Advice Request I have an older slower Laptop w/ Win11, would replacing Windows Defender with F-Secure speed it up?

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Mystic

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I don't expect to have any, considering that as you said, Windows 11 is basically Windows 10. Windows 11 does not actually require a TPM 2.0 chip or one of the supported CPUs. Microsoft just added these requirements for increased security and reliability. As a result, I see no reason for Windows 11 to be any less reliable than Windows 10, even on unsupported hardware.
But you are on your own in this journey. It is a gamble. Personally, I would not run W11 on unsupported hardware especially if the device is used for important stuff.
 

roger_m

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But you are on your own in this journey. It is a gamble. Personally, I would not run W11 on unsupported hardware especially if the device is used for important stuff.
I wouldn't call it a gamble at all. I don't need Microsoft support. I've only contacted Microsoft support about problems with Windows once in over thirty years of using it. If I ever have problems with Windows I fix them myself, sometimes with some Googling, I don't contact Microsoft.
 
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Mystic

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I wouldn't call it a gamble at all. I don't need Microsoft support. I've only contacted Microsoft support about problems with Windows once in over thirty years of using it. If I ever have problems with Windows I fix them myself, sometimes with some Googling, I don't contact Microsoft.
Support is not only contacting Microsoft. If a Windows update causes a major issue on some devices with unsupported hardware, Microsoft will take that as an excuse.

Anyway, I am not defending MS here and I am mad as hell for their unjustifiable business decisions, but let's face it. This is their way of forcing users how don't know the how-tos to replace their devices with newer ones.
 
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