Windows 11 leaked

[Klaus]

The last Windows version that was somewhat coherent was MS DOS 5.0.

[Copper]

Maybe it's time to bring back Bob.


[Doctor Phibes]

A few years ago I listened to a lot of the nay-sayers, and put Ubuntu on a dual-boot for a laugh. During one of its many updates it essentially bricked the partition, at which point I decided to become a penguin-killing psychopath.

Windows has never done that to me, for all its many irritations.

[89th]

I like the leaked version, but I also liked Windows Vista so maybe don't listen to me.

[Klaus]

@89th said in Windows 11 leaked:

I like the leaked version, but I also liked Windows Vista so maybe don't listen to me.

[Axtremus]

Caulk it.

[xenon]

UI design seems to be moving towards flat and sleek at the expense of usability.

I remember big buttons with black outlines (now you gotta hover over the icons to see the button outlines). Big input boxes for text fields, large scrolling bars with precise control.

Yes - the UI's look better these days. I think they're also less functional.

[Aqua Letifer]

@xenon said in Windows 11 leaked:

UI design seems to be moving towards flat and sleek at the expense of usability.

I remember big buttons with black outlines (now you gotta hover over the icons to see the button outlines). Big input boxes for text fields, large scrolling bars with precise control.

Yes - the UI's look better these days. I think they're also less functional.

Yeah, but these kinds of things happen in waves. It'll swing back soon and old will become new again.

[Klaus]

@aqua-letifer said in Windows 11 leaked:

Yeah, but these kinds of things happen in waves. It'll swing back soon and old will become new again.

Sometimes there are real revolutions. The most significant for UI design was probably the "Mother of All Demos" from 1968.

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[George K]

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[Doctor Phibes]

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[George K]

@doctor-phibes so I went to this guy's youtube page...

The $1000 monitor stand.....

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[Doctor Phibes]

It's funny because it's true

[mark]

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Check out the desk lamp. I have an old Mac like that... hmmm. lol

[George K]

@mark that is easily the most annoying person I’ve seen all day. And, judging from the company on this forum, that’s a hell of a comment!

[George K]

Oh, wait. He's Canadian. That explains it.

He says that people assumed that with the supposed announcement that 10 was the end of Windows, upgrades would be free.

"Nothing works like that."

Um....Linux and (ahem) Mac OS work like that.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Windows 11 leaked:

@mark that is easily the most annoying person I’ve seen all day. And, judging from the company on this forum, that’s a hell of a comment!

He is exceptionally annoying, but he does some very informative stuff, and he typically gives very honest reviews.

[mark]

@george-k Oh yes, Linus is very annoying. But, as Phibes, said, he does honest reviews.

[George K]

Yeah, it's "free," but your 3-year-old top-of-the line MICROSOFT computer won't be able to run it.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/25/22549725/microsoft-windows-11-cpu-support-tpm-hardware-requirements

Windows 11 will only officially support 8th Gen and newer Intel Core processors, alongside Apollo Lake and newer Pentium and Celeron processors.

That potentially rules out millions of existing Windows 10 devices from upgrading to Windows 11 with full support, and even devices like Microsoft’s own Surface Studio 2 which the company is still selling right now for $3,499. Older devices that aren’t officially supported will be met with a warning during the Windows 11 install that the upgrade is not recommended, but the OS should still install.

Windows 11 will also only officially support AMD Ryzen 2000 and newer processors, and 2nd Gen or newer EPYC chips.

[mark]

TPM. Idiots made that decision. They will remove the requirement before launch. If they don't they are only shooting themselves in the foot.