Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 - place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12::Qualcomm’s CEO alludes to the “next version of Windows” with a launch date in the middle of the year.
no thanks. you can pry windows 10 off of my ssd from it’s cold dead corpse.
*tale as old as time… *
“XP is ruining windows with their damn duplo looking themes and primary colors. Pry 98 SE from my cold dead hands”
*true as it can be… *
“Windows 7 was the last time Microsoft cared, and 8.1 and 10 are regressions in every way. You’ll pry it from my cold dead hands”
“Windows X9 Delta was the final version when MicroAmazon cared about holographic interfaces. I’ll never use Windows X10 Gamma.”
Windows 11 is weird to me, I feel like I’ve only heard negative things about it but actually using it on a daily basis has been fine with a few tweaks. Using nilesoft shell and ear trumpet was basically all I needed to be satisfied.
That’s not really unique to 11 though, I’ve had to tweak things on basically every windows version. Whether that was classic shell with 8, or clover for tabs in file explorer for 7.
At the very least Windows 11 seems to have a more consistent design language across the OS. It feels a lot less half baked than the style changes they did on 8 and 10.
Last Windows I activity used was 2000. After that I switched to Linux and never looked back. I hope Windows increases their shitification as hard as they can to finally drive people away from it. There are so little reasons nowadays to still use it. Apart from competitive gaming (in kernel anti cheat) and some proprietary apps that have no good alternative, Linux and macos should be able to support everyone’s needs.
I am fairly computer literate but Every time I install Linux I always come across an issue I can’t fix without “days” worth of research to fix. This is across *buntu, Mint, Manjaro and PopOS. Last issue was getting a second HDD to work correctly. I don’t think Linux will ever be as user friendly for the masses who just need something that works.
It all depends on what you’re familiar with.
I could tell your story with windows instead of linux.
Same. I’d consider myself a computer tinkerer but Linux is just a pain to use when it doesn’t work.
When it’s basic comparability stuff that has been figured out for years in its competitors than I just can’t be fucked wasting my time on it.
Same applies to every other OS. It depends on what you’re used to and what you expect. I frequently rage quit apple devices. Just use whatever you feel comfortable with. I just can’t recommend windows anymore for privacy related reasons.
I get the hate for change but as a user who really doesn’t like Windows overall* I like the 11 changes. I actually prefer the new context menu (which can be disabled) and UI. Do I hate the useless widgets and ad spam? Yes. But I just don’t use it, instead opting for the weather taskbar info.
It’s still no macOS but if I’m forced to use it for work then it’s better than 10 in my opinion.
*DLL Hell, Registry bloat, installation files being thrown god knows where, lack of widespread disk image support, abysmal wake from sleep/hibernation, Microsoft trying to upsell everywhere.
My opinion is that copilot is the focus for 24. Microsoft has lots of development and marketing around copilot and how it works in 11, Edge, Bing, M365, and all the other Microsoft Graph yada yada fancy apps stuff. Launching 12 now would be an unnecessary distraction away from all copilot investments.
Give me a Windows with better gaming performance and I switch right away. And if possible stop with this beta patched live rollout before testing. And FFS stop removing options to fix bloatware additions, at least just hide them for the plebs.
Also, give us back the explorer ribbon that’s actually functional rather than adding extra clicks for things I use regularly hiding them behind submenus
And a start menu that isn’t, frankly, a joke. Even 8’s was more usable than this garbage
Like, stop changing things just to change them and removing functionality that we can’t get back without third party tools, that’s gotten obscene lately… Nobody cares about explorer tabs, and if they did, the Windows 11 implementation of them isn’t particularly good or functional anyway
Microsoft: You want a more stable better performing OS?
best I can do is AI everywhere.
Me: i want arch Linux Microsoft: we have arch Linux at home
How about we call it windows 12 XPeevista20003?
It has lots of throwback to the old stupid names.
Maybe just something more truthful like “test 012” or “untitled 012”
Do you have a problem with the Windows 11 24H2 name?
24H2 means “second half of 2024.” Microsoft has been using this versioning scheme for a long time.
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Probably Win11-24 update. If MS goes Surprise Win12, well, it’ll be time to upgrade… again
