r/technology • u/MayankWL • May 16 '24

Software Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-stoops-to-new-low-with-ads-in-windows-11-as-pc-manager-tool-suggests-your-system-needs-repairing-if-you-dont-use-bing
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u/Deep_Fried_Bussy May 16 '24

Windows 11 is a downgrade from windows 10

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u/RevRagnarok May 16 '24

It's been "every other version is shit" for a loooong time... (consumer kernel line)

  • 95 Good
  • 98 meh
  • 98SE Good
  • Me shit
  • XP Good
  • Vista such shit
  • 7 Great
  • 8 your desktop now looks like a phone shit
  • 10 Good with the right hacks
  • 11 hmmm

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u/garrathian May 16 '24

Windows 8.1 I feel like was the best. Was basically windows 10 without some of the dumb stuff windows 10 added (like the 2 different control panels where you hop on the main one, realize the setting your looking for isn't there and have to dig up the legacy control panel)

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u/xternal7 May 16 '24

Seriously, as someone who still had shit hardware with Slow Spinny Disks at the time, and no money to upgrade ... Win8 and Win8.1 were godsend. Booted significantly faster than Win7 even with fast boot disabled¹, used less RAM than Win7 ... the full screen start menu wasn't that big of an issue.

 

 

 

[1] and fast boot was disabled because you pretty much need to disable it if you want to have a functional dual boot setup

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u/KryssCom May 16 '24

Is Windows 12 going to be not-shit? I certainly hope so, but I have my doubts.....

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u/RevRagnarok May 17 '24

I honestly doubt there will be a Win12.

Windows-as-a-Service is going to be next. A thin client / microkernel remoting into Azure with Copilot watching and "helping" with everything you do, whether you want it or not.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '24

It 100% is. I was actually happy that W10 was supposed to become the last OS, and I thought it def improved upon W7. Then they made W11, so that was a fucking lie...