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Second. I have tested from Office97 to 2013 (later versions involving cloud technology, NOT my favorite) on Windows 11. they all work fine. issues: If you run Office macro, then there may be some issues. security. some macro couldn't run or blocked on Windows 11 because of security issue...

Virtualbox (Oracle VirtualBox) is an alternative of VMWare. I'm using Virtualbox,host on Windows 10/11 and 7 both. It has all features you mentioned. freeware, good audio, good video (1920x1200). in my practice, it's better than VMWare...

Frankly, a good question. notepad++ is popular as it's free. but it's noticed that its web statement is pretty political. like it or NOT. it's its business model. If don't like its web political statement. you can wait until notepad++ pop up update message when running it on computer, at...

In my practice, clean-install is about 15 GB on my lenovo laptop. No matter, from Windows 10, to Windows 11 22H2, 23H2, 24H2. no significant change. my install

copilot

both. my music work uses audacious more. my music play is on winamp more.

Its USB port often disconnected when long time in use.

second, clean-install.

My main Office are Office2010, Office97 (fastest. But nearly extinct. No support) on 24H2. Office2013 or higher are all cloud-based. Bulky and sluggish. I gave up them after test (according to test time). comparable to your internet issue. My tasks on RTD and excel macro need Office. And hope...

yes, on 24H2. better install in order of Office2010, 2007, last Office97. If Office97 NOT installed last, it would request repair install (can be ignored. but every time Open it, error pops up. thou no hurt on use)

VB is slow anyway. ;-) In contrast, my VirtualBox is running on Windows 7. host is Windows 7. guest is Windows 11. I wish VirtualBox could be more powerful. it runs much weaker than physical computer. anyway, its' better than nothing. several apps on my computer (HP 800 G5 SFF i5-9600)...

It will work except running excel macro. My Win11 runs three, Office97, 2007 and 2010. Office2010 dealing with excel macro. Others can be run on Office97 (word, spreadsheet, chart , , , ).

It's a common sense for gamer. Copilot answer.

you need to flash the BIOS of HP 800 G1 to add NVMe Boot Support. https://tachytelic.net/2023/03/hp-elitedesk-800-g1-nvme-ssd/

DP is for gamer. HDMI is for home entertainment. So, your choice should be HDMI.