What excites you about Windows 11? Inquiring minds wish to know….
With Windows 11 22H2 arriving quickly, some customers could also be able to make the leap from Windows 10. If so, I wish to hear from you.
Are you already utilizing Windows 11? If not, are you planning to maneuver to Windows 11 this yr?
I wish to know — so I’ve two unofficial, unscientific surveys asking what you might be most enthusiastic about relating to Windows 11. The first survey focuses on your property pc, together with what OS you’re utilizing now, your improve plans and what you want/dislike about Windows 11.
For reference, Microsoft has put collectively an internet site that recaps among the gadgets it’s enthusiastic about.
For occasion, the corporate touts Chat from Microsoft Teams to attach one-on-one with different PC customers. (Note: if you have already got Teams utilizing a college or company account, you’ll need a separate software for the enterprise Teams account. It will really point out Microsoft Teams (work or college) and have a strong icon. The private Microsoft Teams icon can have a white icon.) I don’t imply to be a Debbie Downer, however I’d be extra exited if there was a single icon that might pivot primarily based on what credentials a consumer logs in with.
Microsoft additionally argues that Windows 11 simplifies the consumer expertise with intuitive navigation and straightforward group. For these of us with 30 years of Windows expertise or who flip forwards and backwards between varied variations of Windows at house and within the workplace, one of many first issues to do is transfer the menu to the left aspect of the display screen. Remember there are many third-party instruments to customise and transfer the menu round.
Microsoft additionally says Windows 11 brings “balance” to the desktop with the software snap help. “Effortless to use—just drag windows to the edge of the screen to activate in just a few clicks,” the corporate says. I nonetheless imagine the very best stability includes having a couple of monitor. Even at house, I’ve a primary monitor and a conveyable USB monitor; having a couple of monitor means I can snap an software from one display screen to the opposite.
Also highlighted: the fantastic world of widgets within the type of pictures, climate, the world information, shares and extra. Mind you, Microsoft has introduced these similar or related widgets to Windows 10, and the corporate supposedly plans to open them as much as third-party instruments. But that simply jogs my memory of Vista widgets, which had been touted as delivering related info to Vista however then had been blocked and eliminated due to safety dangers. It stays to be seen whether or not Microsoft will enable widgets to really be opened up.
Finally, Microsoft touts enhancements to the touch, voice, and pen enter and thus has introduced modern gadgets and options.
In my very own scenario, I’ve one house pc that helps Windows 11, so if I wish to standardize on Windows 11, I might want to improve.
In the workplace, the scenario is a bit higher, however I nonetheless have a number of computer systems that may’t improve to Windows 11.
If you handle methods on the workplace, this survey focuses in your deployment plans. Windows 11 22H2 has been described because the equal of “Service Pack 1” for Windows 11, making it a great time for companies to start out testing and rolling out Windows 11. With that in thoughts, the survey questions ask whether or not you’re planning a significant deployment of Windows 11 now.
I’ve seen some fascinating early responses. One particular person noticed the push for Windows 11 as a strategy to drive firms to improve ageing pc methods. While they see the Windows 11 {hardware} necessities as considerably synthetic, the processor and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 chip necessities imply newer methods are wanted.
Many firms maintain utilizing methods that ought to have lengthy since been retired. Typically, in my workplace, methods fall brief not due to TPM 2.0, however due to the processor. (The supported AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm processors exclude some computer systems that I’ve deployed.) Other gadgets don’t have a suitable graphics card to help DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver. Not solely will shifting to Windows 11 push me to improve my methods, it’ll do the identical for a lot of firms.
Microsoft is within the strategy of testing out tabs in File Explorer (it’s at the moment in a latest Insider Preview construct). I do discover it fascinating that Microsoft didn’t regulate File Explorer to show file extensions by default. That’s one of many key issues I modify at any time when I get a brand new pc for a safer working system.
Do let me know what, if something, excites you about Windows 11. I’ll recap the outcomes down the highway.