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As a happy Windows user, this looks exciting.
I hope that there'll be a Windows Pro upgrade path that's not pocket-heavy, so I can update my 8 year old laptop, and my recent desktop without paying too much.
Getting rid of tiles and similar seems like a substantial improvement, and might address part of people's complaints about Windows 10. The most important question, though: is Windows still "evergreen" with free updates, or will people have to buy Windows 11? The latter would mean we can't count on Windows systems being up to date. I was happily looking forward to the day when software could just support Windows 10 an…
I wonder why the change of heart?
> " Microsoft is also integrating Microsoft Teams directly into Windows 11, for both consumers and commercial users. " Not that I have any objections to Teams per se but attempting to drive adoption by bundling got Microsoft in trouble in the IE era; didn't they learn their lesson? Either way, probably the first thing I'll be doing after a fresh install of Windows 11 is uninstalling Teams.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
Putting the start menu button in the middle of the panel rather than at a corner seems to forget Fitts' Law. Is this a push to make people use hotkeys more or just bad design?
Developers can use their own payment systems, and MS take nothing. That's a bit of a kick in the teeth to Apple.
Also it doesn't count if you make Xbox games. Microsoft still takes a cut there.
So it's 0% if it's a native Windows app and it isn't an Xbox Game. So let's just say Epic Games will still not be satisfied with this.
Not a fan of the Android apps installable and discoverable onto Windows...but through the Amazon appstore. Weird, and I'd much more prefer installing to PC from Google Play itself.
I am underwhelmed with Win 11. I did not see a feature that felt sufficiently useful to justify coming back. I am not sure, who would consciously choose it outside of business sector and gaming.