I could go back to Win10, build 21390 as I have a Macrium Reflect backup of my C:\partition--I've also got a backup of C:\ with 21370 fully installed I'm keeping as well. Today I backed up this first Win11 beta build. So I now have three instances of my C:\ partition backed up--one of Win11 & two of my favorite Win10 beta builds. I'm going to move ahead with W11 mainly because it is more or less Win10, circa build 21390 +. I have no doubt that from here on out the greater effort from Microsoft will go into W11 as Win10 is now officially slated for the headsman's ax...
Another reason I'm sticking with W11--I'm ecstatic that with W11 Microsoft is reducing the new-build annual upgrade schedule to only one per year! I'm all in favor of that--the two-official/commercial-builds-per-year model Microsoft adopted for Win10 was too aggressive, imo, and often seemed to result in Microsoft reinventing the wheel just to meet that self-imposed deadline, producing too many less-than-inspiring Win10 builds for the Insider's Dev channel (formerly the "fast ring.")
I like what Microsoft is doing here... and I have no problem with them changing the Windows "number" every time they increase the baseline requirements for Windows. To that end, I suspect we might see a W12 somewhere around the end of 2022 or in 2023, with the advent of new hardware paradigms from AMD and possibly even Intel, as well, if Intel proves it is capable of catching up to AMD. So, a W12 with upgraded baseline hardware requirements above W11 would not bother me overly much in a couple of years... Likely my schedule here is too aggressive, though, but we will see.
Another reason I'm sticking with W11--I'm ecstatic that with W11 Microsoft is reducing the new-build annual upgrade schedule to only one per year! I'm all in favor of that--the two-official/commercial-builds-per-year model Microsoft adopted for Win10 was too aggressive, imo, and often seemed to result in Microsoft reinventing the wheel just to meet that self-imposed deadline, producing too many less-than-inspiring Win10 builds for the Insider's Dev channel (formerly the "fast ring.")
I like what Microsoft is doing here... and I have no problem with them changing the Windows "number" every time they increase the baseline requirements for Windows. To that end, I suspect we might see a W12 somewhere around the end of 2022 or in 2023, with the advent of new hardware paradigms from AMD and possibly even Intel, as well, if Intel proves it is capable of catching up to AMD. So, a W12 with upgraded baseline hardware requirements above W11 would not bother me overly much in a couple of years...
Likely my schedule here is too aggressive, though, but we will see.My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win11 Release Preview channel
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- a cherry-picked assembly
- CPU
- AMD R7 7800X3D
- Motherboard
- x870e Aorus Master Rev 1.0, bios F4i
- Memory
- 2x 16GB 6400MT/s
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD RX-6900 XT
- Sound Card
- Creative Labs G6 USB External Sound device, Gaming DAC, Sound Card & Earphone AMP.. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, btw. Totally changed my opinion of external USB sound. I like!...;)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Philips 43" Momentum DisplayHDR 1000-certified
- Screen Resolution
- 3840x2160
- Hard Drives
- Boot: Samsung 980 Pro PCIe4 2TB NVMe| 980 Pro 500GB NVMe| ST4000DM004 S3 4TB| 8 TB Toshiba X300 S3
- PSU
- Gigabyte 850W Gold, Rev 2
- Case
- Lian Li 216 Lancool
- Cooling
- Air coutesy Lian Li
- Keyboard
- Non-mechanical (mechanicals are too small for my hands)
- Mouse
- Razer Basilisk V2 20k DPI
- Internet Speed
- ~850Mbps down and up!
- Browser
- Firefox x64 DE
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- Great New system. Exceeds my expectations by quite a bit, btw.
