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

[4K8KW10]

Just installed on my web browsing PC, which was always going to be my test bed as its got nothing on it except office, installed pretty quick, seems ok

Anything different to Windows 10 other than the weird central placement of the taskbar icons? lol

And no Android app support until next year. I feel like they're rushing this release.

They are rushing the release. Why on October 5th? Are they trolling us for some reason?

 

[Phil2008]

Dunno why anyone is excited for Windows 11 - despite some cool ideas and an aesthetic which in concept is probably what a modern Windows should be it is all the same shambles all over again in implementation and execution, half-finished ideas before jumping onto the next "cool" idea, treating the end user like a product, etc.

Lots of talk about the end user experience while ignoring most of the tenants of what makes for a good quality of life experience.

If it wasn't for most alternatives aren't great, no real options for a broad range of tasks and compatibility for work related stuff (though increasingly that is moving to cloud, Sharepoint, etc.) I'd have left Windows behind long ago - sadly I do too many things where I have no option but to use Windows.

I generally try to be a tolerant and easy going person who doesn't wish ill on people but the developers on this OS have their heads so firmly up their own behinds I really do wish the worst on them.

It's the worst OS yet.. People only want it because its the latest, so it must be the greatest. I just hope MS doesn't force us gamers to upgrade, but they will, as they have always done with all other OS.....

 

[Rroff]

It's the worst OS yet.. People only want it because its the latest, so it must be the greatest. I just hope MS doesn't force us gamers to upgrade, but they will, as they have always done with all other OS.....

The frustrating thing is some things should be moving in the right direction, but just aren't, there have been some attempts to clean things up like the mess of File Explorer but it has only gone so far before they seem to have moved on to other things while some useful features have got lost along the way and new useful features seem to be an afterthought or delayed. The UI if they really embraced the design language and brought the whole OS into line with it would be great but again implementation/execution is lacking and more time seems to have been spent on features no one has ever asked for or wants and are foisted on the end user so you have to then go through the actions of disabling them :s

There seems little real concern to the end user quality of life experience and a lot of treating the end user like a product.

 

[Scougar]

urgh. I wish they'd stop trying to be Apple's OS.

 

[V F]

urgh. I wish they'd stop trying to be Apple's OS.

Redmond photocopiers?

 

[Scougar]

lol

The overly simplistic interface is irritating. I want GUI control over most things, and in-depth options. Should I feel lucky we still have access to the old control panel etc at present?

 

[Rroff]

lol

The overly simplistic interface is irritating. I want GUI control over most things, and in-depth options. Should I feel lucky we still have access to the old control panel etc at present?

I suspect there are a few bits no one understands well enough to risk ripping it out or it would have already been gone

 

[chroniclard]

"Worst OS yet....."....

 

[FredFlint]

build 176 is out.

 

[Ad_Augendae]

Windows 11 Insider Preview 22449.1000 (rs_prerelease)

 

[Ad_Augendae]

build 176 is out.

Cheers, I've had a load of driver push/pulls this week. I am unsure if my SSD is causing problems though I seem to have 2000 read 200 write I was getting 2000/1000 maybe it's just an SSD thing!

 

[Ad_Augendae]

On my 6th GEN Intel I'm getting 2021-08 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems (KB5006050) hmmm

 

[Gman]

Any one had the email saying their PC doesn't meet the required specs for the inside program telling them to install a fresh version of windows 10?

Just had one but don't know why, the PC passes all the tests and running update is pulling the latest preview

 

[Ad_Augendae]

Not so far and I am still going with a 6th gen intel, so weird that one

 

[Stretlow]

When the offical version is released will i need to do a new full instally or will it just update and be the same version?

 

[Trick]

Any one had the email saying their PC doesn't meet the required specs for the inside program telling them to install a fresh version of windows 10?

Just had one but don't know why, the PC passes all the tests and running update is pulling the latest preview

Yep, got that too. PC has all the necessary stuff, running 11 in a VirtualBox session and it's just updating to Windows 11 Insider Preview 22449.1000 (rs_prerelease), so the email appears to be nonsense.

 

[Cadder]

Tempted to try out Win11. How are people finding it so far?

 

[Donnie Fisher]

Have you read the thread ?

 

[Ad_Augendae]

WSLg WTF Microsoft you removed the switch and broke it FFS Windows Subsystem for Linux WSLg Preview - 1.0.27

 

[Ad_Augendae]

Have you read the thread ?

I am using Win11 on REAL pcs's and tbh it's pretty slick, further more if you have a good gaming machine with good quality gfx and at least 1GB ssd NVME you are sure to gain in the long run.