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my employer is making me buy a new PC for my remote job (or update and use my own, instead)
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upgrade this to 11 if the hardware is compatible. don't do anything else other than click the button in windows update for it. that much won't cost you a penny.
(back up the important data, bookmarks, etc. first, just in case windows update wants to crap all over your system)
nearly every pc sold new from the major manufacturers in the last decade is compatible with windows 11 system requirements. it may need a bios setting changed to enable a hardware feature windows 11 'needs' to have.
if what they provided in 2024 was actually a 10+ year old pc.. then, i dunno. definitely push back a bit there. win 10 doesn't go 'end of life' til october, so you have time to discuss things with them. there is also an optional program to give a win10 system updates past then (not free. iirc, $30-some first year. more in yrs 2 and 3 if wanted).
if you need new and you're unsure if you'll get reimbursed or reimbursed right away. don't go crazy. go 'acceptable' for the task-at-hand, and as inexpensively as possible.
if you're in the us, walmart has a basic asus laptop for $249 (8gb/256ssd core i3).
i highly recommend keeping 'work' pc and stuff separate from 'home' and 'play' stuff and systems. work on a work pc, do everything else on something else.
Many are compatible, yes, but I wouldn't say nearly every one is compatible. My laptop is from 2018 and is not compatible because Microsoft doesn't like my processor. Despite the fact that I'm sure it would run win 11 just fine.