"Windows 10 users pretty much have the disk space and RAM that's needed to move to Windows 11. It's those issues that Zinstall addresses. It's always the same argument: It works, so let's not fix it, and how do we even move from that operating system.
Those operating systems haven't been supported for years. On the business side, a lot of companies are just now starting to migrate from Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. On the consumer side, you see very old Windows machines still in use. When Windows 10 was released, it would run on laptops that were 8 to 10 years old, so three years seems short. And that's a problem for a lot of people. If Windows 11 requirements turn out to just apply to eighth-generation CPUs, then Microsoft will basically be saying that a laptop bought three years ago may not run Windows 11. If you ask a regular person what generation is their CPU, they don't know what you are talking about. What's different this time around with Windows 11 is the generation of the CPU being important. Windows 10 users pretty much have the disk space and RAM that's needed to move to Windows 11.
Maybe some seventh-generations CPUs will support Windows 11. The official hardware requirements still say eighth generation. I think most of the industry isn't sure yet. Has Microsoft has solidified its Windows 11 hardware requirements? There was a statement about the new operating system supporting eighth-generation processors, but then Microsoft talked about seventh-generation processor support. And that's why we are very aware of the potential issues with Windows 11 on the hardware requirements side. That migration support is what we do at Zinstall.
People also are looking at buying a new laptop with Windows 11, and they'll need to move stuff there. The cloud and Azure Active Directory are a big considerations, especially given remote work. RCP: So you're involved more with Zinstall products for businesses, rather than consumers?īergman: Yes, but essentially it's same problem on the consumer side as on the business side - the problem of tools and how do we get from where we are now to where we want to go. Its products include Zinstall Transfer for PC migrations, Zinstall Migration Kit for Azure Active Directory migrations and Zinstall WinServ for server migrations, among others.Įarlier this month, I chatted with Zinstall director Tony Bergman about the ins and outs of migrating to Windows 11. Zinstall sells its software directly to consumers, while its business solutions more typically get used by managed service providers, IT service providers and system integrators.
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