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Keep your eye out for the
new monthly Windows 10
SIG Zoom meeting.

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The below services have been used by club mem- There have been several members inquiring about Win-
bers and have been highly recommended. dows 11. Just remember that you do not have to run out
and upgrade tomorrow, after-all, Windows 10 will contin-
White Box Computers ue to be supported until 2025. The major reason that I can
see for the release of Windows 11 is security. Some of us
They say they are the place for all your computer will find that our present computer will not be capable of
repairs & upgrades at nearly half the prices of the running Windows 11 because of the TPM2 chip that is
competition. required for this security upgrade. Therefore, you may
just be looking at purchasing a new computer to run Win-
https://whiteboxcomputers.org
dows 11.
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As I said, Windows 10 will be supported until 2025, but I
ZYTEK Services still have computers running Windows XP, Vista, and Win-
dows 8 and at this time I have no plans to upgrade them.
Has been around for over 30 years and offers the The major concern for myself and others will be, will Win-
best in fast, friendly, high-quality, fair price computer dows 11 run my favorite programs.
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847-336-2259 Remember, Windows is an Operating System that allows
you to access your favorite programs. There are features
with in the Operating System to help you organize you
file, and allow you to customize the way Windows looks
on you monitor, but I am more concerned about the pro-
grams whether it be word-processing, video/photo ed-
iting, genealogy, etc.… I have been able to run many of my
favorite programs on all previous operating system.
Therefore, do I really need Windows 11 to continue to
enjoy my favorite programs.

Windows 11 is not expected to be released until the end
of the year. There are a few beta releases available that
will allow you to play with it. My major suggestion is that
if you are willing to dive into the barrel of monkeys, do
not do it on your main usage computer. If you have an
older computer/laptop that it can be installed on, then
have fun. If you are happy with what you have now and
everything is working find, just sit back, and relax and en-
joy whatever version of Windows is working for you.

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