I have almost always found the good in Windows and have defended it for much of my life. I can’t for the life of me understand the changes 11 made to just simple things. Change the right click menu? Change the start menu location just cause? There is no reasoning to it.
I even justified Windows 8.1 weird start menu as moving to touch friendly. But 11 just irritates me.
Just out of curiosity, and admittedly without much intention of changing my mind regardless of the answer, but is there any compelling reason to switch to Windows 11? Some features or benefits that in any way make it a better experience than 10 (even if the overall experience isn’t better for other reasons)?
That’s just a reason to switch away from Windows 10, not a reason to switch to Windows 11. Though you can still use an OS after it’s been sunsetted. Some people still use Windows XP.
I’ve got a Linux iso ready to be tested, a willingness to try out some other options, and an intent to pick one of those without even bothering with windows 11. I’ve only heard negative or neutral things about it (other than the multiple desktops mentioned in another comment, though that isn’t unique to Windows 11). Up to this point, I’ve not even been willing to entertain considering windows 11, but now I’m willing to at least hear the pitch. Is there anything other than inertia that makes people want to use Windows 11?
I’d argue its as much the way they are pushing as it is despite the push.
Installed debian at the weekend (tbh I have been meaning to do it for months but lazy) with dual boot. Want to see exactly what I need windows for before killing the partition off.
I’m planning on continuing with win10/Linux dualboot until I save up enough for a full PC upgrade, then it’ll be just Linux with a Windows 10 VM if absolutely needed. I have to use win11 for work and it’s absolutely awful. Alt tabbing gets stuck all the time, if I have more than one window open on a shortcut, pressing super+number gets stuck in the little preview window with nothing selectable. Can’t move the task bar to the top of the screen, it constantly freezes when logging back in. Just poop all around
Unfortunately I’m gone be subjected to 11 at work on my company laptop.
And this is why they get away with so much bullshit. Think about how much of Windows 11 and Edge’s usage is coming from people that don’t have a choice because their workplace forces it (because Microsoft tells them they must).
To avoid another failure like Windows 8, they learned a decade ago to stop trying to attract people to your new OS with quality design and desirable features, because then you’d actually have to listen to feedback and give a shit what users want instead of what executives want to push on them.
So instead they further tied features together with security, and pulled the plug on support for old versions much sooner.
Because when your corner cutting and trend chasing fails to attract users, you can still hold a gun to their head and tell them “update now or be ‘unsecure’.” And business customers really don’t have a choice, there.
it’s a tend that had been an enormous boon for disrespectful design and dark patterns in the last 20 years.
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