Last Minute Upgrade tip for eBay friends who prefer a desktop
and need to replace an older one running Windows 10
Many have been waiting for Prime Day and it's influence on the big box electronic retailers to replace your Windows 10 machine.
If it's just the basic tower you need IE 8gbRam/512GB SSD Windows 11 Home etc Staples just lowered the price on the Acer XC-840-ES11 SFF Tower Desktop Computer - Intel Celeron N4505 - 512GB SSD - 8GB RAM - Windows 11 from $549.99 to $399.99CAD
14 Day return policy. It seems to have good reviews. Unfortunately there are not many available. (1-3 per store.)
Good luck with whatever you do to solve the W10 Obsolescence!
$399 seems reasonable unless you want to pay the $30 extended security subscription fee..
Who knows how good the deals will be this week?
No doubt you have done this. For others waking up today to a "Not supported" page in the updates "Settings/Windows Update" there's a diagnostic tool there that will let you find out if your computer can handle the upgrade from 10 to 11. Many can't. Here's why;
"Windows 11 officially requires TPM version 2.0 enabled on your motherboard. Many older motherboards either do not have a TPM chip or use an older version (1.2) that is not supported. "
Run the diagnostic. If your machine does go to eleven Spinal Tap comes to your neighborhood and plays "Big Bottom".
