Posted on 10/13/2021 7:13:32 AM PDT by CptnObvious
Am liking Windows 11 because it is Windows 10 with window dressing (pun intended).
My Danish son-in-law, who is in the know, confirmed it. But I had suspected it for several reasons, the one most significant was it's Windows revision number 21H2.
21H2 is supposed to be the next big revision to Windows 10 due out this month. But being from the computer industry, the use of the same revision is never done between different hardware of major differences in Software.
Why, because it causes significant confusion when one person would be talking about 21H2 on Windows 10 when another is thinking they are referring to it on Windows 11. It just isn't done.
There were other things that make me suspect that it was Windows 10, was the fact that many of my applications were still working. After the Windows 7 upgrade to 10, many of my applications had to be reinstalled because they were not working. But after the Windows 11 upgrade, some of my most sensitive applications were still working including the drivers and scanning utilities for my ancient Scanner Printer (over 10 years old).
Beyond this, was how fast and easy it was to upgrade. I do have fast internet and an NVMe drive for the old Laptop I bought for the purpose of trying Windows 11. I had bought a Laptop made around 2017 which had NVMe capability for it's system disc. I had purchased it and a used 250GB NvMe M.2 drive on Ebay for this project.
Cloning failed and I had to install Windows 10 over the clone of C: and the Boot area. It retained the Windows license but had to reinstall the apps. Windows 10 with an NVMe C: drive was an absolute joy as my ancient laptop became snappy.
Then when I saw under Windows Update that it was saying my system was compatible with Windows 11 and I got the itch to upgrade. My Danish Son-in-Low said that they were prioritizing new PCs first and that it might be quite a while only increased the itch.
So I searched for the Windows 11 installer and found the Windows Installation Assistant for Windows 11 via Google. There were no questions before downloading the "Assistant" and the download was extremely fast (another clue it was Windows 10 with Window dressing).
The installation went very fast with very few questions, just that you accepted the license agreement.
Booting included the usual reboot at 30% and when it started coming up included the usual greating "Hi There" and "Please wait while we...". But it didn't take as long as on Windows 10.
Within one hour, I had downloaded, installed and was up on Windows 11. My desktop Icons were still there and so was the Recycle Bin icon on the Left. But the usual Taskbar Icons were in the middle, not on the left and I didn't have the pretty purple artwork that I had been seeing on the web regarding Windows 11.
My apps were all working and when I pressed the Windows Icon, I got selections on what to do from the Center rather on the left and I did not see any Cortana things running around on Windows 10 (Whoopee)!
Windows Mail still had my clients and seemed snappier. Typing this note on FreeRepublic seems very snappy as I see no delays at all. True, I am on Fiber Optic internet, but it seems better on Windows 11 than 10.
So to wrap this up, I'm liking Windows 11 a lot and think Microsoft was very smart to do this.
They seem to have avoided the disasters that came with every other major revision for the last thirty years.
They have increased security against viruses immensely by using the TPM 2.0 hardware requirement (about a 1% performance hit on most application loading times).
They now require Dual Core and are trying new balancing algorithms. Just wait until the CPU chips have 64 cores and are affordable to the public!
They have highly suggested NVMe and my experience with NVMe C: on Windows 11 has been exceptional.
Note, I did buy an extra 4GB memory card so that the Dual Channel nature of NVMe M.2 can take effect. And I've done all the Performance Tweaks that I usually do for Windows 10.
I do fault the installer for turning on the scheduler to "Optimise" C:. It is a bad thing for NVMe and SSDs in general. And yes, I turned off all the feedback and monitoring that I possibly could.
I did a stress test of my now Windows 11 on this ancient dual core laptop. Ripping 3 DVDs at the same time with another system Ripping 3 DVDs and feeding it back to the dual core with a network share. And started YouTube Videos on both with 4K test movies within Microsoft Edge (hardly skipped a beat).
So as you can tell, I like Windows 11 a lot. I've encountered one bug (can't play Blurays in VLC), but that has not been a show stopper for this Life Scout.
Yeah, Windows 11 is Windows 10 with window dressing (a few visual techniques and tweaks around security and multiple cores). And I am liking it.
Ping.
I downloaded win 10 ISO installed it on a USB stick then downloaded win 11 Dev updates , removed a file from win 10 and copied a file from win 11 and bingo I have a Win 11 that I can install on any computer , even one that doesn’t support win 11
Then why isn’t it Windows 10.1?................
All my computers are so old, they won’t run windows 11.
Haven’t yet but was hoping for the H1N1 version. LOL!
stories like this remind me of how much I love my Mac
if Windows 11 just removes Cortana I’m doing it!
I hate that piece of sh*t and the way it refuses to be removed (unless you rename the EXE file at just the right moment as you kill it from the task manager, and before it respawns itself)
But then it disables some features of the application search box. But Let’s Go Microsoft.
Probably most fail out on the TPM 2.O requirement but many motherboard do have the connector to plug one of those in.
Windows 95
Windows 95b
Windows 98
Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows XP
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 2/3
Windows 10
Windows 11
yes.. we know... you love the macs. All mac users love them and can’t wait to tell everyone how superior they are to mere Windows users. Linux zealots too!
In the whole Mac-vs-PC battle I can’t wait to see which one wins out and takes over 90% of the planet.
Oh wait...
There are work arounds but you have to do a fresh install
Microsoft’s hardware requirements deem my hardware to be out of compliance so it wouldn’t install.(TPM 2.0)
Not that I mind, Microsoft is big tech, for once big tech is actually doing something that’s actually in my favor.
I got off of all big tech years ago. I’m Google-free and Microsoft-free and Apple-free.
Are you on a C: Solid State Drive(SSD)? What has been your experience?
I’m using older hard drives I have lying around , win 11 works ok but it gets confusing ,LOL
This is actually not true. Big tech Microsoft hasn’t had 90% for quite some time.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide
Exactly. Why would one subject oneself to Windows, and all the horrors that go with it? Microsoft is garbage.
Do I need to get a new hamster wheel?
I upgraded from 10 to 11 on two boxes the day 11 was publicly released. The upgrades went seamlessly. All my programs work as before. I have noticed no significant performance changes for better or worse. As the article says, 11 is essentially just a new coat of paint on 10.
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