The eighth generation is just supported. I wonder what kind of hardware you bought if you bought 8th Gen Intel CPU and don’t have TPM 2.0 chip. Was it consumer-grade hardware?
Back then, the big OEMs, Dell, Lenovo, HP only provided systems that are now supported by Windows 11.
But as Sunnie also said: Windows 10 still has support for the entire lifespan of machines that cannot be upgraded and surely in business you can hope that the replacement is different than the home one. I still have a Sandy bridge i7 desktop and as I don’t play anymore I don’t need a new one. So this is an old bug that crashes on Win 10. Good.
On systems that can do this I run Windows 11, which really has some breakthroughs in the user interface and has simple user-friendly features like window management. This is often a problem for home, garden and kitchen users on a large screen, and they all work in full screen regardless of screen size.
The user interface has been made more logical, but for IT users who remember all the routes it is different and rather annoying. I always recommend memorizing shortcuts and starting processes by typing.
I had the taskbar on the side in Windows 10 and it took 10 minutes to get used to.
The icons in the center make the most sense because, on average, your mouse is only closer to the buttons. The notification center makes more sense. Overall, I see more pros than cons with the operating system.
If you as a business do a lot with O365 too, the Start menu is useful because it immediately shows your recent files (even if they’re open on other devices), which makes for a perfect experience.
So on a modern system I see an advantage for Windows 11 in corporate environments that rely heavily on O365, but the biggest drawback is perhaps the integration of Teams for personal use, which is a different Teams from O365. This is really clunky but easy to disable with GPO or CSP. Well, a stain.