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Comment by pathartl

1 month ago

It's an unpopular opinion, but I genuinely believe that 11 is the best version of Windows yet. I've been using computers for 30 years and you're right, everyone has _always_ complained about Windows. The only reason people have a fondness for XP is because it was pretty much the world's first Windows. It's the OS that was used to connect the world, and IE being (for the time) the competent browser played a huge role in that.

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Austizzle  1 month ago

I feel the same way. I recently installed Windows XP in a VM for nostalgia and it was shocking how much I realized windows has improved since then.

I'm not obsessed with windows 11, but I am the happiest using it than I've been with any other version (aside from the TPM 2.0 requirement, that's my #1 complaint)

  • hulitu  1 month ago

    > it was shocking how much I realized windows has improved since then

    YMMV

    > not obsessed with windows 11, but I am the happiest using it

    Good luck then. And, I really hope, you will remain happy in the future.

digitalPhonix  1 month ago

What do you think it does better than 10?

There are plenty of things that Windows 11 does well, but for me they’re all things that 10 also did well.

Most of the things that annoy me in 11 however were not also in 10.

  • pathartl  1 month ago

    I know many items in this list can apply to both, but I've been maining 11 since release and going back to pre-11 builds of 10 genuinely feels like a downgrade: - Windows Terminal is great - Settings now covers almost everything, I haven't had to actually go into Control Panel in years - Explorer has tabs! - The new context menu loads in items asynchronously. Some people hate it, but I remember how apps would abuse the context menu and bring my PC to a crawl. - The CPU scheduler is genuinely insanely better with big/little CPUs - Scaling with windows and monitor management is better - Auto HDR - Updated notepad is actually kinda good - Updated paint is actually kinda good - Built in WinGet is chefs kiss - I actually love Fluent design

    Again, some of these are on 10, but on 11 it feels like more of a tighter package.