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Now is the time to abandon Windows. I don't know what can replace it right now, for non-technical users, but the market is ready for an OS that isn't tied to hardware (MacOS) and doesn't require as much expertise or effort as Linux variants (especially when running specific software). Microsoft is here with Windows 11, integrating teams into the OS, because they want to shill it, not because it's what users want. The…
Now is the time to abandon Windows. I don't know what can replace it right now, for non-technical users, but the market is ready for an OS that isn't tied to hardware (MacOS) and doesn't require as much expertise or effort as Linux variants (especially when running specific software). Microsoft is here with Windows 11, integrating teams into the OS, because they want to shill it, not because it's what users want. The…
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 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".
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.
* A new look task bar. Centred similar to the macOS dock by default but lacking the ability to position on any other screen edge?
* A new start menu design
* Windows have rounded corners
* Some built in apps such as the Xbox app and Microsoft Store have been redesigned (Xbox Game Pass and xCloud built into the Xbox app)
* New touch keyboard (SwiftKey?) with improved speech recognition
* New haptics when a stylus is used
* Teams integrated into Windows
* Support for Android apps built into the OS (using Intel Bridge technology whatever that is?). Apparently this works via the Amazon App Store although I am not sure what this actually means in a practical sense?
* A new widgets fly out for weather, news, etc. (appears this will require you login with a Microsoft Account)
* Improved windows snapping with a dynamic (based on your screen(s) size and layout) UI built into the maximize button
* DirectX 12 improvements (unsure if limited to Windows 11 only?)
* Auto HDR for games
* Improved experience when switching between tablet and desktop modes
* Apparently there will be "Windows 11 ready" PCs for sale "today"?
* Microsoft say they have been working with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm to optimise the silicon for Windows 11
* 40% smaller Windows Updates
* TPM 2.0 and UEFI are hardware requirements. No legacy BIOS compatibility at all?
* A Microsoft account and internet connectivity is required for Windows 11 Home setup
* 64-bit processor required (no 32-bit build at all?)
* There is a universal mute button in the system tray so you can mute yourself system wide rather than in the app
Probably some other things I have missed
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?
Except it will be the same old windows disguised.
Exactly, just more lipstick on a pig. They never seem to fully commit to anything.
They have real trouble committing to a UI toolkit or design language, though.
Looks like a ton of nice little QoL improvements for the vast majority of people especially with Snap and Multiple Desktops, with monitor layout memory. Hope that taskbar can still have programs with "non-combined" windows, as opposed to dock style. Using PowerToys Run personally seems like it's going to sidestep most of the complaints I'm seeing from this comment section.
Now is the time to abandon Windows. I don't know what can replace it right now, for non-technical users, but the market is ready for an OS that isn't tied to hardware (MacOS) and doesn't require as much expertise or effort as Linux variants (especially when running specific software). Microsoft is here with Windows 11, integrating teams into the OS, because they want to shill it, not because it's what users want. The…
>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.
Congratulations on incrementing a number and changing things so I'll be annoyed by a marginally different set of things? I can't raise to caring about something which should be done at this point. To some people it is important I'm sure but a lot of us just want the OS to keep doing the basics and get out of the way.