Fusion will not be supporting Windows 10 installations
After a great deal of thought I bit the bullet and have migrated to Windows 11. This has come about simply because Autodesk will not be supporting any issues with Fusion while running in Win10 and the spec of the machine being used is more critical.
I hate doing an ‘upgrade’ onto an existing machine where you are never clear what baggage is already there and what its impact might be. My existing machine was not hardware compatible and so instead I went for a clean new machine. After some searching I opted for the Geekom GT2 mini PC which has a decent spec and lots of USB ports.
https://www.geekom.co.uk/geekom-gt2-mega-mini-pc
Note the GT2 has embedded Intel graphics rather than a conventional video card that you would fit to a standard PC. How much this impacts I will have to see although Fusion seems to load and work faster and is more responsive using my 3DConnexion Spacemouse.
The pain of a completely new machine is transferring all your old loved apps and trying to remember where the ISOs are and the associated licence codes. I am not the most disciplined in this respect. There is however a panacea to this in the form of LapLinks PCMover Pro. You simply connect the new and old machine together on the same network and leave them in peace for an hour or so and hey presto all your stuff gets transferred. It is not 100% perfect but it does save a lot of frustration and heartache.
Another issue with Win11 is the pressure to use Office 365 which does not appeal. I prefer the old school Windows Office and you can get the 2021 version quite cheaply on EBay.
The final concern with Win11 is all the baggage you get with it that you don’t want/need. There is a nice little app that solves this called quite appropriately CrapFixer. This is well worth checking out.
So most of the upgrade has gone to plan and has been less stressful than expected. There are still one or two apps that are not loading but I’m working on them.
Time will tell ….
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