Like Windows 10 before it, Windows 11 will be a free upgrade for anyone who has a recent prior version of Windows and the right hardware. Some will like the changes, but we didn't love all of them. Our takeaway is that many of the UI elements like the Start Menu look more modern but also appear to take up more room or pack less information into the same space as Windows 10. We have had the opportunity to spend several hours testing the new OS and have posted a hands-on and first impressions of Windows 11 article.
You don't even need a spare PC as you can install Windows 11 on a virtual machine. Obviously bear in mind that early versions of Windows 11 will have bugs and stuff that doesn’t work, as the whole point is you provide feedback on such issues so they can be fixed.If you'd like, you can also do a get a Windows 11 ISO file and do a clean install, without a product key or membership in the Insider program.
If you’re wondering if your PC will be eligible for the free upgrade to Windows 11, Microsoft has a tool to check your system and inform you – but note there are issues around it being potentially buggy as we discuss at length here.įurther remember that if you can’t wait until Windows 11 is finally released, you could always enroll as a tester and give early builds a spin – official ones, rather than the leaked build which is already out there – as Microsoft has said it will release the first preview version of the OS next week. It’ll all likely depend on how well the rollout goes to begin with, naturally… Although hopefully Microsoft will be aiming for something swifter given that this is a new version of Windows that many folks will be keen to get. Typically, it can take a good three or four months for a Windows 10 update to really hit its stride in terms of being adopted widely, so we can tentatively anticipate a similar situation with Windows 11. This is the exact same approach that Microsoft uses with its big feature updates for Windows 10 which happen twice yearly (incidentally, we now know that Windows 11 will be different in that it’ll adopt a once-per-year cadence for feature updates, just as Apple does with macOS). Note the ‘if’ there: remember that your machine has to meet the minimum requirements for Windows 11, and as we’ve seen, there are some potentially thorny implications therein.Īt any rate, the long and short of it is that you may need to be one of the luckier folks to get Windows 11 off the bat in November or likely December 2021, with the majority of Windows 10 users getting the nod to upgrade as the rollout continues into early 2022 and onwards.
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