Microsoft: Windows 11 well-loved, adopted twice as quickly as Windows 10
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- SuperSpruce
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- 01 Feb 2022
I recently got a new laptop (5900HX, 6800M, 32GB RAM, NVMe SSD) and upgraded to windows 11 immediately because I'm not doing a major OS upgrade when I have a ton of important stuff on the laptop.
Windows 11, at least on these specs, runs well without any major bugs, except one time where the audio output wouldn't let me change the volume level without rebooting. I never really used Windows 10 because I was locked into the apple way for several years. Windows 11 imo is just as stable as Mac, and actually tries to auto-reboot LESS than MacOS. Man, it feels good to escape Apple. Windows 11 also does look and feel nice to use imo.
Anyways, there are a few major criticisms that I have about Windows 11. First, it uses 4GB of RAM on idle, 10x as much as Lubuntu on my other, 12 year old laptop. Privacy concerns remain an issue. Imo the start menu on Windows 11 is poor, Windows 10 had a much better start menu. Windows 11 taskbar sucks imo. And above all, WHY CAN'T I SEE MY BATTERY PERCENTAGE RIGHT ON THE TASKBAR?! I have a gaming laptop that can guzzle my battery in half an hour if I'm not careful, or sip it in over 10 hours if I am careful. Nice job copying iOS (my least favorite common OS) on that one, Microsoft.
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- Cyberchum
- Nu6
- 29 Jan 2022
Anonymous, 29 Jan 2022Just "normal" users are misguided and then do the... moreOkay, rabbi!
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- Herman S. Ferguson
- 3QA
- 29 Jan 2022
windows 11 should not be published too many bugs(((
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- Anonymous
- 3E2
- 29 Jan 2022
Those mofos said that Windows 10 would be the last Windows so that to convince people to buy the licence en masse (instead of defecting). And right on schedule (once enough time passed) they switched.
Bait and switch like that lands you in jail unless you're a top 2 company in marketcap I guess.
Can't be reminded of the last cash grab of the level of Windows 11.
Things is literally reskinned Windows 10, people love to be fooled it seems like.
Such a distatestful company, one has to wonder how come they managed to stay on top for so very long. They never moved or shook anything. Merely adopted what others created and/or ran cheap scams...
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- Anonymous
- 3SL
- 29 Jan 2022
Just "normal" users are misguided and then do the update. Anyone who has more knowledge on what he/she is doing and what is Win 11, won't install it.
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- Anonymous
- 7j{
- 29 Jan 2022
Cyberchum, 28 Jan 2022Tell where I said nor implied that all changes are good. Go... moreHow are you having such positive thoughts. People like you are rare on internet.
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- Cyberchum
- Nu6
- 28 Jan 2022
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2022Except windows 11 is broken. For people whose usage exceed ... moreTell where I said nor implied that all changes are good. Go ahead!
Fact remains that for things to advance, there must be changes. And, in the course of that, there'd be some bad and not-so-good ones. And that's life and growth. "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
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- schwaggins
- Hqc
- 28 Jan 2022
Windows 11 is fine, the settings layout is far better than Windows 10s mess. It's quite good for its first iteration
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- Anonymous
- 3yL
- 28 Jan 2022
I use Pop-OS ! btw.
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- Selman
- 8@g
- 28 Jan 2022
I don't see any advantage to downgrade from W10 to W11, no performance advantage, the taskbar is better in W10, etc,etc...
W11 is fiasco like Vista was.
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- Anonymous
- SHp
- 27 Jan 2022
Win 11 is a totally stable OS and is in fact very nice looking. There are some minor bugs and inconsistencies. Other small things that changed are absolutely spot on and you never knew you needed them until they were introduced. It feels like these small changes were always there because they are quite intuitive. I only miss Windows mobile as a third major OS. I wonder how would it evolve.
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- Anonymous
- iGt
- 27 Jan 2022
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2022my processor is AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics... morenope but if you already on windows 10 then you can "force install" it. there are some videos on youtube
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- OfficialTRider
- uu@
- 27 Jan 2022
It is a good OS. The design feels great. It looks kinda like windows 7 with rounded corners but also modern at the same time. Most kf the legace icons have been replaced while almost all of the buttons got the rounded treatment. It looks nice and clean for general users. The best thing is that it supports touch and using windows 11 with a touch screen feels more polished now. The snap layout feature is great. If you want more features then you can use Microsoft Power Toys. A great tool to enhance the system. The new store looks great, it now got softwares like Firefox, Photoshop, VLC, Disney+ etc.
I'm personally waiting for the Year 1 update though to fully move to windows 11 on my main PC. Year 1 update will make the design more streamlined with legacy apps like paint, notepad, media player, task manager getting a design update. Android support will be there while they'll iron out most of the bugs (they already have touched upon those in insider builds). Year 1 update will also bring more enhanced security (Windows Defender/Security is already great.)
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- Anonymous
- uCa
- 27 Jan 2022
more like forced unknowingly
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- Viper
- 8kE
- 27 Jan 2022
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2022Basically all eligible PCs are forced by auto update unless... moreno, you're not forced, there's option in the right down corner which says ''Stay on Windows 10 for now''. 10 days already after i upgrade from W10 to W11.. and nothing is like ''broken'' or don't know what bad things happening on it.. most users says bad words just cuz they read something on the internet or how someone out there had some kind of troubles with it.. and that's it.. in general.. ''windows 11 is broken'' final decision. I use Intel, can't say for AMD cpu's but from what i know, is fixed that issue now. My pc is working like charm, nothing bad so far with W11
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- Dr CPM
- 3g5
- 27 Jan 2022
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2022I have a i7-4770k, and it won't let me upgradeHave you thought of upgrading to a 4004 or maybe a 6502
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- Anonymous
- sUS
- 27 Jan 2022
Cyberchum, 27 Jan 2022I like windows 11 more than I did the ones before it. And y... moreExcept windows 11 is broken. For people whose usage exceed far more than yours. Hating change just for the sake of it? Did it ever occur to you that not all change is good>
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- Anonymous
- sUS
- 27 Jan 2022
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2022Basically all eligible PCs are forced by auto update unless... moreThis is correct. Windows is the only option for the masses who can't afford a Mac and are not tech savvy for Linux.
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- Anonymous
- uED
- 27 Jan 2022
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2022Basically all eligible PCs are forced by auto update unless... moreAnd new laptops are shipped with it. Basically no option and people still need laptop during pandemic... nicely made up stats
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- Anonymous
- uED
- 27 Jan 2022
Basically all eligible PCs are forced by auto update unless the users aware lol