Well, Windows 10 was released in 2015, so it's 6 years old and supported for another 4 years. Nobody here is being forced to upgrade to this new OS. You got over 4 more years with Windows 10 being fully supported. I still have a box in my home running Windows 7, because it doesn't need any additional functionality, it's not in the internet so I am not concerned about security issues and it doesn't give me any trouble. So, I'll likely stick with it until it dies.
Pretty sure that an OS coming out after 6 years is not necessarily "on a whim". It's been under development for quite some time. i have no real plans to upgrade my actual desktop, my kids desktop or my wife's desktop to Windows 11 anytime soon. I'm play with it on VM's and test hardware for a while until it does something that I need, or until my machine starts having problems and it's time for a reinstall.
Well said. I am playing with it on live hardware, but it's mainly because my hardware fully matches the requirements - which, being a home built unit from a year ago, is just luck on my part.
11 is the first version of Windows I've complained about since Vista. My dissatisfaction with it is based on negative changes from 10 with either no or weak new features and functions to make daily use more convenient. As for security, what does 11 mandate that can't be done in 10? Overall, I simply don't see 11 in its current configuration as being better than 10 or even different in any way that results in a more positive user experience.
And you're complaining about something we've only had 6 builds of over the course of a month and a half. But at least you do mention "in its current configuration" at the end.
It's a worldwide Beta test. Don't like it? Don't use it.
Better yet, use hte feedback extensively to share your thoughts directly with Microsoft - and if you share those feedback items here, I, for one, will support every valid point with an upvote. I'm pretty sure others here will as well.
Security is a complex issue in the IT Field, where when I started out in this business, security for IT systems was mostly, as all security, a basic physical barrier to prevent access to the computers ...
Now forty plus years on we have the internet and other wide access systems meaning that we need to secure not only our own systems but also every system that we may interact with. Making all systems, over time, to be as secure as we can In this current situation by setting minimum security standards, will control the "BotNets" and other criminal distributed computing that is used to breakdown security barriers to our data and will make everyone's data safer :)
Agreed. It's better than doing nothing about it. just like it was better to introduce UAC in Vista than doing nothing about the rampant issues in XP. And no matter how many people liked / loved / couldn't live without XP, it had
flaws. Numerous, flaws.
And that is a proven fact, not just diatribe based upon my own opinions.
Will what Microsoft does for Windows 11 be enough? Never. There is never going to be enough done, because, at the end of the day, if it is digital, it can be hacked, as long as you canget access to whatever 'it' is. In this day and age of the connected household and with more and more devices being connected, hacks have become easier, more widespread, and more damaging. Something, somewhere, has to be done.
So, I applaud Microsoft's efforts, even if it seemingly does not go far enough. It's still better than nothing.
It appears that the security features currently mandated for 11 were required by Microsoft for new PCs certified for Windows 10. I'm not sure whether all of the features were turned on by default. (My desktop systems are home assembled.)
The obvious change in 11 is that the security stuff will required to upgrade from 10 or to do a new installation.
Whether MS will manage to sweeten the pot with significantly desirable new features by General Availabilty, I doubt.
I did not realize that. But as I also build at home, and don't buy OEM manufactured machines, I'm not surprised that I didn't know that.
As for them sweetening the pot? Uh, probably not until the next iteration of Windows.
End of the day, most of us enthusiasts will likely say "nah, I'm gonna stick with Windows 10, it's working great for me". And then about the time that Windows 11 officially drops, we will then be scrounging for the leaks and wearing out our F5 keys for the official releases to that we can install on our computers and test, play, benchmark and troubleshoot.
I doubt I will be one of those. Of course, it helps I have supporting hardware. And sure, it has some issues which I feel are annoying. But, at the end of hte day, I'd rather be on a current-gen OS which will have more focus for development and improvement than on an OS whose time is limited. As long as it doesn't break something absolutely crucial for me (and thus far, it really hasn't, my own complaints notwithstanding), I'll be on 11 for the foreseeable future.
Until Microsoft gets a wild hair you know where and changes things again.
