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Windows 11's adoption is much slower compared to Windows 10, claims Dell (www.neowin.net)
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[–] 32 points 10 months ago (25 children)

Blows my mind seeing people look on windows 10 as some kind of last bastion, apparently not realizing that was Windows 7 at best.

10 is the one where they fucked up the UX beyond repair, made everything slow and added insane amounts of spying. If you willingly switched to 10 then don't pretend like 11 is a bridge too far now.

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  • [–] 33 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I still can't grasp that Microsoft, a $3.6 trillion company, developed a new settings interface but failed to migrate all settings to it, forcing users to use both. Even I know that's day one UX shite and I'm quite stupid.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    What's hilarious is that this started with Win10 so its been an issue for over a decade now and two major revisions at least (possibly started on Win8).

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago*

    I'd actually say it was 8.1, but the problem with 8.1 is that it died before people could discover how good it is combined with classical start menu. It was basically a fleshed out, faster, more stable Windows 7 with updated tech like newer directx and cached boot (aka. Fastboot). Almost non-existing market share, but I liked it far better than 7, 10 and 11 (only gave it 1 week). I installed a tweaked 8.1 version on all my friends/family's PCs and never heard a single complaint, shit was awesome.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It took me ages today to work out how to map a drive letter because they've changed where the menu button is. You used to be able to do it from the taskbar at the top, but now it's hidden in a right click menu in a different part of the file browser to where it used to be. I don't understand the point of changes like that, by all means add more options but keep the old ones around for consistency.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Managing printers in 11 is the worst. The sad part is that the old-style devices and printers menu is still in the OS, you just have to dig for it a bit, and it works 1000x better.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    the old-style devices and printers menu is still in the OS, you just have to dig for it a bit, and it works 1000x better.

    For the last 13 years this has been the most infuriating part of the incomplete control panel migration. I find myself struggling to use the new settings, and having to then resort to digging for the old ones that actually have the option I need.

    Win 11 finally pushed me over the edge with ads and spying. But I still have to deal with Windows at work.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    10 is the one where they fucked up the UX beyond repair

    Was it? I gave up on 8 because of the UI, downgraded back to 7 and that was my last Windows machine. Was 10 worse?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (11 children)

    People said they will never upgrade from 7 to 10, and now they are saying they will never upgrade from 10 to 11

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (8 children)

    ^ This, I had to be dragged kicking and screaming from 7 to 10, and now looking forward to another 3 years of Win10 security updates, while fervently praying that Adobe and my online games add Linux support during that time >_>

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (5 children)

    Just ditch those games.not worth it

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Ah yes the classic purist arguement.

    If the applications I want to use don't support Linux then apparently that's their problem. I wish I didn't have to live in the real world, but unfortunately I can't pay my mortgage in moral righteousness. If I can't use the programs I need to use my job, because I've decided to switch to an operating system that they don't support, I'm the one that's going to suffer.

    So no you can't just ditch applications that don't have Linux support.

    In the real world you have to dual boot and that's a pain in the arse because it means Microsoft are still going to be getting some money from me.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    The fuck sort of dipshit argument is this for video games...?

    He was saying ditch video games man... VIDEO GAMES.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Yeah, some people get really defensive when you suggest they can get all the things they are asking for, and all they have to do is stop giving money to user-hostile developers. And saying kernel-level anti-cheat is hostile to the user is a massive understatement. Why would you defend Saudi Arabia having kernel-level access to your computer just to play a game? (It's crazy that that statement isn't even a joke in the context of EA.)

    I understand if someone decides not to take the suggestion, but it is still a reasonable suggestion to make.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I was on Windows 7 until April of 2021, when I was taking a certification exam remotely, and didn't find out that the software they used for it didn't work on 7 until after I had paid the registration fee. Windows 10 was useable enough, but I never thought it was preferable over 7. Anyway, I'm on Bazzite now.

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