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Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

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Re: Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

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Post by TheLoafOfBread »

arepublicadoceu wrote: post #51

I'm always upgrading to Windows 11 after some big release and then quickly reverting back to Windows 10. Things I can't live without: - Ungrouping programs on my taskbar. For the love of god. I can't use a desktop without this; - The right click on explorer is still beyond dumb with that absurd two step to go to the useful stuff. - I "really" don't like how they grouped the icons on the traybar. On Windows 10 you can…

You can fix the right click in explorer via registry change. But I agree it is dumbest thing in Windows 11 and I am not sure who approved such stupid change

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/restor...

Re: Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

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Post by rahen »

mongol wrote: post #27
cute_boi wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The main question is whats the benefit of windows 11 over windows 10? I only see disadvantage where we need to have TPM so we can accept their DRM in future, or useless taskbar where dragging and dropping doesn't work etc. Not to mention that additional bloats that will be added in windows 10. Windows Xp could run in 128MB and that was perfectly fine for people like me. But now even 4gigs is not sufficient to run pc…

I think it has WSL GUI, so you can run Linux graphical applications. https://youtu.be/kC3eWRPzeWw

Anyone can run graphical Linux apps on Windows 10 too, or even on XP/Cygwin. You just have to install the X Server (VcXsrv) separately.

Re: Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

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Post by Krisjohn »

Windows 10 is fine, so Windows 11 upgrades for most of our customers are based off a timeline working forward from Windows 10’s EoL date. Testing - deployment - procurement - full migration just in time for security updates to 10 to end.

We’re yet to discuss if we will recommend using a utility to allow upgrades on any officially unsupported hardware. Knowing our customers most would be very happy to roll the dice and avoid hardware upgrades.

Re: Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

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Post by LegitShady »

lostmsu wrote: post #57
LegitShady wrote: post #7

I run windows on ~4 computers. All are on windows 10. I haven't actually seen anything from Windows 11 that seems like an improvement worth upgrading for, and two of the machines would need me to purchase a TPM module to get it to install. Some features and lack thereof are baffling. It's been out a year and you still can't move the taskbar, and you can't stop it from combining applications in the tasbar. wtf? Window…

> two of the machines would need me to purchase a TPM module to get it to install Most of the older PCs have firmware TPU built-in, but for some weird reason disabled in BIOS. Are you sure it is not the case for you?

they're both i5-7600k which officially windows 11 doesn't support. even if I installed a tpm or found one in the motherboard bios, I'd be on an unsupported hardware configuration which doesn't sound like a good long term stability thing.

Maybe I'll take a look and see if its in the motherboard bios but I don't think that will solve my problem of minimum requirements being 8th gen and up.

Re: Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

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Post by EMM_386 »

LegitShady wrote: post #7

I run windows on ~4 computers. All are on windows 10. I haven't actually seen anything from Windows 11 that seems like an improvement worth upgrading for, and two of the machines would need me to purchase a TPM module to get it to install. Some features and lack thereof are baffling. It's been out a year and you still can't move the taskbar, and you can't stop it from combining applications in the tasbar. wtf? Window…

There are some "quality of life" improvements such as a redesigned Task Manager that has a better UI and finally supports dark mode.

Tabs in Windows Explorer, etc.

These sorts of things.

My only issue so far is that you can't drag a document onto an open program on the taskbar (even Explorer) and have it open. You get the "can't do that!" cursor. I don't understand that change at all.

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Post by lostmsu »

Shared404 wrote: post #69
lostmsu wrote: post #54

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> Linux is fine if you're a developer Eh. I still don't want to waste my time fixing boot issues. And still prefer multiple screens to 1, which does not work well yet.

> And still prefer multiple screens to 1, which does not work well yet. I see people say this all the time, but I use multiple screens on linux on multiple distributions, across intel/AMD/nvidia, and on voth X and Wayland without issue. Am I missing something?

Do they have the same DPI?
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