I…didn’t think windows 12 was actually a thing but here we are?

  • projectazar@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    So 2025 is the year I finally move my desktop to Linux and run windows in a VM I guess. I still have a few apps that just do not play nicely in Wine that would make transitioning fully more difficult, but I’ve been full Linux on my laptop for years. Maybe I can finally make the jump on PC.

  • Dandroid@dandroid.appEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m not usually a “Windows is terrible” kind of peron, but dramatically changing the main UI every 2 years is the fastest way to get me to change to Linux on my daily driver.

  • ziviz@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They are necessitating 8GB of RAM. for what?! Like, it would be a struggle to find a machine with less than 8GB still being sold new, sure, but why does the OS need that RAM?

      • DJDarren@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        In fairness I’ve been a Mac user since 2007, but even with my occasional flirtations with Windows, I’ve not used anything higher than 10.

        My wife’s machine is running 10. I heard her trying to install 11 via a VM the other day to see how she got on with it, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone swear at a computer quite so much in quite so short a period of time.

        Her machine is still running 10.

      • eu@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        At my job there are many computers with Windows 7 still. I guess it doesn’t really matter as long as the software we need keeps working.

        • Tarte@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          Are those computers connected to the internet? Security updates for windows 7 were stopped in 2020.

  • Executive Chimp@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    According to the source, Microsoft wants to make the taskbar appear to float above the desktop by separating it from the desktop and rounding off the corners.

    …why?

    • MJBrune@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I can see a few reasons for this.

      1. Whenever Explorer.exe crashes, it takes down the desktop including the taskbar. They are probably trying to separate the taskbar from the desktop.

      2. It’s a new style and people expect to see a unique style with every Windows version change. Of course, if you really want to you can make Windows 11 look like Windows 98 with a few button presses afaik.

      3 a) It potentially looks like they might start auto-hiding the taskbar by default which could be interesting. If they are and they allow applications to maximize to the full borders of your monitor, that could potentially be awesome.

      3 b) auto-hiding the taskbar frees up real estate and if you put on a tin foil hat you can say that Microsoft is going to use that newfound real estate to show ads to users and will justify it because they only take up less space than you were missing before, it’s no big deal, right? (This is highly unlikely and Windows as an OS hasn’t really shown people ads yet. The most it’s done is shipped with minor bloatware apps.)

      • delmain@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Windows as an OS has absolutely been showing ads for a long time. Ads for their own stuff for the most part, but those are still ads. They pop stuff up all over the place advocating for paid OneDrive plans or Office 365 or whatever.

      • xthexder@l.sw0.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Well, we had Windows 10 for over 5 years before Windows 11. 10 was supposedly the last version they were doing, so it’s a little surprising they’re back to regular major releases now.

        • Banzai51@midwest.socialEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Too many people turned off telemetry data. They couldn’t get enough of it to just upgrade under the 10 banner. They’re forcing more and more online bits and slowly not letting you turn the other stuff off.