which desktop is better is a matter of personal preference. I started out with H&R decades ago, I did not like it after using it just one year, so I switched to TT and have been using the desktop version ever since. 2023 was fine. then in 2024 the TT developers went insane in revising the interview mode for the desktop version. i would rate it a minus 10 (worse than what I remember about the H&R app). forms mode is still ok which is what I mainly use.
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I also did something else. I have a full PC and I took an SSD from a second computer and following great instructions available on the web installed W11 on it. Then I installed TT 2024 with no problems. Open my 2024 tax file and everything appears as it does in the original W10 version. Also installed MS office though i had some issues. I made the computer dual boot so I can choose between booting to w10 or w11. this post is through the w11 drive. My computer does not have a TPM not even the 1.2 version and the processor is an intel I7 4000 series. The worst problem encountered was with my printer which dates back to W95. there is no native driver in w11 and the maker doesn't offer any except a generic PCL driver. Installing that worked but it took a while to figure out all the adjustments that had to be done so it worked.
so for $0 cost just time - a lot of it, I now have w11.
