I don't want to disappoint ya but you know already how it will go.
People will keep their Windows 10 machines running until they die or no longer meet their personal requirements and then end up buying a new computer with 11 or so on it in the future.

No Windows Linux 13.

Well Windows doesn't exist at the pleasure of Valve. MS isn't going to let it die. And publishers aren't hoing to ignore 90% of PC gamers because you go an ax to grind about the next version of windows end of support date. Windows 10 isn't special.

Windows 10 doesn`t immediately become this giant security leak when clock hits. They will still patch the Defender. They simply won`t fix any new possible security holes in the OS that get discovered and it can become exploited in the long run.
Not that much of a threat if you use common sense of internet use and don`t do stupid stuff that gets you hacked anyway, no matter the OS.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Moacir Santos:

Windows 10 support is coming to an end. This pushes people to use the enourmous garbage that is 11,

Windows 10 support "coming to an end" means still years of extended support & corporate support, and then more years before software stops running on 10. The Oct "end of support" won't push that many people to 11 that weren't already on it.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Lixire:

I don't want to disappoint ya but you know already how it will go.
People will keep their Windows 10 machines running until they die or no longer meet their personal requirements and then end up buying a new computer with 11 or so on it in the future.

More likely it'll be long enough that they go to Win 12 (assuming that the "every other version is good" trend/superstition continues. hah.) or 13. I went from 7 to 10 (in 2020, when I built my new PC) skipping 8, for example. /shrug

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Oprindeligt skrevet af Moacir Santos:

Windows 10 support is coming to an end. This pushes people to use the enourmous garbage that is 11,

Windows 10 support "coming to an end" means still years of extended support & corporate support, and then more years before software stops running on 10. The Oct "end of support" won't push that many people to 11 that weren't already on it.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Lixire:

I don't want to disappoint ya but you know already how it will go.
People will keep their Windows 10 machines running until they die or no longer meet their personal requirements and then end up buying a new computer with 11 or so on it in the future.

More likely it'll be long enough that they go to Win 12 (assuming that the "every other version is good" trend/superstition continues. hah.) or 13. I went from 7 to 10 (in 2020, when I built my new PC) skipping 8, for example. /shrug

Depends if Microsoft will change the requirements to warrant a new branding i.e new Windows version.
Windows 11 after all was meant to serve as a feature upgrade to Windows 10 at first but then Microsoft decided to add the TPM 2.0 and 8th gen Intel/Ryzen 2000 or newer requirements

Oprindeligt skrevet af Moacir Santos:

MacOS [is] awesome for gaming now a days.

be for real LOL

win11 > linux.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Karumati:

win11 > linux.

Very possibly.

I don't think Linux needs to be better, it just needs to be a good alternative.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Trout:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Moacir Santos:

MacOS [is] awesome for gaming now a days.

be for real LOL

Yea with all its dozen or so games and what, running on a GPU equivalent yo an Intel iGPU or Radeon M series

The only real difference between 10 and 11 is that 11 Start menu is a bit worse. After that it's basically the same as 10.

If it had the same UI as 10 no one would be able to tell which is which.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zefar:

The only real difference between 10 and 11 is that 11 Start menu is a bit worse. After that it's basically the same as 10.

If it had the same UI as 10 no one would be able to tell which is which.

What about the re-designed context menu? That one screwed with me.
Also we can no longer put our taskbar on the side of the screen which is very annoying when you've been able to do that in every Windows version for decades.
"Too hard to program" they said. "Our programmers are less skilled" is what they meant.

Oprindeligt skrevet af xDDD:

What about the re-designed context menu?

Yes, the context menu has been redesigned and it has finally stopped being a long trash list, like before, when every damn third-party application shoved its options into it without asking.

Oprindeligt skrevet af xDDD:

when you've been able to do that in every Windows version for decades.

Wow, they removed a feature that 2 people used. So sad

Oprindeligt skrevet af Takohashi:

Oprindeligt skrevet af xDDD:

What about the re-designed context menu?

Yes, the context menu has been redesigned and it has finally stopped being a long trash list, like before, when every damn third-party application shoved its options into it without asking.

The list is literally just as long and now requires two clicks for certain functions. Very stupid.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Takohashi:

Oprindeligt skrevet af xDDD:

when you've been able to do that in every Windows version for decades.

Wow, they removed a feature that 2 people used. So sad :mansob:

I personally know more than 2 people who used it. On top of not being able to move it, you also can't resize the taskbar or its icons either.
The point is that they took away functionality. They took something and made it worse and gave the user less agency over it. This has been a running trend with Microsoft.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zefar:

The only real difference between 10 and 11 is that 11 Start menu is a bit worse. After that it's basically the same as 10.

If it had the same UI as 10 no one would be able to tell which is which.

The UI is why I left. It was my final straw. Turned the GUI into a MacOS wannabe.

Along with all the spying and AI trash. Also the whole forced reboots thing. Oh and forced updates. That too.

Also also the whole needing to create a Microsoft account to set up a user.

Also also along with many other reasons.

The GUI though, was what set me over the edge.

They wouldn’t let me move the task bar. Seriously, wtf is that about?

💁‍♂️: “I want the task bar on the left of the screen and hidden, like I have had forever.”
🪟: “No.”
🙋‍♂️: “Why?”
🪟: “No.”
🤦‍♂️

Anyway, swapped to Linux in January. It’s a million times better and I should have switched years ago. Plus also also my GUI is now way more customizable. Along with like, the entire rest of the operating system.

It’s so refreshing having agency over my hardware again.