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Lots of absolute hell in the changelog. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications A lot of it i never used, but some in there really p**s me off. Alignment to the bottom of the screen is the only location allowed Apps can no longer customize areas of the taskbar News and Interests has evolved Basically this means goodbye to taskbar on any other side of the screen (SOMETHING THAT HAS EXISTED SINCE 95) and possibly taskbar customization like Open Shell, StartIsBack and 7+ Taskbar Tweaker if we cannot customize the taskbar anymore with 3rd party apps. As well as that, News and Interests was ruined in just a month. It was somewhat decent on the taskbar but now you need a touchscreen to get somewhere to it, unless you keep Widgets. PLUS, the taskbar now default center is going to cause so many headaches with friends and family. It really should default to the left because the majority of Windows users prefer it that way and have used it that way for 24 years. Centered taskbar is a very, very, very isolated feature that I believe should be something you set, not something that IS set.

I agree though. Windows 11 was a lot of hype. it was something new. But now that all the hype has drained and I actually have some clarity, its an improvement from 10 UI wise and under the hood, but nothing of it ever comes close to how just flipping awesome Windows 7 was. It performed as good on hardware from its time as 11 does to hardware from nowadays. Windows 11 is worrying me now. I'm required to use secure boot, TPM 2.0 and UEFI and a majority of my systems don't support 11. To be fair, a lot of my systems are about 10 years old now and you couldn't run Win10 1507 on a PC from 2005. I'm not really wanting to upgrade to 11 right now. It was all just a big hype train like all big companies do but I just want what was already perfect back.

Now we just wait until next week for the first previews, then we can go more in-depth with it and see how it runs. So far the biggest problem I can see is the compatibility problems.

32 bit support is something everyone else has done. Linux apps, macOS chipset & apps, Microsoft was the last one. If you have a PC thats still 32-bit Microsoft wants you to either upgrade or keep Win10. Likely that PC is from 2010 or older. Legacy is still here, I have installed it on MBR Legacy (at least the leaked one) and it worked fine It will require a internet connection & MSFT account for the Home version. Pro and others don't require it It does look very different, but it kinda looks like an updated version of 7 / Vista with some differences. The widgets window though is just a pathetic excuse. They aren't even widgets, its just News and Interests on the side of your screen. I'm not saying this is the best version of Windows. I'm saying its an improvement from 10.

Windows 11 has officially been announced! We'll need a new forum location here. So far, according to their site: Windows 11 is NOT a required upgrade Windows 11 will require TPM 2.0 & will not offer a 32-bit option anymore Windows 10 will indeed be supported until October 2025 Windows 11 will be available next year. It introduces a new UI, action center and taskbar. The insider releases will be seen next week. In my opinion, this release may go a lot easier than 7 to 10 did since they aren't requiring an upgrade. Actually, the hardware requirements are bogus and completely overrated. Now its Vista all over again. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11

hahaha, i just finished watching an episode all about that today. many people, including me, are stuck with it because most people grew up with Windows. Remember, its been the leader of the pack since id say 1995. microsoft had money and they had skills, they got the OEMs to include the crap and then eventually everyone grew up with it. many dont want to switch, they have used windows their whole lives.

Well, tomorrow at 11AM ET we will find out more about what is upon us. Enjoy the last day of Windows 10 being the most praised OS.

My full opinions of Windows 11 are now confirmed at the moment. Subject to change on announcement day, but right now: Windows 11 is the same if not worse than Windows 10. All this "Windows is back!!" stuff is all a bunch of hype gain. Many factors have changed in 11 that will definitely make me come to say I will not be upgrading to it at any point in time right now. Loss of taskbar context menu (Win+X still exists, though) Taskbar size has increased, causing it to have less screen real estate and also caused the clock to be crammed. Windows 11 on my systems are less performant than a bloated 10 install The TPM 2.0 requirement may destroy easy-installation on my systems if it's not just a internal feature Nothing much changed under the hood meaning its like the difference of 8.0 to 8.1 or Vista to 7 Start menu is even worse with all the bullsht removed (Recommended sucks, the start menu tiles suck too) meaning that I will use Open Shell more often now. The 10 start menu was somewhat usable with all the bs removed WDDM 3.0 is now introduced in this meaning that staying back on 10 will slowly become hell because of a possible DirectX 13 release? Future update system may have changed to an Apple style one, meaning in 2022 we may get Windows 12, so on in 2023.. Knowing Microsoft we will be forced on Windows 11 just like GWX in 2015 Because so many people are Windows 10 shills, Windows 11 is getting massive amounts of love and affection even before its official announcement Welp, another forced upgrade and depreciation of what makes Windows decent is upon us. This time, less people support legacy Windows so I expect this one to be more of a hell for people who don't like 10 or 11.

Not just GCN. RDNA 1 and 2 as well. Every AMD GPU to give you more specific.

Alright I am not sure about the performance being an improvement. I just did a test for myself and even with a clean installed 11 with a 10 with tons of apps, 10 still outbeat Windows 11 by 200 points on passmark. Not that big of a difference but its nice to know that 11 will slightly down your performance.

According to win32 over at the extended kernel project, he said something about how 21996.1 being surpassing in performance than Vista. Time to test it for myself to find out.

I thought it was. Microsoft LOOOVVESS to copy apple. Apple got stuck in 10.x world and Microsoft wanted in, then now that Apple finally left to 11 and 12 world Microsoft is leaving too. Coincidence? I think not.

Appears that MSFN is back up now! To report back now: Windows 11 was leaked. Almost a 100% possibility of it being Windows 11. It brings a new UI and is codenamed cobalt under co_release. On the 24th we will see its announcement and possible release later this year. It is still version dev (the leaked build is 21996.1) so it is most likely not 21996. Windows 11 also features many new changes like a new hotkey sound UI (not enabled, of course) and a new taskbar. Open Shell does not 100% work (the start menu is now different) and Aero Glass is a good luck to that. Fluent is now more everywhere and the corners are rounded like in Windows Vista and 7. There have been false claims of terminated Microsoft accounts or it sending data to China, but I have yet to see actual evidence of this. Windows 11 in general at this moment is a reskinned version of 10. It follows the same NT kernel version and still includes the older explorer-based taskbar and start menu. And yes, the Windows 3.1 file manager still exists. Do not expect Windows 11 to be any improvement unless it is UI based. We still have the spying, automatic updates, lack of control, and inconsistent design. Plus, you can't change taskbar setttings right now.

Always thought this day was far from now. Farewell. We will have to see what AMD does now.

hehaha.... ahh microsoft, now i have to uninstall defender whenever i make my install run well? this is just hilarious...

This is almost 100% sun valley. But some people are rumoring that it may be a new release of Windows, like Windows 11. What do you guys think? This could be the first major release since 2015.

I can and will say with passion that 10 has gotten worse over the years. Back when it came out it was much of a shock to us because it was so different, but we got the tools to fix some of it and that was that. As the years go by Microsoft has put more and more shady practices in Windows 10. I used to be able to deal with it, I didn't even do any 3rd party mods to it back in 2015, 2016, 2017. Ever since around 2018 things have just gotten worse and worse.

I actually did run 8.0 on my system for a bit, and it ran fine although some programs complained about it not being 8.1. I still don't know how to bypass things like that.

The thing that gets me a little scared of LTSx is Microsoft's lack of care toward it.

I'm feeling indecisive.

I don't know then. I have a system that supports 7, 8.x and 10. Ive used 10 for years, so I dont know if I should take advantage of my supported hardware and go with 8.x or make a custom 10 ISO. I'd prefer not to use 21H1 due to its recentness, 20H2 the same, 2004 because of the SSD bug. Leaves me with 1909 or 1903.

I've used 10 since the day it came out and never have fully understood the best steps at making it respect you. What specifically would I do to get it to respect me?

I believe it still works, I am not sure though.

Through the context menu it still exists, but in the latest dev insider I tried that and it doesn't work. Fully gone in Dev builds right now.

It may not be as simple as that. There are many, many hex values with all 4 of those numbers.