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Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11 (www.theregister.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11::Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You forgot Vista. Nobody wanted Vista because it was a piece of junk. 8 was ok, but since 7 was still supported and people hate change they stuck with 7. The worst thing about 8 was the dumb full screen start menu... once that was gone after 8.1 I enjoyed it just fine and was pretty close to windows 10.

Same goes for 11 for me. I don't mind it, I hate the tracking and built in news and ads but it's pretty easy to stop a lot of that. I think the thing I hate the most is the small stuff they release for 11 that 10 could easily have but they will never release it for 10. Like tabbed notepad, or window arrangement, and now built in winrar support. I love these things, but hold them back from 10 just to get people to switch without realizing it's not enough for people to care that much.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Vista was pretty bad. That was another one most people skipped. They had 2 excellent releases prior to that - 2000 and XP - and then shit the bed with Vista. I still think 8 was worse though. But 2000 was my personal favorite Microsoft OS so what the hell do I know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People seem to forget about how with 8 Microsoft tried to make everything fullscreen squares, the desktop also being a square but by changing settings you can get away with using the "Desktop" square exclusively.