Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
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Re: Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
#2> yet another start menu
> yet more ads
> requires modern hardware
> more surprise updates breaking things
Win11 not as popular? Imagine my shock and dismay.
A sizable portion of my non-tech peers had bad experiences and one by one switched to Linux and the elder two switched to MacOS.
Frankly I am baffled.
Re: Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
#3This is the first time I've ever held off on a Windows update; I didn't even mind Windows 8
From what I've seen, this one is so bad that I'm assuming they'll be forced to walk it back and/or dramatically rethink it, so I'm just holding out for that
Re: Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
#4I guarantee if these numbers keep trending downward, Microsoft will just find ways to force you into upgrading, or trick you into upgrading like they did with windows 10 and the weirdly phrased update prompt options.
Re: Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
#5I would happily upgrade, but MS has decided that none of the systems I own will support it.
Re: Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
#6> yet another start menu > yet more ads > requires modern hardware > more surprise updates breaking things Win11 not as popular? Imagine my shock and dismay. A sizable portion of my non-tech peers had bad experiences and one by one switched to Linux and the elder two switched to MacOS. Frankly I am baffled.
Me too. I’ve been reading comments like this since the Year of Linux first began.
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3038d4/when_was_the_...
Image my shock to find out Windows still has 87% market share.
I’m still unhappy that they took my Sun workstation and gave me a Windows PC.
Re: Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
#7I guarantee if these numbers keep trending downward, Microsoft will just find ways to force you into upgrading, or trick you into upgrading like they did with windows 10 and the weirdly phrased update prompt options.
They "tricked" my little sibling into upgrading, by essentially threatening that "this message will keep popping up until you upgrade".
Re: Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
#8This is the first time I've ever held off on a Windows update; I didn't even mind Windows 8 From what I've seen, this one is so bad that I'm assuming they'll be forced to walk it back and/or dramatically rethink it, so I'm just holding out for that
Tbh I like it. Except that I've disabled most of the telemetry, the ads, the handholding and new "features" (lots of github PS scripts available to 'optimize' the initial install). I've also installed StartAllBack to disable the new taskbar which I hate. Now its behaving just the way I like it and it's lean and fast. This, together with WSL2 I don't feel I need anything else as a daily driver.
Re: Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
#9This is the first time I've ever held off on a Windows update; I didn't even mind Windows 8 From what I've seen, this one is so bad that I'm assuming they'll be forced to walk it back and/or dramatically rethink it, so I'm just holding out for that
Windows ME was pretty bad too
Re: Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
#10I’ve disabled telemetry and such, but I really like Win11 so far. Had to jump through some hoops to get android apps up and running, but otherwise it has been smooth sailing. I’m a MacOS fan though so perhaps what I’m enjoying is the new things that make the UI more like Mac imho.