Backwoodsman wrote: Well I’ve already read enough in this thread to convince me to steer clear of Win 11...

It's clear from all the reviews that Windows 11 is not a major change from Windows 10; it could have been called Windows 10.1. The main visible change is to the user interface - the start menu, etc. The main benefits are invisible: improved hardware-enforced security, if your computer is new enough.

If my wife's Windows 10 laptop met the hardware requirement I would upgrade it - not immediately, but in a few months time. It doesn't, so Windows 10 is good until 2025.

Aside from all the non-standard methods of installing it, I am unclear from what I read whether an upgrade will require you to have a Microsoft account if you don't already. The Home vs Pro page I posted says that it's a requirement for Home but not Pro. A clean install doesn't require it - you can just ignore the request, the same as Windows 10. But an upgrade?