 11.

Really? 
It seems to run OK for me with that much on this laptop that has an unsupported i3 processor (and SSD replacing the spinny disk) and that's with integrated iris graphics using some. 

I believe I do have a spare memory slot but really have to question if it is worth upgrading to 16GB with another matched stick?

Aidanmc

Rodders53 said:

prowla said:

I would say that 8GB may be under-spec'd for Windows 11.

Really? 
It seems to run OK for me with that much on this laptop that has an unsupported i3 processor (and SSD replacing the spinny disk) and that's with integrated iris graphics using some. 

I believe I do have a spare memory slot but really have to question if it is worth upgrading to 16GB with another matched stick?

I got a new laptop recently, and i was thinking of just getting an 8Gb (potentially upgradable)machine.
In the end i got a 16Gb RAM laptop.
In task manager RAM is currently at 48% with only a handful of tabs open, glad i went with the 16gb

Eyeful

As I understand it  "Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021" is not intended for general purpose computing.
Should the OP think of using it on their computer, they would do well to research the drawbacks, limitation's and costs of using it.

GDB2222

How much does the LTSC licence cost? 

I ask because it’s possible to buy a perfectly decent Win11 pc with 16GB of RAM for around £120. 

Neil_Jones

Aidanmc said:

Rodders53 said:

prowla said:

I would say that 8GB may be under-spec'd for Windows 11.

Really? 
It seems to run OK for me with that much on this laptop that has an unsupported i3 processor (and SSD replacing the spinny disk) and that's with integrated iris graphics using some. 

I believe I do have a spare memory slot but really have to question if it is worth upgrading to 16GB with another matched stick?

I got a new laptop recently, and i was thinking of just getting an 8Gb (potentially upgradable)machine.
In the end i got a 16Gb RAM laptop.
In task manager RAM is currently at 48% with only a handful of tabs open, glad i went with the 16gb

If you have more memory than you need at any particular point in time then Windows will try to use all of it, typically for caching of common programs, runtimes, your usage pattern etc.  If something comes along and needs the memory, all that other stuff goes bye bye, the new program gets it and Windows goes back to caching once the memory using program has finished.

Typically according to Task Manager somewhere around 50% of "memory usage" when the computer's just sitting there doing nothing is normal.  However if you have 16Gb of memory and 50% memory usage in Task Manager, it looks like Windows is sucking up memory like there's no tomorrow.  Technically true, but its disposable usage.

prowla

Aidanmc said:

Rodders53 said:

prowla said:

I would say that 8GB may be under-spec'd for Windows 11.

Really? 
It seems to run OK for me with that much on this laptop that has an unsupported i3 processor (and SSD replacing the spinny disk) and that's with integrated iris graphics using some. 

I believe I do have a spare memory slot but really have to question if it is worth upgrading to 16GB with another matched stick?

I got a new laptop recently, and i was thinking of just getting an 8Gb (potentially upgradable)machine.
In the end i got a 16Gb RAM laptop.
In task manager RAM is currently at 48% with only a handful of tabs open, glad i went with the 16gb

(GB, not Gb!)

HillStreetBlues

Eyeful said:

As I understand it  "Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021" is not intended for general purpose computing.
Should the OP think of using it on their computer, they would do well to research the drawbacks, limitation's and costs of using it.

I've never had an issue running IoT LTSC with Win10 or now Win11
Also you can install Win11 IoT LTSC on older machines

PHK

HillStreetBlues said:

Eyeful said:

As I understand it  "Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021" is not intended for general purpose computing.
Should the OP think of using it on their computer, they would do well to research the drawbacks, limitation's and costs of using it.

I've never had an issue running LTSC with Win10 or now Win11
Also you can install Win11 LTSC on older machines

There's a difference between Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC. 

On another note, Office 2016 and Office 2019 also reach end of life this year. And the constituent parts.


In my view this is more of a potential security issue than running Windows 10 for a a year extra. Given how often documents are exchanged. 

Options are upgrade to Office 2024 or 365. Or use one of the alternatives. 

HillStreetBlues

PHK said:

There's a difference between Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC.

You are correct, I amended my post as left out IoT.