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[druggas1954]

I've been using Win11 for a couple months now, and I am extremely pleased with it. What's all the fuss?

[fink]

I am extremely pleased with it

So, you're the one!



https://www.askwoody.com/forums/foru...ws/windows-11/

[Steve R Jones]

I still remember switching from DOS 4.x to Windows 3.1 .... It took me forever to figure out why I needed a mouse. My very limited needs could be done without one...

Since then - every time a new OS came out EVERYONE Hated it...until they used it and then they liked it.

[jdc2000]

What actual tasks are you using Windows 11 for? If it is just for web browsing, then you probably will not notice much difference. However, if you used functions or programs that Microsoft has removed or significantly altered, then you would probably be in the other camp with the users who are not quite so happy.

[druggas1954]

I do surf, but I play music and videos too. It fits my needs and I was a big skeptic of leaving Win7 for Win10.

[bugspop1]

Steve,
Did anyone ever really like Windows ME or Windows 8?
I remember that Window XP and Windows 8.1 came around very quickly after all the complaining!

[jdc2000]

Windows ME had too many bugs and not enough new worthwhile features as well as the usual removal of functions or changing how things worked to an extent that made using it not worth the "upgrade".

Windows tried to force users to use touch screen functions that they did not have on their computers. If Microsoft had made the touch screen functionality optional, so that it worked on phones but could be changed to the Windows 7 method on computers, they might have had more success with it. However, they continued to insist that their way was the right way, the only way, and their users disagreed.

[Goatse]

While I really didn't have any major complaints about ME I found Windows 2000 to be far more stable and less filled with useless fluff. I was a beta tester for Microsoft back then and the RTM version of ME never gave me any headaches on my test PC. ME was a major step forward over 98 & 98SE as far as innovation and a vastly improved GUI. Project Whistler began during ME and led to XP. The RTM of XP had some bugs that made Service Packs Two and Three necessary.

I quit the beta testing program during Project Longhorn that led to Vista. Too many things were constantly being tried and changed while ignoring input from most of us involved. The RTM of Vista was a disaster but eventually became very good after the service packs as well as the availability of drivers from hardware manufacturers to make it function properly. What was learned from that eventually became Windows 7.

On a whim and being bored one afternoon last summer I did an update of my last Win 7 Enterprise PC to Win 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC without losing any data or having to reinstall any programs. It took me two days of registry mods and sequential operating system upgrades to pull it off. The initial Win 7 Enterprise install was done in 2011, the current version on it expires in 2032. The original platform used an 8c AMD FX-8150 and 32GB of DDR3, today it has a 16c 32t Intel Xeon E5 2683 V4 and 128GB of DDR4. I have the KMS keys for legit activation.

[jdc2000]

Most of the issues I have had with various versions of Windows and Office are when lots of useless bloated bling-bling and eye-candy gets added, while useful feature are removed or made much harder to access and use. Windows 11 will be the most difficult version of Windows to set up the way I want it to work, rather than the way Microsoft wants me to use it.

[Steve R Jones]

I liked both ME & VISTA... I happened to have purchased new Dell's that had those preinstalled.

[Goatse]

Most of the issues I have had with various versions of Windows and Office are when lots of useless bloated bling-bling and eye-candy gets added, while useful feature are removed or made much harder to access and use. Windows 11 will be the most difficult version of Windows to set up the way I want it to work, rather than the way Microsoft wants me to use it.

By default Win 11's GUI is a trainwreck. For my generation 12, 13 and 14 Intel based rigs I need the OS so the CPU's function correctly. I use Start All or Classic Shell to bring back a Win 7 looking interface. I do the same with my Win 10 PC's as well. I'm running IoT Enterprise LTSC versions on all of them so all of the needless fluff and spying telemetry is already gone. I also use WUB (Windows Update Blocker) to stop unwanted headaches from borked or unwanted MS updates. So far all have been rock solid after the proper modifications are done.

[bugspop1]

I liked some of the features in Windows ME, but not many.
But those features were quickly taken away with the release of Windows XP.

The Last Desktop I built for myself was built with Windows Vista in mind.
Vista was a huge Memory Hog, but I still liked Windows Vista.
I Installed Windows Vista Ultimate on this Desktop along with Office 2007 Professional.
This System Received a Clean Install of Windows 7 Pro and then a Clean
Install of Windows 10 Pro (doubt it will ever get another New OS as it's now
16 years old).
This computer IMO was a waste of my money, never received much use!
I had purchased a decent laptop and was satisfied with its performance and
I used the Laptop quite a bit more than I used the Desktop.

The Laptop I purchased at that time came Preinstalled with Widows 8, and
before using it, it quickly received a Clean Install of Windows 8.1.
Within a year I did a Clean Install of Windows 10 Home on this Laptop.
I've retired this laptop after 8 years.

Purchased a New Laptop that was Preinstalled with Windows 11 Home.
Before I started using it, I Upgraded the 256gb SSD replacing it with a 1tb SSD,
then I did a Clean Install of Windows 11 Pro and Office 365 Family.
I'm not thrilled with Windows 11 like I was with XP, Vista, 7 or 10, but I
am using it and not going back to Windows 7 or Windows 10.