It’s be super useful if you had a label or something to show whether or not it could be updated to windows 11.
Not being able to is not a deal-breaker. But knowing that might make it more desirable.
Amazon says there’s an empty m.2, is that right? Really tempted to get one for Home Assistant + Frigate + Coral
Or you could just visit the Microsoft site and see what the minimum standards are for the new operating system before you go looking for an older computer.
This isn’t upgradable based on the processor.
If woot’s not going to list specific End of Life dates on Chromebooks/boxes then I highly doubt they’re going to list if any computer they sell can be upgraded to Windows 11. (I might be a little salty about the Chrome devices).
I picked one of these up a few years ago… mine had an open m.2 slot.
Windows 11 compatibility for Intel Core processors starts right at Gen 8. This is a Gen 6 processor (6500T). The price on this is also a great indicator. FWIW, this is a fine machine for the money and the OS will get full support for another 4 years.
According to Microsoft, this processor is not on the list of “supported” processors. However, that does not mean that one could not install Win11 with a little bit of creativity. It’s still early in the Win11 game. BUT Win10 is great and will be supported with updates through 2025. So there’s that.
Not Windows 11 eligible.
6th Gen Intel i5 processor
I purchased one of these a couple of years ago. It works very well running Linux Mint.
Wish Woot would get something better than 6th gen Intel. I’ve been wanting to upgrade my 4th gen mini pc (Alienware Alpha r1, which is 4th gen i7 with an 860m GPU; so sad Alienware discontinued these!), and it struggles with 4k, HDR, h.265. I heard somewhere that you should go bare minimum 7th gen for 4k/hdr/h.265, but official Windows 11 support would be nice also. Intel just announced 12 gen recently also (I don’t believe they’re available yet though, but I haven’t looked).
In due time, as soon as more corporations retire their (newer) computers which in turn, provides inventory for the refurbishers. Working from home has meant IT departments have kept their computers longer than in the past.
(At my work, we still have some Core2Duo computers in use.)
While C2D machines should be retired I also feel like, for business purposes (depending on the business), a C2D might be “enough” processor IF you replace the hard drive with an SSD. The bottleneck really was the hard drive back then.
It’s been several years since every desktop at work got a SSD. They make a world of difference.
As for the C2D machines, there are newer units that they can be replaced with, but it’s a low priority. The user typing an email or memo is the bottleneck, not the CPU.
On to present news, 12th gen looks to be quite good, albeit at higher power consumption (and heat) versus Zen 3. That’s great for consumers, as it means that they’re keeping each other in check. No more years of just minor incremental improvement like the market saw between 2nd gen and 7th gen. The fact that a low-end 10th gen i3 performs so closely to a top-of-the-line 7th gen i7 shows how important competition is.
Agreed