I have 4 dell PC's including an Optiplex 9010. After perusing down the " Cull " list it's obvious this is a camouflaged disenfranchisement of the financial persuasion. When you see other motherboard manufacturers issuing bios patches or giving links to purchase a normal priced TPM 2.0 module and not the case of the ridiculously priced ones on eBay it makes your blood boil that Dell has made little or no effort on the TPM issue given TPM has been around for a couple of decades. I had windows 11 on the DEV channel on a 9010, right up to the proper release. It fell at the last hurdle on the TPM issue and I can say there will be several unforgiving Dell users who will migrate to manufacturers that actually have their back and not out to try to make a killing on new sales given the current world climate. From what I read on the Windows 11 and MSDN DEV channels, Dell will have a very hard time trying to woo customers back after taking advantage of long-term customers forced to look elsewhere to replace their now unnecessarily obsolete machines. Everyone knows when Microsoft releases new builds, depreciation and support end of life are always around the corner.
If your Optiplex 9010 supports UEFI and secure boot like my Optiplex 7020 does, if you want to try out W11 on your PC, it is relatively easy to do...
I would make a system image of your current W10 installation prior to updating to W11, so you can easily reinstall W10 in the future. I used the free Macrium Reflect software to do that, under the Backup at Home section.
Then open the file with Windows explorer, and click on the setup application.
To do that, right click on the ISO file and select 'Open With' and select Windows Explorer.
After you double click to run the setup application, you should get an 'Install Windows 11 window,' and you can now upgrade to W11.
You just have to accept the agreement that comes up during the upgrade process about your PC not meeting the requirements, etc., etc..
My unsupported W11 PC's got all of the W11 updates.
I have upgraded 5 different PC's to W11, and they seem to run a little better on W11 than they did on W10.
However, I don't know how long they will continue to get all of the updates, or what will happen when the new build of W11 comes out next year in October.
JOcean
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August 8th, 2021 13:00
Completely agree also due to the fact that 9010 has a pre generation 8 CPU.
tibi500cid
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August 8th, 2021 13:00
No, it does not support Windows 11.
See this:
https://www.dell.com/community/Optiplex-Desktops/Optiplex-and-Windows-11/m-p/7932378#M52001
Alba1888
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October 21st, 2021 14:00
I have 4 dell PC's including an Optiplex 9010. After perusing down the " Cull " list it's obvious this is a camouflaged disenfranchisement of the financial persuasion. When you see other motherboard manufacturers issuing bios patches or giving links to purchase a normal priced TPM 2.0 module and not the case of the ridiculously priced ones on eBay it makes your blood boil that Dell has made little or no effort on the TPM issue given TPM has been around for a couple of decades. I had windows 11 on the DEV channel on a 9010, right up to the proper release. It fell at the last hurdle on the TPM issue and I can say there will be several unforgiving Dell users who will migrate to manufacturers that actually have their back and not out to try to make a killing on new sales given the current world climate. From what I read on the Windows 11 and MSDN DEV channels, Dell will have a very hard time trying to woo customers back after taking advantage of long-term customers forced to look elsewhere to replace their now unnecessarily obsolete machines. Everyone knows when Microsoft releases new builds, depreciation and support end of life are always around the corner.
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October 24th, 2021 10:00
Hi:
If your Optiplex 9010 supports UEFI and secure boot like my Optiplex 7020 does, if you want to try out W11 on your PC, it is relatively easy to do...
I would make a system image of your current W10 installation prior to updating to W11, so you can easily reinstall W10 in the future. I used the free Macrium Reflect software to do that, under the Backup at Home section.
Macrium Software | Reflect Free Edition
First make this registry change...
https://www.hellpc.net/how-to-bypass-tpm-and-cpu-requirements-windows-11-upgrade-unsupported-pc/
Then download the Windows 11 ISO file (3rd option), not the W11 installation assistant.
Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)
Then open the file with Windows explorer, and click on the setup application.
To do that, right click on the ISO file and select 'Open With' and select Windows Explorer.
After you double click to run the setup application, you should get an 'Install Windows 11 window,' and you can now upgrade to W11.
You just have to accept the agreement that comes up during the upgrade process about your PC not meeting the requirements, etc., etc..
My unsupported W11 PC's got all of the W11 updates.
I have upgraded 5 different PC's to W11, and they seem to run a little better on W11 than they did on W10.
However, I don't know how long they will continue to get all of the updates, or what will happen when the new build of W11 comes out next year in October.