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Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11 (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11::Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then?

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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Is there even any actual positive for upgrading? I haven't heard a single good thing about Windows 11 vs 10

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I actually love Windows 11 personally (no I'm not paid by MS). I get an extra hour of battery life on 11 somehow, and finally like 2 years in the right click menu is getting support from 3rd party apps so it's not just in the way and is actually nice and fast unlike a bloated legacy right click menu.

    Windows 11 has a lot of issues, but most of them are carry overs from windows 10. The same work arounds work for 11 as 10 so if you do an upgrade you don't even have to deal with them.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Windows 11 Pro is pretty good!

    Windows 11 Home is pretty stinky!

    I use 11 for work and 10 for my personal usage still.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I'm the same, but I would actually like 11 on my home gaming pc though. I've grown tired and sometimes frustrated with 10 after spending so much time with 11 now. 10 feels so clunky at times. And with me using startisback on my 11 pc i would say the whole interface of my 11 pc is way better than my 10 pc

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    For anyone reading this, you can easily upgrade your windows installation locally for free with "windows activation scripts" (hosted on GitHub).

    It even has a oneliner you paste into a command prompt which guides you through.

    And yeah it sure sounds shady, but it works great and Microsoft will only get money from selling my data as they would do anyways even if I paid.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    No idea. I haven’t heard anything positive either. It’s been like 3 years since I’ve touched a Windows machine. I had to use Windows 10 at an old job and it was a solid OS. Stable, reliable, can’t really say anything negative about it. I prefer Linux though.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Rounded corners lmao. But actually the UI makes the OS feel more complete and polished compared to Windows 10. You can never know how much you missed out until you try it.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Given that I pretty much only use my windows PC for gaming, I think I'll pass on upgrading for round corners lol

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, I'd never upgrade. Got a new laptop for work. It has 11. It's ostensibly the same thing. It opens my programs. It came with shit that I had to get rid of. Not that unlike 10.

    My PC has 10. Windows 11 would have to be the second coming of Christ for me to upgrade, mainly because I don't have a need to upgrade. When I build a new one, I'll more than likely get whatever is current, and I'll scour the Internet for little secrets of how to improve my experience. At the end of the day it'll make no difference. It's not ME or anything. It's just an OS.

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