Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 - place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12::Qualcomm’s CEO alludes to the “next version of Windows” with a launch date in the middle of the year.
no thanks. you can pry windows 10 off of my ssd from it’s cold dead corpse.
*tale as old as time… *
“XP is ruining windows with their damn duplo looking themes and primary colors. Pry 98 SE from my cold dead hands”
*true as it can be… *
“Windows 7 was the last time Microsoft cared, and 8.1 and 10 are regressions in every way. You’ll pry it from my cold dead hands”
“Windows X9 Delta was the final version when MicroAmazon cared about holographic interfaces. I’ll never use Windows X10 Gamma.”
Windows 11 is weird to me, I feel like I’ve only heard negative things about it but actually using it on a daily basis has been fine with a few tweaks. Using nilesoft shell and ear trumpet was basically all I needed to be satisfied.
That’s not really unique to 11 though, I’ve had to tweak things on basically every windows version. Whether that was classic shell with 8, or clover for tabs in file explorer for 7.
At the very least Windows 11 seems to have a more consistent design language across the OS. It feels a lot less half baked than the style changes they did on 8 and 10.
I understand the resistance to change, and the pain in the ass of moving to a new OS, but moving 10 to 11 isn’t that huge of a leap. Especially if you know what you’re doing configuration wise.
Having used both, I maintain that learning a Linux distro is, in the best case, an equivalent amount of work to configuring Windows 11.
Explorer Patcher if you need a vertical taskbar. Otherwise MS has been gradually adding the most requested features.
Not justifying what’s missing, but a lot of people didn’t understand just how big an overhaul they performed on the core UI. Explorer file manager and the main taskbar GUI have both updated, and the taskbar GUI is a new one from scratch that carries over 98% of features.
This kind of deeper update was long overdue, and makes the experience using 11 on a mixed use tablet a lot nicer frankly, bringing 11 closer to a unified tablet/desktop OS as it needs to be.
I get the hate for change but as a user who really doesn’t like Windows overall* I like the 11 changes. I actually prefer the new context menu (which can be disabled) and UI. Do I hate the useless widgets and ad spam? Yes. But I just don’t use it, instead opting for the weather taskbar info.
It’s still no macOS but if I’m forced to use it for work then it’s better than 10 in my opinion.
*DLL Hell, Registry bloat, installation files being thrown god knows where, lack of widespread disk image support, abysmal wake from sleep/hibernation, Microsoft trying to upsell everywhere.
My opinion is that copilot is the focus for 24. Microsoft has lots of development and marketing around copilot and how it works in 11, Edge, Bing, M365, and all the other Microsoft Graph yada yada fancy apps stuff. Launching 12 now would be an unnecessary distraction away from all copilot investments.
Give me a Windows with better gaming performance and I switch right away. And if possible stop with this beta patched live rollout before testing. And FFS stop removing options to fix bloatware additions, at least just hide them for the plebs.
Microsoft: You want a more stable better performing OS?
best I can do is AI everywhere.
stop removing options
We removed the ability to move the taskbar to the top or the side of the screen because fuck you, that’s why.
Me: i want arch Linux Microsoft: we have arch Linux at home
I guess they really were full of shit.
Microsoft has been discussing the idea of Windows as a service, but the company hasn’t really explained exactly how that will play out with future versions of Windows. That might be because there won’t really be any future major versions of Windows in the foreseeable future. Microsoft has altered the way it engineers and delivers Windows, and the initial result is Windows 10. Instead of big releases, there will be regular improvements and updates. Part of this is achieved by splitting up operating system components like the Start Menu and built-in apps to be separate parts that can be updated independently to the entire Windows core operating system. It’s a big undertaking, but it’s something Microsoft has been actively working on for Windows 10 to ensure it spans across multiple device types.
https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-version-of-windows
Probably Win11-24 update. If MS goes Surprise Win12, well, it’ll be time to upgrade… again
How about we call it windows 12 XPeevista20003?
It has lots of throwback to the old stupid names.
Maybe just something more truthful like “test 012” or “untitled 012”
Do you have a problem with the Windows 11 24H2 name?
24H2 means “second half of 2024.” Microsoft has been using this versioning scheme for a long time.
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