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  • Window 11 25H2 on 8 year old HP laptops

    From Tom Elam@thomas.e.elam@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon Dec 8 15:51:32 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    As of yesterday my 3 laptops are all running Windows 11 25H2. That
    includes 2 8 year old HP laptops that needed a little encouraging to get there. The processor was the only issue that stopped the "official"
    update. Both were on 24H2 since July 2025.

    All it took was a download of the 25H2 ISO on a thumb drive and a tiny
    patch from the FLYBY11/FLYOOBE site. The process took a while once
    started. But, 2 more laptops spared from the waste stream.

    Both of these laptops run W11 as fast as W10 and are getting all updates
    that my 4 year old Dell that came with W11 gets. They were never offered
    25H2 via Windows Update so I took that on myself.

    Can you do the same with your 5 year old Macs that do not qualify for
    the latest OS version? Especially with the announced phaseout of Rosetta
    2 starting to 2027.
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