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    Default Windows 11

    is on the way...

    Microsoft have announced that one of the ways in which windows 11 will deiver a better user experience is by requiring a computer to have TPM 2.0 implementation, otherwise windows 11 will not install

    Most recent CPU will have this, but it's not a given its switched on in BIOS, or even that your mainboard has the necessary hardware; again recent boards will have the capabilty, but like mine they may need a plug-in module [which it has just taken me quite a while to find in stock anywhere]

    how recent is recent... last five years or so give or take...

    still windows 10 is good until oct 2025 - lodsa time eh?
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    Default Re: Windows 11

    They have been trying out various aspects with some recent updates. There is a news/weather kind of thing that appeared on the task bar and which I promptly dumped.

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    Default Re: Windows 11

    yes - they are apparently going to have a left-side 'widget' area [in same way they have notification area on the right] and this will include feeds and a lot of other stuff that I will probably kill 'cos that is not what i use a desktop for

    the default start menu position will now be in the centre of the 'taskbar' [this config can be changed though]

    they are going to enable mobile apps to run in windows though to what extent, and how secure they will be remains to be seen; this could actually be useful if it is well implemented

    it also prompted me to review what a mac pro would cost me: incuding monitor best part of $10,000 to the spec I would want

    just off to check that lottery ticket.....
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    Default Re: Windows 11

    I can’t help feeling that some of these new widgety things are just designed to track what your up to. I have an older laptop and Windows 10 Home edition and it's not ‘tpm ready’. https://www.windowscentral.com/how-c...orm-module-tpm

    If you can wait 'til around November, I think there’s a good chance Mac Pro’s will be announced with new powerful M1X/2 (Apple Silicon) chips. You probably will have to buy new versions of your software, so a jackpot win could still be required. (For info, the 50% off Affinity apps ends 30 June).

    After months of deliberating (and years of using Windows, since v2.x) I’m actually about to jump ship and buy a Mac Mini M1. It can’t run Windows or anything desktop Xara, which I’ll greatly miss (obviously) but alternatives are available!
    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

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    I can port all the animation software - my licences are valid for both platforms though on a one or the other basis as is corel painter; programs like PT-SAI don't need the internet at all so they can be run in sandbox; sure I'd miss xara too but as you say there are alternatives

    are you looking at 8 or 16GB mac mini
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    Default Re: Windows 11

    I understand that the processor must be 8th generation or higher. My computer is less than three years old, but only 7th generation. I guess I'm left out.

    Frankly, the previews I've seen aren't incredibly impressive. It's just a repackaging of the same thing. But they say it will be faster... something I would like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    I can port all the animation software - my licences are valid for both platforms though on a one or the other basis as is corel painter; programs like PT-SAI don't need the internet at all so they can be run in sandbox; sure I'd miss xara too but as you say there are alternatives

    are you looking at 8 or 16GB mac mini
    8GB would be fine for my fairly simple needs, but I’m going for 16GB to be on safe side. You can’t add more later as it’s built on to the M1 SoC (system on a chip). You can also run iOS (iPad) apps on the current Mac OS.

    I was originally planning to build a Windows PC, but got cold feet after remembering the time I fitted (or rather shoehorned) some RAM into an old tower PC which then let out a little puff smoke after switching on!

    That’s great about your software licence being good for both platforms.

    Whilst there is no overriding reason for me to change to using a Mac from Windows, in a way I see it as a fresh start, a way of gaining more deskspace, and the ability work more tightly with my iPad, which is where I seem to spend most of my ‘screen time’ nowadays.

    In terms of CPU benchmark comparisons (multi/single core) with my current (old, but trusty) PC:

    i3-4000M = 1720/1259 (current)
    Mac M1 = 15128/ 3760
    i9-10900 = 20797/3070 (for context)

    How this translates in the real world will be interesting to see, but I keep hearing about fast start up times like 3 or 4 seconds for Affinity Designer (currently for me about 50 secs) and how quiet it runs.
    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

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    50 secs to start affinity designer is abysmal - it takes 4 secs on my win10 amd ryzen 7 2700X cpu desktop

    you either have a very old or very choked up system, quite possibly both
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    Default Re: Windows 11

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    50 secs to start affinity designer is abysmal - it takes 4 secs on my win10 amd ryzen 7 2700X cpu desktop

    you either have a very old or very choked up system, quite possibly both
    I don't think you can compare domestic setups with a ryzen 7 2700X and no doubt a good SSD.

    ..that said.. ..I can't remember waiting for any software to take 50 seconds to load.

    Buying an M1 Mac is going to be a shock in terms of performance, that's for sure.

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    no of course I agree with both points [samsung 750 EVO - it might be quicker still with the system on the 960 EVO M.2 but that is dedicated for program use] the ryzen was spec'd for animation and studio sound

    50secs is bad - my i7 laptop is not far behind 4 secs

    Buying an M1 Mac is going to be a shock in terms of performance, that's for sure
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