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  • Clbull@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Launching Windows 11 in the midst of a semiconductor shortage was such a dumb move on Microsoft’s part, especially when 11 doesn’t really offer that much more than 10. The only real ‘groundbreaking’ new feature (multiple desktops) was something that Linux had fifteen years ago.

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      8 months ago

      even windows xp had it with microsoft’s powertoys’ virtual desktop manager

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      8 months ago

      The only real ‘groundbreaking’ new feature (multiple desktops) was something that Linux had fifteen years ago.

      what are you talking about? if you mean virtual as the others think, both linux and windows have had that for 20 years. if you mean something else I really really want to know.

      anyway it also has better wsl (backported to 10 eventually), generally better performance and battery life, etc. it also had a mac dock that prevented me from doing the upgrade for 3 years lol.

    • RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Is “multiple desktops” different from virtual desktops? Because i’ve been using virtual desktops in Windows 10 for a while now.

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          8 months ago

          for work i have to have like 3 PDFs open, my IDE, a browser, etc.

          it’s nice being able just switch to a clean desktop to browse the internet or write an email without messing up my window placement or getting lost in a bunch of layers.

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          8 months ago

          First desktop for work/study related windows another for research/info related windows and third one for chill/media related windows, sometimes you work on more than two documents at the same time and researching theme with timeouts for chill so multiple desktops is very useful

        • RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works
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          8 months ago

          Using multiple desktops may help you keep all those open programs more organized. :)

          I use only use them at work. One desktop is for e-mail, chats, and my music player, the other has all the stuff I need for whatever I’m actually working on at the moment. If I’m switching back and forth between two unrelated tasks, I might use a third to keep everything for the two tasks separate.

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          8 months ago

          It’s like having a second or third monitor but instead of moving your eyes to the other monitor you move the desktop you’re currently looking at.