Windows 11 The OS that nobody wanted

[@davidgrim5990]

1. No local account 2. Recall and the epic privacy invasion 3. Ads 4. Copilot and the spying that comes with it

[@shaheryarmuhammadali5843]

5. Cortana 6. Right click context menu 7. Microsoft Edge 8. Bloatware preloaded in a fresh install.

[@brianjrichman]

Add to your list; 5. Mandatory TPM 2.0 6. Stupidly high H/W requirements. 7. Microsoft actually not caring (more like blissfully unaware) about the huge amount of ewaste they are causing.

[@D.von.N]

You can have local accounts in Win11, but you must go via MS account first. Make some new wmail address, register it with MS, and then create local accounts and either degrade the MS account to a standard user after you created a new local admin, or remove the MS account completely. You don't need it. But for an average Joe, the forced MS account ensures his bitlocker key is saved somewhere, if he needed it, because most average Joes have no idea about encryption and whatnot, especially when the hard drive is encrypted by default, t least the used space, while bitlocker is appearing to be not activated in some systems. The Joes need a nanny Microsoft to keep an eye on them and to navigate them through the new control freak system the MS has become.

[@Jon717]

Microsoft just made it harder to create local accounts on home edition.

[@Plazmal]

On the pro version, all these things are VERY easy to fix. There's so much FUD over this. I hate Windows 11 as much as the next guy but still.

[@barramaciomhair]

Never wanted to move to 10 , would have stayed on 7 if I could.

[@Mic_Glow]

Pretty much only reason to go W10 is DX12 support.... and I bet Microsoft will pull this trick again. If not now, than with Windows 12

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

What I wouldn't give to have XP back yet with the expected processor and RAM boosts of today. And also, why would newer operating systems require MORE CPU cycles and RAM? If anything, you'd want the OS to support as far back of a machine as possible because if it could be installed on a $100 computer from back in the day, it can go on a $6000 one and everything in between. They were obviously not thinking straight and added FAR too much bloat, pomp, and circumstance.

[@wendychan6679]

I stopped geting updates and removed myself from the customer program (I forget the name Microsoft had for it on Windows 7) so I avoided the update that forced people onto windows 10. Evidently there is a way to go back to Windows 7 but it may not be practical for a lot of users to do so. From what I keep hearing I am glad I stayed on Windows 7 rather than accept the 'free' upgrade as Windows 10 and 11 are spyware - that is Microsoft knows every keypress you make and can even use the camera in your computer to view your surroundings and what you are doing. No thanks Microsoft!

[@RedTroPc]

I'm trying to get esu to work on my machine

[@lablackzed]

Same hate 10 and 11 .moving to Linux.

[@decibellx2194]

I just want an OS that works. No bells and whistles... if hardware manufactures and software manufacturers wrote for LINUX I would dump windows in a heartbeat. I'm sick and tired of "selling" being crammed down my throat and now it's in my operating system.

[@tracesmith3572]

They do write for Linux. Unless yours is a very specific use case, you should be able to use it. Then you have options. Dual boot, no it's not the scary monster everybody says it is, they just don't know how to manipulate bootloaders. Or now that VMWare is free, you could run your windows software in a VM. Way too many options to solve your problem.

[@ceebee23]

Microsoft has lost it way .. the UI changes have degraded Windows since Windows 7 and the spying has increased dramatically. I now use Mint Linux as my daily driver and have done for the past 12 months. Windows 11 sums up all that is wrong with Microsoft.... invasive, inflexible and slow with a GUI that is just too unfriendly.

[@badjuju6563]

me too, my pcs are linux and I jumped onto a m4 mac mini for commercial products that dont have a direct linux replacement. I think Apple seen an opportunity to release at the pricing they did.

[@g04tn4d0]

Same. Sad watching normies-know-nothings tolerant of what is basically a personal info harvesting OS.

[@mchenrynick]

...you forgot the constant interruptions due to updates!

[@CT2507]

No, this was Microsoft's way from the beginning. To get you used to AI directly in your home.

[@tracesmith3572]

They haven't lost their way. They were always headed this way, and just sold it to you as a feature.

[@jameswubbolt7787]

Windows just wants all your information to sell to third parties. I don't want recall.

[@yerachmielb1]

Some issues have been fixed, but: 1. Start menu 2. TPM 3. CPU requirements 4. Context menu 5. Performance (in some cases) 6. Ease of use (especially the Settings app) 7. Privacy issues (even before Copilot or Recall) including requiring online accounts 8. How they went about the privacy issues - becoming increasingly sneaky and underhanded, and lying to users about it multiple times 9. Ads 10. Microsoft's tone-deaf responses (and that's the polite way of saying it) - partly due to all of the above, when people complain to Microsoft, the response is to double and triple down, and make almost every one of these issues worse (performance and context menu are the only ones that have gotten slightly better)

[@Rushtallica]

IMO it's all about the NWO and all the BS the multi-trillion dollar firms and other entities have been trying to force down the gullets of everyone they haven't already completely brainwashed into supporting the agenda. But I agree and would go fully Linux if the various companies wrote software to run on it. As it stands, I'll surely make one of the distros I play around with become the primary gaming system and will keep what doesn't run on Linux as well as heavily modded games for Windows.

[@SlavaUkraini-ry7fz]

I am using Win11 even on Lenovo B575 2012 😏

[@odingodhood1459]

Tell me if this makes sense: As far as I can see, MS is 'evolving' Windows to mimic a web-based OS. If you look at the pattern of changes to the context menus, they resemble the controls for a system without a traditional file structure and more like SharePoint. The elevated h/w requirements and TPM 2.0 are probably necessary to ensure the security (of their control) of their planned by-subscription, OS-as-a-service model. Over time Windows will become thinner and thinner, with fewer off-line capabilities until it resembles a desktop version of a phone OS.

[@hanzzarkov7690]

The progeny of 'planned obsolescence' is presumably monthly subscription.

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

Same pattern as everything else in our lives. Moving away from the model where you buy it, own it and use it. Towards the model where we just "borrow" the service as long as the corporation let's us. It applies to literally everything these days.

[@LarcR]

I know quite a few people who bought new systems since 11 came out and then got rid of it and installed 10. All my computers running 10 are fully qualified for 11.

[@bcsr4ever]

Why the downgrade though? What is the benefit of that?

[@Neros_light]

I downgraded to 10. A lot of my games being slow asf suddenly got faster lol

[@francoisleveille409]

Count me in there.

[@CT2507]

I'm thinking of going back to win 10.

[@Mattbenedetti]

theyre stopping support for it soon

[@davinp]

Microsoft surprised us when they introduced Windows 11 in 2021. It was thought Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows ever. Originally they were testing the new interface in a Windows 10 Insider build before it became Windows 11

[@elijahtorres2688]

I’m want to say the reason why Windows 11 was created was to avoid confusion for when Microsoft ends support for the older version of Windows 10, and certain incompatible devices wouldn’t work on the newer version.

[@D.von.N]

Customisation isn't that great... not exactly customisation, but I was renaming some music files in my LMDE (Linux) today and I found out I can keep changing the file name while the song is playing, plus the song kept playing while I moved that file from one folder to another, and on top of that the filename stayed editable when I clicked on another window/app to either hide it or move a bit. The filename window wasn't deactivated like on Windows. I was blown away. Not sure you can achieve his in any Windows version currently in use but I found it extremely practicable, since Windows is often too sensitive and reopening the filename window sometimes actually opens/startles the file itself, and you must close it firts before you can actually rename it.

[@tigerrat8]

they are building our digital prison

[@tonymuto7294]

They need to fire the people who came up with the windows 11 user interface and make sure that they never work in the tech industry ever again!

[@lanatrzczka]

It's been maybe 10 months since I did it, but I wrote a C program that polled the system and reported the various system aspects in strings. On a Windows 11 system it reported back Windows version 10 point (something). It made me think that Windows 11 wasn't really a new product. It is just marketing. Some silly "enhancements" were added like the task bar being moved to the center (like MacOS). I don't know if that's still true. I do know that it's getting harder and harder to turn off telemetry. I'm tempted to say that I miss Windows 7, but honestly I miss Windows 3.1 when you could use the operating system alone, on your machine, and let the imagination fly.

[@Skualo-77]

The New Windows Vista vs XP 😮

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

Most people I speak to basically skipped Vista altogether. I did.

[@Jayteaseepiirturi]

@@goodlookinouthomie1757 Same.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Rich gotta rich. Poor gotta serve, suffer, and *submit.* That's just how it is.

[@Magas_sz]

@Novastar.SaberCombat Have you ever being to Russia there people are outside of the 2 major cityes a living more poorly then you ever emgine and you say micrososoft is bad the thing is some of dont know how to buy only the stuff they needed from what is offered to us by the tech companies and the ai i mean yes some dont like ai but the fact ai is advirtised to us in our pcs doesnt mean we forgot how to think are selfs its gowing to be the same with cyber implants when they become a thing

[@SkipperGoesDark]

It is the other Moore’s Law: “Every second Windows is bad and not wanted.” We all wait for the next one.

[@abdulhkeem.alhadhrami]

Windows 11 in a nutshell: Many steps backwards and ZERO steps forward, that sums it up!

[@benyomovod6904]

Comes with the RECALL, a function nobody ordered

[@BurrPulch]

I bought a Windows 11 laptop and upgraded it to Windows 10.

[@matthewclark1674]

I bought a Windows 11 desktop that now runs Linux Mint

[@Paul_Wetor]

What bothers me about 11 is that it looks like a dumbed-down Windows 10. And it offers nothing I care about. They just scramble up the UI and pretend it's better. I'd rather pay for Windows 10 to keep it going. I've got several PC and laptops that can't run 11. Instead of planned obsolescence, now we get forced obsolescence.

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

All the new stuff W11 brings you're not supposed to see. Like the AI spying and reporting on you constantly.

[@crzycolchris]

Pretty much summed it up... scrambled up UI and Ta da! It's NEW! not click 3 times to get to the place that was once 1 click away 🤣

[@Wahinies]

The AI thought we wanted it

[@darkalligator]

Why trash perfectly fine computers?

[@RedTroPc]

Bc money

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

And Microsoft are all about sustainability don't you know.

[@brawss]

Obsession with security. W11 comes with Memory Integrity enabled by default in Windows Security. This setting requires the CPU to have the MBEC feature to mitigate the performance impact. This requirement could've just been pushed to the Enterprise edition. Someone who browses the internet and plays games at home doesn't necessarily need this. Nice to have, but should not be mandatory.

[@gregorymackenzie1108]

Windows 11 is the Edsel of OS.

[@MouseHunteR77n]

Had issue's on Windows'11 had go back Linux now pc running like it should not like it shouldn't

[@Scobyland]

My PC does not have a TPM. It is a 7th Generation intel, etc. Apparently, MS is now allowing PCs to upgrade, but does not recommend it without TPM, etc., and may not provide updates or security if one does.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

It actually isn't and you probably do have tpm but it's just not enabled in you bios

[@devonboulden2496]

I watched a report that said allowing Windows 11 to run on older machines was a misrepresentation from some blog. It wasn't actually Microsoft who said it. Time will tell.

[@HR-wd6cw]

Yes they are allowing PCs without TPM chips to install Windows 11. So this video is semi-incorrect,. however initially when it was launched, you couldn't, but they realized that many older systems (even ones just 2-3 years old and some storebought systems) don't have TPM chips. But most CPUs these days have built-in TPM functionality and was how I was able to install Win11 on my then-4 year old AMD system, as the Ryzen 5 5600 I had a software TPM option that I could enable that emulates a TPM, and Windows detected it during install.

[@411DL]

Biggest issue with Windows 11 is... it's called Windows. Windows 11 design is as aligned with the original heritage of Windows 1.0 through 7 as an electric SUV is in line with a Ford Mustang. They call it Windows because they want to tap an established user base that is accustom to paying for their OS, and us informed users feel lied to. ... milking brand recognition, the theme of this generation Windows 8 felt like a hard lie, had no real business being called Windows at all, and I really did not appreciate guys like Steve Sinofsky or Joe Belfiore essentially telling us we were wrong to not like Metro (stupid name for a remedial interface). 10 always felt like a dirty compromise, like they reluctantly had to exercise some restraint on the user interface but in turn they wanted to watch everything we do. Now here's Windows 11. Putting aside issues with even calling this Windows, I cannot abide their absolute requirement of TPM or not at least supporting intel's Skylake generation since Windows 7 no longer supporting Skylake CPUs is why I even moved on to 10 in the first place. So they call it Windows, but it's really not anymore. They flex TPM, yet TPM should be absolutely optional outside government/corporate environments They left a very popular generation of processors on a Windows 10 island Oh, and the want to constantly watch us and sell to us Hello Fedora KDE Spin

[@Mic_Glow]

To me this looks like microsoft was trying to make a MacOS-lookalike ad/ spyware platform, rather than an OS for people and corporations who use windows. Limited customization? Missing features (while stuff no one asked for is added and very hard/ impossible to remove)..... F that.

[@PaxAlotin]

*From MS's pov* -- they probably thought by insisting on a CPU standard - they'd be helping computer makers - boost sales. Trouble is - forcing people to buy a new computer - when their current computer works well - sends a bad message. If the economy was doing OK - people might buy a new machine - but they hesitate when times are tough. Besides, forcing W11 onto their customers - while removing so many features that people liked - makes MS seem contemptuous. Added to that - all the question marks about W11 being filled with Spyware - it's little wonder there is growing resistance. Still - there is a bright side to all this ---- Microsoft is inadvertently helping a lot people move to Linux Mint - which is free and easy to use

[@Li.Siyuan]

There's still problems with the bloody TASKBAR, FFS!

[@olexijl78]

Plz gimme a link to that wallpaper in the video.

[@rontheoracle]

I was wondering about that too.👍

[@koob1413]

found it, replace the (dot) with a .

[@burprobrox9134]

Just switched back to mac. Did Arch for about 6 months and just too much tinkering required, got one of the new mac minis and it’s been a dream so far

[@MrTicky4]

The "centred" taskbar in this vid leans so far to the left it looks really bad

[@LPChip]

The most simple reason why Windows 11 failed. Microsoft cannot release two good OSses in a row. They never could. Its always that they make a stable OS which everyone wants to use, then create an experimental OS with features no one wants. They see what works and then create a new OS that is stable that everyone wants again. Windows 3.11 was good. Windows 95 was not that good. Windows 98 was good again. Windows ME was horrible. Windows XP was great. Windows Vista was bad. Windows 7 was great again. Windows 8 was really bad. Windows 8.1 was their attempt to fix it, but was still bad. Windows 10 was great again, and now we're at Windows 11. I'm waiting for Microsoft to release Windows 12. I expect that to happen somewhere in 2025 as a bridge from Windows 10 being EoL and no one switching to 11.

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

I tried to set up windows 11 for my mother because she's worried about security and her anti virus etc. She has an i7 4790 and I was so pissed when I got a message saying it's not compatible. I told her to carry on using Windows 10 for the time being since we have most of 2025 before support ends and honestly I suspected that Microsoft would have to soften the spec requirements. It's completely insane and makes me motivated to start learning Linux just to give M$ the finger.

[@Jayteaseepiirturi]

Same here. Pretty much only on Windows because of my recording hobby. And it seems that virtual machines don't quite get the outside hardware.

[@xgui4-studios]

reasons win11 is a garbage os (and yes some also are for win10)! : 1. privacy intrusive 2. unstable when you update it tp often 3. onedrive notification ARE SO ANNOYING 4. you might be forced to use it for work or school (like me) 5. arbitory hardware requirement 6. can block linux from loading (look at the sbat "bug" and horror story where win overrite the linux partition or grub bootloader) 7. require tpm2 and secure boot to be on 8. RECALL 9. copilot+ stupid programmed obselence that make no sense 10. forced ai 11. forced update 12. forced bitlocker 13. forced online integration (internet requirement, microsoft account requirement) 14. a licensed cost way to dawn much espeically for vms 15. windows defender block explorer patcher for no good reason 16 . has less feature than win10 17. lack customisation 18 . is bloated 19. the finale ! -> linux is way better except for gaming with game with anti cheat

[@mchenrynick]

The anti-cheat is the only thing holding SOME gaming back on Linux. Otherwise, Linux is great!

[@RideOnTimePH]

I bought my laptop preinstalled with 10. When 11 was released, it said that my machine can handle it so i upgraded. It made my laptop twice as slow so I went back to 10.

[@keithej2]

Started using Mint 22 instead and really like it.The learning curve isn't that steep. I have dual boot for a couple of apps but, Linux Mint is my daily now. When I go back to 11 for an unsupported app, it seems clunky now compared to the Mint experience.

[@paulhefferon3749]

Indeed, why do people allow themselves to be turned into windows zombies?

[@SuperWhatever1978]

Do you need internet? Need to sign in the Microsoft? ( I want a local acc#) Is drag and drop working now?

[@gdxize]

Bug since the beginning. Although reported never fixed. I have a lot of wav files but it's no music. When going to the folder's properties, Cutomize and set documents and check Apply to Sub Folders, it never happens to those sub folders.

[@EternitP8]

It really sucks. My asus g751 still works great but doesn't have tpm 2.0. Tried installing a few different linux versions on it but suspend/hibernate doesn't work. Can't believe that problem still persists since I used linux 10+ years ago.

[@SergeantExtreme]

Linux is a joke. Always has been. Always will be.

[@lablackzed]

Use Android 9 .👍

[@nemesioansorin]

WIndows 11 is such a mess of UI's from 70's to 2024, and such a bloatware. Windows XP Sp2 was good, Windows 7 was good, Windows 10 was OK, but Windows 11 ? - borgs at their best. Really don't know in which world their CEO's are living. I moved to Linux this month tired of Win 11 bloat / UI logic nonsese / crashes on idle (not under heavy load but on idle [?]) / and a MS support team who only know sfc /scannow and always trow a MS problem on your hardware / drivers / etc, doesn't matter for them YOU are faulty anyway. Moving to Linux I discovered that my hardware is OK, is working without a glitch, is working faster and ... gaming is better. I found my perfect Razer setup for the light and DPI with OpenRazer and Polychromatic and I discovered that even my Steam game is working faster (Insurgency Sandstorm - UE4 game using DX11). Visual Code, VLC, sound tools being already there I will try again MS products from 5 to 5 years from now on (just for the sake of "democracy").

[@georgeleiter6277]

Right now (12/28/24) I am running Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4655 (Beta Channel), which is Enterprise. I cannot figure that one out. I have been getting update from the Beta channel. I cannot figure out why I have Enterprise.

[@mikeross880]

Some people wanted it, I sure didn’t. Windows 10 for me til 12 comes out.

[@Stormlywing]

I guess that going to take everyone to pay for an New System on their new microsoft 365 link where everyone must has an account to used it and pay us every time they renew to use it if i known windows 11 i known one thing i life them and switched to an Macbook later nice try

[@almeisam]

There's still problems with taskbar auto-hide with 2 or more monitors.

[@KuttyJoe]

The problem with Windows is that everything about it is there to make money for Microsoft from the consumer regardless of whether the consumer wants to go along or not. It turns the consumer into a cash cow for Microsoft. You can't say no to anything. My next PC upgrade with absolutely be a Mac. I have a Windows 11 laptop but for my main machine, I will get a Mac.

[@SireDragonChester]

Maybe enough ppl will stay on windows 10, (or switch to Linux), forcing ms to to realizes nobody want bloated windows 11.

[@johnlesoudeur3653]

Half-assed shift from control panel but more confusing, 365 Ads onslaught, "home page" for what, start menu contraints, broken updates, hardware requirements confusion and inconsistency, Copilot, RECALL.

[@Sven66368]

I bought a refurbished PC from Amazon short before Windows 11 came. I had one with a mechanical drive before and wanted an SSD drive then. It has TPM 1.2. - Things you do when you don´t have much money. -- Thank you Microsoft! I don´t have much money, and this PC runs very well. It does everything I need. -- it was updated to Windows 11 through the Windows 10 Beta Channel and is getting updates.

[@johnscott5105]

Most home users don’t need Windows 11 at all. Microsoft is so disconnected from much of its customer base these days. I loath Windows 11 on my new PC and may see if I can move to another OS

[@bvd0]

i like the look of that wall paper

[@TheTimeProphet]

I am sticking with windows 10. I am still using the classic start menu hack. Hated the windows 10 start menu.

[@Stormlywing]

Windows 11 looks like MacOS hide the menu bar and just hide the dock and see where they getting their ideas from just making £119 price key give ads I been supported with ads i in the Taskbar in the background lock screen even if i used some of their images which they given for free is add an button to view the photo and where is comes from

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

The OS that hardly anyone wanted and most of the people who did want it weren't allowed to install it.

[@devonboulden2496]

Windows 11 keeps forgetting my bluetooth keyboard. I have to reboot. I got a new keyboard to try to fix the problem. It' still forgets my keyboard. Why can't they fix the bugs? I'm fairly well versed in Linux. There a fewer and fewer reasons for me to keep using Windows.

[@koosschutter1675]

Where can I get the wallpaper?

[@_____COSTY_____]

No WordPad on Windows 11 back to Windows 10

[@the-answer-is-42]

I have a theory as to the entire TPM and no local account be default thing. Basically, iirc, Windows still stores password hashes as MD4 hashes. Not even MD5. MD4. They do try and secure those hashes, think they encrypt it snd stuff, but I have heard of people have figured out how to circumvent that encryption. To my understanding, it's due to backward compatibility reasons that they don't switch to something more secure than MD4. So I'm wondering if they decided to use the TPM instead because it was easier than moving away from MD4 and that given just how broken MD4 is, MS might have considered it paramount to get something more secure. That said, I'm not sure this is a very good theory. I'm not convinced their chosen approach is easier to implement, in fact it might be the opposite and that just upgrading the hashing algorithm would be easier in comparison, so this idea might be dumb. It was just a thought that popped into my head.

[@davidlandrum]

I got left behind after Windows 2000. After the post traumatic experience of XP shtting itself multiple times, I bought a Mac in 2005 and never looked back.

[@bryang3635]

Going from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is like going back to Windows 8 or 8.1.

[@SouthernIllinoisShortwave]

Well I guess I'm the oddball because I really like Windows 11. The OS works very well for me. It's stable, runs everything I do just fine, and seems at least to me faster than windows 10.

[@sheldonkupa9120]

Windows 11 has one BIG advantage over any other Windows version: it will drive a lot of people to using Linux instead. Thinking of the poor regions in the world, thinking of the not compatible but still good hardware going to be sold soon for cheap. I mean, the list of non compatible cpus is ridicilous.

[@carlettoburacco9235]

They say there are 1.6 billion Windows OS installed and used in the world. 62% are still Win10: this means that almost a billion people DO NOT WANT Win11. "nobody wanted" is the wrong phrase: it's "nobody wants"

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

I'm willing to bet half of those people do want it but can't install it.

[@ianperryman1078]

I've got a TPM on my Win10 PC machine but, as you say, MS doesn't like my Ryzen 5 CPU. I've also got Win11 on a laptop - and I don't notice the differnt much. But I only use it occasionally for lightweight stuff.

[@sevenfacedsin]

The only thing Windows 11 is good for is downloading Windows 10 IoT LTSC.

[@JB-1184]

Nothing was as bad as windows 8. I miss windows 7 though.

[@markdavis3539]

Hey, I'm on SS and can't afford to buy a new computer to make MS happy. I have 2 refurb Dells I got on Amazon before I retired, and of course, they don't meet Windows 11 requirements, although they meet them according to CPU, TPM and memory requirements. They're 7th gen, and win11 could be forced onto them, but I'm happy with win10 and don't intend to switch. I'm thinking I could switch to Linux, but I'm familiar with win10 and don't know if Linux would be right for me. I only use them for internet access and watching programs I have recorded, so I'm in a quandary as what to do. I'm not familiar the least bit with Linux or how to handle it. Do I continue with win10 and pay for updates? IDK. Do I force win11 on the machines, and risk not being able to update? MS should realize that not everyone has the ability to go buy a new machine to comply with their new marching orders or keep them content.

[@michaelbaker2552]

I used the PC Health Check from Microsoft which reports that none of my four laptops are upgradable. I can't afford a new laptop in this economy so is there another option for me? Right now I plan to do nothing and just keep using my current laptops and hoping for the best. Microsoft does this over and over and over again. Does Apple do this? Maybe I'll give them a try; even though I've never had one.

[@UncommonKnowledge587]

Windows 10 is just a superior OS, in my opinion. No 'upgrade' needed.

[@CosmicMindSense]

Intéressant... ! Nouvel abonné !

[@TheBigChill1]

To be honest I like it... Loads of the supposed "problems" are not a problem at all... much better than the Windows 10 anyway...!

[@dougjohnson4266]

Maybe MS could fire the execs that pushed Win 11 design? I was happy with Windows 95, 98SE, and 2000 interface because everything was easy to get to. I moved to Linux Mint full-time 4 years ago. Businesses will have a tough time breaking the MS juggernaut.

[@louisd95714]

I didn't want Windows 11 until I started using it. Now I wouldn't change it.

[@johno9163]

I agree but I was not a fan until I upgraded to 24H2 and it is much quicker than the earlier Windows 11 versions. Running 11 on an unsupported Gen6 CPU but I do have TPM 2.0 and it runs just fine and updates are coming normally.

[@brucethen]

More annoying was the fact that Ryzen 1 was excluded for no apparent reason.

[@boohoogamer1713]

I certainly didn't want it. Was forced to windows 11 by getting a rebuild. Had problems ever since. Wish they just let me use windows 10 way more stable for gaming

[@BurrPulch]

Build a better mousetrap and people will beat a path to your door. Screw your customers like Microsoft does and they will beat paths to Apple and Linux.

[@Stormlywing]

even if they will be viewed as Apple themself like an staff that all about greed left Apple to remade it image on windows 11 they will honor whoever has an bad respect for Apple to share it to US where cheap users who can't get an Macbook be filled with coming ads

[@HR-wd6cw]

Microsoft DOES have this good-bad reputation with Windows versions, where every other version is good or bad. So this would look like: Windows 3.1 (OK), windows 95/98 (OK), Windows 2000/Me (bad), Windows XP (good), Windows Vista (bad), Windows 7 (Good), Windows 8/8.1 (Bad, but 8.1 did make it somewhat tolerable), Windows 10 (Good, for the most part), Windows (11, OK, but with a lot of gotchas). Initially Win11 had a lot of issues but lately for me it's been as stable if not more stable (and seems to manage resources much better than Windows 10 did). So for me, it doesn't matter. In fact I almost consider them to be the same OS (Win10 and 11 that is). Basically windows 11 was just a Windows 10 install with some interface changes and a bit more enforcement for security.

[@notsogreat123]

10 is great. Yeah I didn't want to move from XP. But 11, THAT'S PURE GARBAGE !!

[@bcsr4ever]

I don't get the hate. It's still windows, with all the bagage that brings. I do my work on Linux and play on windows sometimes if it's a game or software that requires it. I didn't really notice the change to 11, and if it won't run 11 then it can run Fedora.

[@JohnSmith-mf3dh]

What grind my gears with post-7 windows is the HUGE everything, I could do a lot with less than 1080p, even using the web, but 8+ windows basically NEEDS 1080p so you can do basic stuff. And the scaling at 100% its useless when you have 768p, everything is huge! Waste of space in the GUI! Oh and the privacy stuff, the customization... Windows is turning into a CrApple crapOS clone!

[@1976oswald]

i like the tiny win 11 instaed of the 10

[@trishjordan8859]

I have two computers one is upgradable the other not. I have vetoed 11 since the beginning, so now they want to force me. I do 2 things with my computers maybe 3 if you include Amazon. I play world of Warcraft daily, and occasionally Amazon or bills. And they are telling me I have to spend 1000+ to have something I don't want. Been looking at all the bull crap for awhile now and I have decided to buy a cheap mini PC for business and leave my gaming computers alone. If I have problems I will go to Linux although I don't want to do that fiddling, to play games. I can't believe we just let this happen. I am 68 and remember when monopoly was a no go. Feck Microsoft and all these predators.

[@GracefulEloquence]

Windows 11 works just fine

[@Foebane72]

I plan to stick with Windows 10 for the next several years from now, even if the cost of the update packs will be that of a new PC itself!

[@kimtaewoo7772]

In my workplace, all the engineering softwares are not compatible to Windows 11, and have to specifically informed IT department to install Windows 10 in every new laptop purchased. And as a Window gamer, I'm grateful that Steam developed the Proton engine for Linux gaming. I may lost some games access but most of my collections are able to run under Linux. I'm waiting for Microsoft to ditch the Xbox console so that I have reasons to jump ship to Sony PS. Your call Microsoft.

[@doogle2822]

I think windows 11 will join the ranks of Visa, windows 8 and 8.1 Windows10 was never fixed and we are still getting updates that mess up our settings or create more problems by downloading bugged updates and leave us with a BSOD siruation. I was quite happy with winds 7 and I still have it on a laptop. I don't need a super slick new toy full of advertising that is designed for the 'work from home' office people. As for windows 11 than I am NOT updating my computer that uses more electricity than my fridge freezer.

[@Stickings90]

Don't forget the rumours of Windows 12, before the new CEO killed off Project Hudson Valley.

[@HàAnhĐức-n7p]

They're focusing AI and ads instead of improving performance or stability Windows 11 like predecessor

[@jefftiller5035]

There is just no plus to move to 11 that i can see it looks like everythign revolves around making things better for micorsoft at the cost of the user drm more secure so ms and others can sell more new software . games have no advantage on 11 so home users that are gamers are holding off I personally am waiting for windows 12 when they finally restore the start menu to proper operation LOL..

[@DemitriustheWolf9991]

I’m always keeping windows 10 ! I still use 10 not 11 !

I would be happy with it had they kept the start menu... that is my only real complain...

[@KiraGaming-e2l]

For start menu & taskbar problem ,you can use apps like startallback or openshell.

[@johnlesoudeur3653]

Look under the bonnet...spy machine.

[@JoshuaTrenge]

I hated the W10 start menu… and love the W11 start menu…LOL

[@CosmicMindSense]

Try Open Shell customizations...

[@highrzr]

I have to use Windows 11 for work. It utterly completely sucks. The suckage is on par with Windows ME, Vista and 8. The minimum hardware requirements are not real limitations, but limitations imposed by MS. Windows 11 actually can run on much older hardware with no issues.

[@pacthesir]

I still hate Windows 11, the only reason I use it is because I use apps like micaforeveryone and other things that make Windows 11 actually usable, I also hate the middle taskbar alignment, there is a f***ing reason I don't use mac and they just thre it away by making it default...

[@steve.1020]

I think people realised it was a blessing the cpu requirement this way there not stuck with this crap. Windows 10 had become so stable with windows 11 shit bugs after bugs after 3 years the file manager is still slow and buggy. I think Microsoft accidentally laid off all the good people they had that knew how to make operating system work and kept all the crappy devs.

[@SlavaUkraini-ry7fz]

I am using it and I like it 😉

[@aaroncheah2088]

Bring back the old Start Menu then many will adopt it. The current Start Menu is very unproductive.

[@aopbrij]

If I buy a new laptop with 11 but with good specs. My media tool is ready to install windows 10😊

[@theflyingspringbk]

All the above problems are solved with Windows 11 IoT LTSC. I've been running it for a month now and it's awesome. No TPM nonsense, no copilot/recall crap, zero (and I mean ZERO) bloat. Only activation is uhm... --cough-- --argg matey-- --cough-- . Why doesn't M$ just release this as the main version??

[@DeadCat-42]

Windows ME, Windows Vista, Windows 11 Each time Linux users increase.. .

[@FloatSamplesGT710]

Windows 8 too

[@mattbosley3531]

Nobody wanted? Not true, a whole bunch of people at Microsoft wanted it. They made money from it.

[@balletinternational1]

I fear that Microsoft has made a sort of tremendous flop with Windows 11. Why not remake a refurbished new Windows XP 2025 with more security options. But also giving the users to install what they choose what they want.... Same applies with Antivirus and Office.? 5:31 5:31

[@Robert_Presto]

I'm going to download and install 0Patch to get security updates for my Windows 10 laptop after October 2025.