Is it still fine to own a older laptop?

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As long as it's running windows 10 it's good until October 2025. Some older computers don't support windows 11 but there are ways around it.

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- Supergodman12
  
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  No it has windows 8.1
  
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- mistermike
  
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  Windows 8.1 is no longer supported so it's insecure. You can still use it but i would not use any personal information on it. You should upgrade to windows 10 if you're going to be using any personal information on your laptop. It may be a free upgrade just make sure you use the same version of windows 10 as your current windows 8.1
  
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- Supergodman12
  
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  No need i have a bigger and newer laptop with windows 10 home on it
  
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- Supergodman12
  
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  My older hp laptop has win 8.1
  
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As long as you can run all the things you want on it,, sure!

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- Supergodman12
  
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  Yeah but it has windows 8.1 on it still
  
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- TommyMountainFigure
  
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  I'm still using Win7 on a few of my machines.
  
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- Supergodman12
  
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  Nice the guy barlow says i need to upgrade my windows 8.1 laptop but i'm not sure because my hp laptop is really old now it's the hp stream 11
  
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- TommyMountainFigure
  
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  As far as updates go, yes. Microsoft are stopping even Win10 updates soon, but if you use the hosts file properly, have a good firewall, install some very good 'sandbox' software and use the latest web browser, your laptop will work for a long time yet, safely and securely. Even more secure than win 11 IF you do it properly.
  
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- Supergodman12
  
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  Yeah but hows win 8.1 to you?
  
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- TommyMountainFigure
  
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  Truth? I've never used it. I would back up anything I wanted to keep, then put on Win7 and secure it as mentioned above.
  
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- Supergodman12
  
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  But it's a little newer then win 7
  
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- TommyMountainFigure
  
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  Yes I know, but Vista was newer than XP, yet it was a disaster. Whilst 8.1 might be ok, I really don't know enough about it to recommend it.
  
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If it does what you want, then it's fine. Some banks and corporations still run Windows 7!

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Does it work?

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  Sure does I've had it since 2015 I think
  
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