Saturday evening I was with my wife watching a TV show and my smartphone rang. The number was from New York and I answered it expecting a scam or telemarketer. It was a computer user asking about my charges for computer work they were needing. After some questions I discovered his laptop was a Windows 8 version at least ten years old. He wanted to upgrade it to Windows 11. I explained that based on age, the laptop probably meet the hardware requirements of Windows 11. It has stringent security requirements that older computers don’t have. Also, even if I was to get Windows 11 installed, something on the old laptop could fail right after I got done. I suggested they get a new one and they were happy I was honest with them.
