Have you upgraded to Windows 11 or plan to?

[tabzer]

I'm using Win11 at my work place.

it's fine except for few things which I can't accept è_é

They removed few features present since W95 affecting the task bar !!!
- They removed the option to NOT merge windows from the same application. I can't live without that option... Working without ALL the windows listed individually on the task bar is counter productive and takes longer to do things we could do before (maximize/minimize by clicking on them)
- They also removed the ability to resize it (no need anymore, it's only Icon listed, no more window with their names...)
- They removed the ability to drop files on task bar (if you want to drag drop a file, you could keep the file over the app for 2 seconds to put that window on the foreground on ALL Windows OS, but no more with W11...)
- You can't put the taskbar where you want (right/left/top), it's bottom only. (I don't need to, but it's one of the changes which can affect some people)

It seems there are workaround:
I've found register hacks but users are not happy and report bugs. I don't want to try.
I've found an app restoring the behavior, but I'm at work so I can't install what I want...

Those QoL things shouldn't be left out in an "upgrade".

My biggest miss, is that when I drag a file from file explorer or some other place, the window I am trying to drag it to no longer pops to the front of everything. So now I have to "pre-size" the windows before I do drag and drop operations. Lol. There has to be a fix.

 

[retrospect]

Nintendo is the only video game console maker who apparently has enough integrity to not load up their console OS with unremovable ads..

Consoles have ads now? When did that happen?

 

[Dr_Faustus]

Consoles have ads now? When did that happen?

Late into the Xbox 360/early Xbone life.

 

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[arquillos]

I am staying with Win 10 until muy actual laptop breaks.
It is a pity there is no Win 7 drivers for it! 100% I will be running my laptop with win 7 64 bits.
What is the reason for me to upgrade when I can do everything I want and I need with Win 10 or even with Win 7?

Note: Linux is a niche OS. No games no joy and even in profesional envs it is loosing its place (at least in my country).

 

[the_randomizer]

Lol not in a million years.

 

[64bitmodels]

I honestly absolutely adore how windows 11 looks, but that's not gonna be enough for me to consider upgrading seeing how they fucked with a lot of the UI placements and also the fact that a lot of apps have broken compatibility compared to windows 10. of course, it's a new windows OS at launch. nobody should expect it to be good until like 3 years down the line
not that it matters much anyways, when proton gets 95+ compatibility with the steam library i'm going full linux regardless of if they improve win11 or not

 

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[Magnus87]

I love to update and be using the latest version of any program. However the requirements that Microsoft imposed this time, make my beloved Core 2 Quad 9550 with 8GB DDR2.

I know you can bypass TPM and UEFI but I don't want to resort to these tactics just to be able to upgrade from W10 to W11.

So for the time being I will stick with Windows 10 and in 2025/6 I will buy a new PC.

 

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[cracker]

I'm holding off on my devices - desktop, laptop, Surface 7. The Surface 7 will probably be the last I update because it would be the worst to deal with if it has a problem I'm sure.