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The trailer made me feel like a dumb windows user who doesn't know how to do anything. Those big zoomed in windows, buttons and other interfaces felt popping directly on face. What does it offer for power users?
Will the upgrade be in-place as per Windows 10 updates?
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Probably intentional. They'll remove this in Windows 12.
Microsoft is continuing their long tradition of screwing up every other version of Windows. 98SE - ok, ME - bad, XP - good, Vista - bad, 7 - good, 8 - bad, 10 - good, 11 - can safely skip it and wait for 12
Microsoft has a long history of screwing things up before they get better...
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I did this when Vista came out. I said fuck it and installed Ubuntu, I had enough of Microsoft bullshit. Then Ubuntu upgraded and moved all window icons to the left side and rearranged them awkwardly. On the next update, they upgraded the sound subsystem and I was without sound until I bought my next PC. Another update came and computer went to sleep when watching movies, so I had to move the mouse every minute to fi…
I had a similar experience. MacOS was the answer. For me, the moat around MacOS is so large that I refuse to consider any other laptop brand. This has been the most frictionless operating system I've used to date. It's not perfect, but it's good enough to make other options undesirable.
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I think Teams integration is more of an acknowledgement that video-calling and workplace collaboration is a default usecase for desktop computing (like email, calendar, calculator, text editing). >They are making claims about it being more performant, but that's hard to imagine when considering their promises for backwards compatibility. I can run Windows 95 programs on Windows 10, not sure where the knock is coming…
The knock on backwards compatibility isn't a complaint about backwards compatibility, per se. It's about how so much of the OS is held back due to that support for old software. The trash menus I'm referring to, while the language is a bit strong, are how there is no unified design throughout the OS. It reeks of implementing new features halfway and rushing it out, since most of what the user sees is now "new".
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>Windows is a bloated nuisance OS that only stays around because of legacy software and DirectX The reason it stays around is because of it's entrenched market share at very large enterprises. Until there is a replacement for managing huge numbers of end user devices centrally that is as easy or easier then Active Directory that won't change.
Ah yeah, AD is another reason it stays around, however, like DirectX, it can be replaced. It's a ripe market opportunity.
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> Could they try to block Linux installs? Linux works just fine with UEFI, that's how I have it installed on all my machines.
I think the implication is TPM 2.0 and secure boot preventing users from booting unsigned code and installing Linux.
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- Windows have rounded corners - Teams integrated into Windows - A new widgets fly out for weather, news, etc. (appears this will require you login with a Microsoft Account) - A Microsoft account and internet connectivity is required for Windows 11 Home setup No thank you
- A new widgets fly out for weather, news, etc. (appears this will require you login with a Microsoft Account) Sounds daft and pointless to me. Are they mistaking their software for Apple or Android? Is Linux a usable alternative? IMHO, Windows 7 is my favorite OS, also XP, I don't love Windows 10 but Windows 11 sounds even less exciting, maybe MS should make some kind of "special edition" Windows XP that can support…
No strong evidence that this will be the case other than Windows 95/2000, Windows Vista/7, and Windows 8/10.
As best I can tell from the last 25 years, alternating releases are basically alpha versions that everyone is forced to pay to test for them.
What happened to "Windows 10 is the last version of Windows?" (eg. https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-ve... ) Will the upgrade be in-place as per Windows 10 updates?
That was just one employees comment at initial release and the guy probably just intended to communicate the idea Windows 10 will get continuous incremental features updates for a very long time without version change not make a lifelong promise they'll never make another version again (even though that's the literal meaning of what he ended up saying).
Upgrade wise it'll be free and automatic just like any normal Windows 10 update assuming your hardware qualifies.