*** Microsoft Windows 11 Thoughts & Discussion Thread ***

It /was/ slower for certain PC configs, like with Ryzen CPUs, and then some games that didn't use the new scheduler properly resulting in CPU limitations or driver issues with GFX cards.

All of these have been fixed for some time now though and performance for gaming is identical or better due to the support for newer technologies on Win 11.

Anything you have been reading is either old news, or people who are stuck in the old issues still fresh in mind for some reason because it's something to moan about for some folks.
 
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j4ska said:
Is it worth upgrading from w10 for gaming purposes only? Everywhere I read that w11 is slower in games
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The majority of Pro's are still using Win 10. I tried Win 11 a year or so ago, and I didn't like it. Gaming was fine but I got odd issues with sound etc. Went back to 10 and it works perfectly so I won't bother upgrading unless I have to.
 
This is a new one, went to get a coffee, came back and all my added icons had gone from taskbar, none of my programs were open, I couldn't even access task manager. This is the same issue I've had before where the screen is black (but can see cursor). I think I will rollback the h22 update as this wasn't happening previously.
 
GaryTheSnail said:
What is happening is eventually you are forced to move over to new systems when software becomes that outdated things don't work correctly.
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That will be a long time. Im guessing by that time everything might be browser/cloud based anyway

Besides. If old pc can't support win 11. Not really much option
 
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Had my Windows 10 install wiped out by an auto-update on my Alienware Alpha living room PC today. Seems like a known issue from looking at the Microsoft site... (0xc000021a)
The process to fix wasn't difficult, but I just decided to throw Windows 11 on instead.

Surprised how well an old Haswell machine does.
 
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So I've gotten around to testing W11 in a VM and I've noticed some very peculiar things, i was expecting a year on from GA that it would've been more complete but unless I'm being dumb they seem to have made some really weird choices, and then there's the bugs.

Am i being dumb or is there no way to see a history of notifications and/or what optional features have been installed? I know it installed an optional feature as i removed OCR from the install image and i got a notification that new features were being installed, that was expected as W10 reinstalls OCR when it's removed, however what wasn't expected is for the optional feature history in the settings app to be blank despite a notification (that i can't retrieve because there doesn't seem to be a history there either) saying that is was installing features.

Then there's the issue that some apps show up the settings installed apps section but other things don't like any of the extensions (VP9, Raw, Webp). They show up in the Store app's Library section, but again can't be removed despite having a false non-removable flag. This is just what I've noticed this morning when i started testing so goodness knows what other weird inconsistencies I'll find.
 
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GaryTheSnail said:
They just minor things what you fetched up. Install it and then file a report to Microsoft for changes.
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Like the report I submitted to Microsoft for ungroup task bar options - back when it was still a beta.... :D

GaryTheSnail said:
You just been fussy.
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Nope - it's just another half arsed, unfinished effort.

Yes they are fussy little things, but we aren't talking about 1 or 2 fussy little things - we are talking about mountains of little issues, inconsistences and poor design choices.

If Apple or Google do a design overhaul, it's top to bottom. If MS do it, it takes 4 years, and there's still bits left of the last 5 design languages that didn't get completely finished.
 
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