@@electrofryed7239 you know, I gave up dealing with the setup mess of dual boot since WSL... But do have the luxury of multiple computers, so I keep a few native Linux setup.... Now I wanna setup win11 and Ubuntu dual boot secure boot for practice! Haha
The right click is what kills win11 for me the most. I use the extra menu options more than i do most of the standard ones, so it's basically an extra click everytime. Also miss the right-click on the taskbar to bring up taskmanager as well.
Guess what: In Windows 11 22H2, Shift + Right-click automatically jumps to the legacy context menu. Win + X or other solutions for your Task Manager woes.
I think the good thing about the windows snapping feature is when you have multiple monitors connected. The windows can be oriented anyway you want, even if the monitor is disconnected and reconnected, those windows should go back to how they were
I HATE the snapping 'feature'. It's one of the first things I turn off when I install a new system. Allowing a word document to occupy an entire widescreen monitor is a waste of a monitor. Easier to have the word document occupy half of the screen (and you're still got the whole page visible), and a, for example, webpage up that you're copying data from...
Very helpful. I was preparing to do a clean install of Windows and was considering 11 as long as I was going to the trouble. But I'll stick with 10. Thanks.
I got my TPM in my laptop that was made in around 2018 with Intel UHD Graphics 620 and Intel CPU Core i5 8th Gen with 8 PROCESSORS including 8GB RAMS. I think it made almost a big difference and that's most importantly the design. Some people got used to the taskbar on the left side or the old context menu because most people used Windows 10 all the time. It's ok if you don't switch to Windows 11 because it's early and you still have like 2-3 years before the end of support for Windows 10. You could switch to Windows 11 in case you really want to see the designs but if you don't wanna do a clean install or if you worry about the performance, just stay to Windows 10. For me, I got around 5+ FPS on Roblox but fps sometimes drops in big games which is fine in my opinion. I guess Microsoft wanted us to explore the Registry and Settings since the Control Panel became useless ( settings literally copied almost all the stuff from the control panel ). Recap: - Switch to Windows 10 if you want to get more FPS, and don't want to do a clean installation. - Switch to Windows 11 if you want to get more security updates, and see more designs that are new and innovative.
I side stepped the upgrade process by replacing the Win 10 laptop I'd been using as my secondary PC with a Beelink mini-PC that came with Win 11 Professional installed. Its basic specs (memory and storage) were the same as the laptop, and the price was only a little more than the non-discounted price of Win 11 Professional. I've been able to check out most of my key applications on Win 11 without worrying about them breaking in the upgrade process. Window's 11 new look doesn't excite me (Wow rounded corners -- seriously?) but it doesn't annoy me either.
If past experience has taught me anything, it’s that I shouldn’t be in a hurry to upgrade my Windows operating system. Windows 10 has been smooth ever since I switched to an SSD drive. And while I think Windows 11 looks great, it also feels like they took some design inspiration from Apple at the cost of user functionality. I think I’ll stick with Windows 10 for now.
@@w2385-i2s Literally doesn't matter, you can do a fresh install of Windows 11 and activate it through CMD in like 15 seconds. Only a buffoon would pay for an operating system that spies on you and shoves ads down your throat.
Win11 is buggy as hell. For example when i download stuff from web browser to a certain folder that is already open, file doesn't show up there. I need to go back few folders or just close the folder and open again, then it shows.
Agreed, though I'd add to be fair that windows UI has never lent to full efficiency, since flexibility in personal customization is necessary to become fully efficient on a per person basis, each person is gonna perform their best in a different way, and windows only allows for a cookie cutter experience.
Huh ? What are you talking about ? What actions takes you more clicking compared to win10 ? Have you used a bit the Settings app for instance ? You say you click more to reach update thing in win11 compared to win 10 ?!? I hope you are joking..
@@corneldiaconu66 Accessing update settings (and why as an end user should I be so familiar with that screen , MS?) is no more or less clicks. Accessing certain file/folder context menu entries is now another click (which I end up doing fairly often). And on the original topic of drag 'n drop of shortcuts (I presume on the taskbar/start menu) this is supposed to improve in the next feature update that is due soon. But, again MS, *why*? 😂
@@corneldiaconu66 just for right click menu (which is repeat function for Most users every day) you have to click twice … it’s inefficient, takes more energy, more time, more frustration to do simple tasks …
If before you only needed to click once you now need to click twice, you've doubled your work load. That leads to a much less efficient system in the long run. Step up, MS.
Very informative and I appreciate your evaluation. I am very happy with win10 and win11 looks like a nightmare to me. I must admit, I get very upset when I am forced to "upgrade" my software. I do not like having to get accustomed to a whole new user experience. What I would appreciate the most from Microsoft is for them to leave my darn computer alone and let me get my work done without their (what feels like) constant harassments.
Time spent on finding stuff, tweaking stuff, transferring/reinstalling stuff is time should had been spent on productivity and making some money. Let everyone else beta test win11
I switched to W11 cause I bought an Intel 12th CPU and honestly it hasn't really changed my experience much. I'm not some power user or someone that required some specific features for work or a project so I just switched and I just use the PC normally with no problems. There's a "wait, that's kinda dumb" every once in a while but nothing horrible
How much does it cost to switch to Linux Mint rather than to Windows 11? And there’s still that unpredictability of Microsoft requiring a new PC for each new version.
@@Robert-sl7jo bro Linux sucks and we can agree on that, u just waist to much time configuring and installing, what we all want is a system to work. or if u don't work, I guess u play games, Linux sucks on that too.
I'll keep using Windows 10 on until end of support in 2025 then I'll decide to jump to Linux, use Windows 12 if that comes out or put Linux on my main gaming tower My main OS is Linux Mint 20 on my laptop My gaming tower runs Windows 10
Same plan here too, although i found Linux still lacking in accessibility of use, hopefully by then they catch-up and ill be swtxhing fully to it, cheers
Awesome video. At Microsoft's recent prompt, I've test driven Windows 11 the past couple of days. I'm going back to Windows 10. The Windows File Explorer has been totally redesigned, making navigation of local (eg., C: drive) storage MUCH more difficult and frustrating. You almost have to convert to using the cloud most of the time.
Feels like we need ignorant users to beta test win 11 for us and complain for us so when win 10 is at the absolute end of life, when we switch over, it's the absolute best version + fixes complained by millions, + winaero tweaker. Time spent on installing win 11, installing softwares/apps, transferring files, tweaking everything, searching for where is this option, is time should had been spent on productivity and making money. So when you switch over to win 11, there are already years old answers in google.
I am with that - any additional option like that on his utility toolbox thing is worthwhile IMO, even though I will be mostly staying as long as possible on a stable windows 10 for most of my computers. ( I have just the one Win 11 machine, which I bought second hand cheaply from a reputable dealer, and its working fine on what is an old original Vista Acer Travelmate laptop)
I find windows 11 on my asus Zenbook so horrible, I wish I could get W10 on it! W11 is unreliable in so many ways, while also restricting its a major detriment to using it: Program icons I pinned to the taskbar are constantly not showing where I put them, even if there's plenty of unused space. The Takeown command worked for a time - now windows is back to forcing me to use the "user folder" Taskbar icons for Running software are also constantly not on the taskbar - with plenty of space available. I have to use alt-tab instead! . . . Then there are the problems with executing software I just downloaded - win11 is blocking me from running various software, like Nexus game mods for example. Who'se computer is it?? I paid for it, but the Gates of hell acts as if Microshaft owned it!
Glad to hear they relaxed the TPM requirement. Though considering they targeting a 2024 launch of Windows12 I don't think it is worth to upgrade from W10 to W11, unless you're unhappy with how Windows10 works for you and like you said looks.
after windows7 everything else from Microsoft is garbage from their forced updating to them trying to shove edge down your throat. good riddance windows
What about updates being forced down throat too... That an "Microsoft Accounts" :P MX was my distro previously but I had to jump back to MS... (Yes multiple sclerosis, it works don't it..? Haha)
@@hotsauwz You are supposed to be able to do this but unfortunately Wine only works with a handful of apps and it's buggy. I want to switch to Linux badly but it won't run the couple of the windows apps I need. Wine needs perfecting for Linux to really be a viable option. Maybe someone needs to come up with another program to replace wine cause it sucks right now.
@@duckmeat4674 The main app I like to use is Nitro PDF, its similar to Adobe but better in my opinion. I've tried it with multiple wine tools and different distros and it never works.
No, windows 11 has alot of problems i had windows 11 for like 10 months and i have been getting alot of blue screens, bugs and other stuff. Dont switch to windows 11.
I tried Windows 11 but I found Windows 10 to be much much faster. I don’t have a terribly old system - 10th Gen i7, 32GB 3200mhz RAM, 2x 1TB NVME SSD in raid0 and an RTX 3070. Windows 10 is better for me and games perform better on Windows 10 - at least in my experience.
I am NOT big fun of Windows 10, but I would rather use it than Windows 11 since I play retro games. I do NOT even want to touch Windows 11. I am willing to dual boot with Windows 10 and Linux or Windows 10 with Windows 7 & 8
StartAllBack is a great tool to bring back some of the features and looks that were in Win10 and further back. Including moving the taskbar, which I was annoyed that I couldn't do when I moved to 11.
@@lumeronswift the joys of multi booting. Ventoy is a great way to try multiple live boot Linux versions. Just drag and drop disk images to a configured flash drive, and it does the rest. 😁
Hopefully 11 will get enough updates to be worth switching over. The new buttons for copy/paste/delete on the context menu is nice but overall pretty lacking in actual options. Always prefer sys32 over UWP but hopefully they can pull more things together in the future to get back to what used to work so well.
Thank for this overview. Based on what I've seen, I won't upgrade to 11 until there's a way to make the complete context menu the default right-click menu. I also don't understand why they couldn't just render all the proper context actions in the new style UI, why it has to be either pretty and disfunctional, or functional but ugly.
Great video as always. I don`t care about the look of the OS. Windows 10 still feels snappier and faster. I tried Windows 11 for a month,but there are still some small bugs that I don`t like and I switched back to 10. And the default programs switch is pain in the @@s to deal with. Very big - for me. Also when I am changing the Privacy setting it is bringing me back to the top of the settings not to the section that I were in which is very anoying. It just feels like their main point was to support the new Intel CPU`s and everything else is ill-conceived.
I've went back n forth 3 or 4 times but I'm staying on Win 10 for the foreseeable future. Feels more stable and I get better performance in Warzone. The only nice thing about Win 11 is the animations, lock screen and taskbar icons in the middle, which I have now changed lol
Once Win10 is EoL I plan on switching to Linux full time, I only stay on Windows for a few quality of life programs I haven't found an alternative for in Linux, and only one game I play doesn't work on Proton
I feel the same. Microsoft has downgraded the interface in 11 (and refuses to reinstate "Show labels - never combine" on the taskbar) which is completely unacceptable to me.
@@clownproductionia no I couldn't, because some of them are desktop utilities that affect my every day use of the PC, not standalone programs. Look up LittleBigMouse for an example
@@clownproductionia hopefully, that one for example I could see one day having similar functionality in Wayland natively. A few others as well if there's enough demand for a developer to make it or do it just for themselves
Yes, your toolbox is useful especially when creating a new install or quick housekeeping. When dealing with older machines, having a button to turn off the windows 11 security checks would be nice. Thanks CT!
I was using Win 7 SP1 until last October. I saw NO reason to change to Win 8, or Win 8.1 , and when 10 was announced the only thing that got my attention at all was DX 12 for gaming. The PC I have now is the latest version of Win 10 and as near as I can tell there is no real catalyst to change to Win 11. That's my take on it based on various sources, like you. Thanks for the upload !
Microsoft said 10 was there last OS so I am going with that decision 10 is my last windows OS. Here's hoping Linux gaming becomes completely compatible by 2025.
Step 2: Everyone should avoid Windows 11! And Microsoft should shame for making such an awful OS. I think that Microsoft started to go downhill after Windows 8 release.
@@CharlieHC Yes. Windows 10 is still very good and solid operative system. However, I said that Microsoft started to go downhill after Windows 8 release, since Windows 8 was very awful and sluggish. Same goes for Windows 11 (which is also awfull and buggy OS).
the downgrade on usability its the main reason to stick with w10, what its the point of having huge screen high resolution when they force to group everything into tiny icons, the removal of never combine its a regression in the windows taskbar experience, the lack of consistency its also another factor its been like that since 8 but its even worse on 11, the having to click 2 or 3 times for simple task make it less productive. The start menu its another downgrade and dumbed down from the best and more functional one on 7 and 10 which its an improvement over 8.
Absolutely. Thousands (perhaps hundreds of thousands) of users have asked Microsoft to restore the ability to show every app window on the taskbar with its label; Microsoft isn't listening.
Thanks for mentioning about that widgets sidebar thing that appears at the left sometimes. I saw that a few times and was a bit worried that I might have accidentally downloaded some Hijacking Add-In virus thing, lol!
Once they sunset W10 I'm nuking my Windows partition. Any games or software that won't run under *nix simply will not be run again. I'm very, very much done with Microsoft. The singular fact they even entertained the _idea_ of ad injections in Explorer was what pushed me over the edge completely. I'm just glad they're such a craptacular outfit these days that the build leaked.
as long as secure boot and TPM is a must then im not interested. i will run windows 10 till i cant anymore and then we will see how the OS landscape evolved.
Don't switch yet, I switched to windows 11 for 24 hours then switched back to 10. I had a lot of crashes and games that were not compatible. There is a lot of problems still.
I came into this video expecting to hear something along the lines of 'no, download Linux instead'. Personally I made the switch to Windows 11 for my newest PC build because Windows 10 has a poor reputation for suppoting HDR and by doing this I get the longest period possible without having to change OS.
@@Perry.... Linux Mint is as easy to set up than Windows, if not more. Remember that the majority of people who claim Windows is way easier don't even know how to install it. They usually get it preinstalled or ask someone to do it for them. With Linux it's mostly not even a question, an user that has the will to make the jump will automatically have to know how to install it.
@@zurkke I know Mint even has a welcome app, hell windows doesn't have that. People had to learn windows just as much as they'd have to learn linux lol, they just pretend that they didn't have to
@@Perry.... That's right. The funny thing is that some basic users wouldn't even need to be taught again. Mint does include everything you need if you're not that advanced.
What the..? I asked you about a month or two ago : "Chris, always I listened when you said not to switch immediately to W11, do you think it's okay to switch now?" Yes I could without mentioning that you wouldn't. I don't care about looks, I care about speed and security. Man... Same with the antivirus vid a while ago. First you said windows 10 doesn't need anything extra, defender is alright. Then not that long ago you some AV software, thrashing (in the end) all off them but you wouldn't say what you use..what the.. Yeah, yeah, own server aso, aso I get your point. But not everybody is a specialist like you and in today's economy, I simply can't afford all the extra expenses. Walk a few miles in the other guys shoes and then... Disappointing this time Chris..and I was around when you started on YT. Greetings from Netherland Greetings from Netherland
Chris is an unusual guy, and IMO very well worth supporting and following. He is very opened minded and so does not let himself get influenced by any opinions, no matter how strong, even when they are his own recent ones, Lol!! So he frequently changes his mind and/ or appears to contradict himself. It comes partly from being as honest as possible on RUclips. He moves on quickly sometimes, doing great new things, and may often break something or contradict something he said or did before, even recently. He is learning and sharing all his new knowledge and does not hide his failures, and will contradict himself if he has moved on and learned better. He is not like a Politician that will air an opinion or take a side, and then defend that to the death even if he realises later he was wrong.
I only have the one win 11 machine, and I too found the look of the thing very nice. I like it. Never the less, taking a lot of other things in account my general feeling and opinion was to stay for a few years with windows 10 for most of my machines, along with a good “Debloat optimise utility tool kit thing”. This video and some of the comments has reinforced that opinion of mine.
@@fzoxiizaina Sorry, I do not fujlly understand, what are you trying to ask me? Can you perhaps explain more clearly in more detail what you are asking me? Alan
While I still have a WIN7 that is running great, my WIN10 is awesome as is after I used your tools and cleaned it up. I have another one I'll be setting up and am doing the same to it. I did like the look of WIN11, but have to admit I'm a functions guy. So long as the motor has the horsepower to do the job, I don't mind the mismatched primered body panels.
If I switch, even more of my stuff won't work. I suffered that when I went form Windows 7 to windows 10. If I had my way XP would still be supported and everything new would still be compatible with it.
Hey Chris, isn't the scheduler rework only available in windows 11? Unless they have since added this to 10 retroactively, High end ryzen systems and those with P/E cores on intel are not performing as well on 10. Might have changed, but this was the case when last I checked.
I've been using windowblinds for ages, ever since windows vista and they usually do a good job of bringing back functionality from previous OS versions. (in Windows 10 my taskbar and start menu and everything basically looks and functions like windows 7) I wonder if they've done the same for windows 11? But at the same time since Windows 12 is already in development this kinda makes updating a redundant idea to me since 12 will supposedly be out before Windows 10 EoL. Better to just wait?
I'm a software engineer. Nothing pisses me off more than an "upgrade" being less efficient than the original. If you system runs slower with the "upgrade", it's not a upgrade. It seems like a pointless change to make it look more like chrome os.
Windows 11 has a nice coat of paint on it, but that's about it as far as I'm concerned. I did try it out in a VM for a day late last year to see if I'd be able to run all my tweaks and configs and such to get it back to a state that's functional for me (which basically undoes most of the new changes, including the dreadful new start menu and the pointless change to the context menu), and my test was successful in that regard. But, why would I want to do that for real yet, when 10 is still working well enough for me and is still supported? To be fair, I do like the new look and the availability of Android apps, but those are not big enough selling points for me yet. I might be ready for 11 next year, but chances are, I'll hang on to 10 until 2025, unless I get a new laptop sooner.
only 1 reason that make me still considering the option should I switch from Windows 10 to 11 is WSLg (and also Systemd is now supported in latest WSL store version which is available only in Windows 11)
I bought a PC like last year (Asus motherboard) - went through every nook and cranny in the UEFI settings (including an option to turn TPM on/off discrete) - and Windows 11 wouldn't install. I was using Ubuntu anyway so not a huge - but still it doesn't make any sense (and for comparison I have an Acer laptop around earlier the same year which install and runs Win 11 fine);
For about half a year, I have just the one Win 11 machine, which I bought second hand cheaply from a reputable dealer, and its working fine so far on what is an old original Vista Acer Travelmate laptop. The dealer said he used Microsoft’s own instructions to bypass their own system requirements for Windows 11. So far so good
I installed Windows 11 several times. each time something else was not working. I found navigation horrible. many slightly older network printers would not work, and I didn't find a legit reason to switch. I wiped up the disk and reinstalled win 10.
Chris, even worse in regard to security, for both Windows and Linux/*BSD. Just remove the SSD, connect it to another system and you can get all the data. Locking the system with SecureBoot and TMP does nothing to protect your data, it only frustrates the user when he wants to start up another operating system. There is one exception for which locking the system could be useful: autocompletion of passwords. If they steal your computer and they can't just boot up then at least you buy yourself some time, they won't immediately get into your email-accounts and Steam-account. So it is not completely useless but it does not protect your data.
Windows snuck in the middle of the night and switched my 10 to an 11. Its nothing but problems. When this computer is done, I'll break down and spend the money for an Apple Pro. Hopefully they're not as condesending and dishonest as Windows.
I don't know what advantage it has. Every added feature is insignificant and can be made possible in 10. I think it was too early. Because 10 was a really good one.
Here's one for you Chris Titus, After upgrading an older computer from Windows 10 to 11, 4 Months ago (this was my third attempt using 11),. I installed Win 11 one year earlier on an AMD and an Intel based computer. noticing hardware errors. While at the same time turning off some Windows 11 default settings became an Issue. I thought maybe one of the problems was a power supply. (due to SATA 2 and NVME M.2 hard drive errors) Having three power supply's fail after upgrading to Windows didn't make sence so I reinstalled Windows 10 on all three computers and they worked fine. Last July a friend needed a computer and I sold one of them, an ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) with Windows 10 installed on it. Soon after that same computer was auto upgraded again to Win 11, then died one Month later.. I gave gave the same person another new computer an ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI With Windows 10 installed and I set the BOIS so Win 11 can't install. The bottom line to this story is the first computer Upgraded to Win 11 was a total loss, in that, all the errors only happened while running Windows 11 on an ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) motherboard and an ASRock Z370 Gaming K6 motherboard. Then again returning to Windows 10 saved the ASRock Z370 Gaming K6 computer. Sadly the ASUS TUF computer was a total loss, the motherboard was not repairable. Now I find a few ASUS AMD X670E motherboards and their counterpart AMD processors are to blame for runaway errors. I wonder, were they using Windows 11!
Hey lets change EVERYTHING so people have to relearn all the stuff they got used to. We will also "Upgrade" it so that it runs slower. And people wonder why I hate microsoft. If changing something doesn't improve it, BACK OFF. I'll probably switch is 8 years... ya know when it actually as an improved function. Then again, I switched from windows 7 straight to 10, why because that was an improvement, the others were trash for my pc.
Microsoft is ending service for W10 in 2025, so unfortunately people will have to reconsider updating from 10 to 11 before it's no longer free (if you want to go the legal way).
I don't understand why they just don't support the "older" hardware, instead of this "officially" bypass nonsense? BTW, you, as an experienced Linux user and responsible for privacy/safety, what do you think about this against W11: watch?v=vvaWrmS3Vg4 ?
Personally, I'd like to get my taskbar to the left (or right or top) again. No real reason for Microsoft to remove that ability, except they have now got an Apple fixation. Never mind, back to my Linux Box.
1:14 That hold-to-snap feature that you didn't care for looks exactly like something I want (and use 3rd party software to do on Win10, to some degree).
I moved from DOS to Windows 3.1 -- and the advantage of Windows was mostly how I could set Windows up so it would work and look the way I wanted it to work and look. So, where have we come from there? To the point where Microsoft continues to remove every single means we used to have to build "our own" Windows configurations. Windows 11 is an ABOMINATION compared to what it once was. The "menu" is perhaps the worst it has ever been -- USELESS. The only reason to use Windows 11, as far as I'm concerned, is because you've purchased a notebook computer that comes with Windows 11, and chances might be that it has some proprietary components that have only been developed for Windows 11. Any desktop computer, I would hope, could use Windows 10 (or even Windows 7), without any worries. As for "Microsoft support," that's the biggest bag of nonsense I've ever heard. Yes, perhaps a couple of old programs aren't compatible with newer Windows versions, but here's a concept to consider: Try it and see what happens. I continue to use programs released on or before the Windows XP era entirely successfully -- in Windows 7, in Windows 10, and in Windows 11. If you don't need someone to hold your hand with everything you do with a Windows computer, I sure think you don't need to jump into the ever-deeper hellhole that Microsoft has come out with. Which brings me to the absolute worst that Microsoft has conjured up -- "Sign into your Microsoft account." Not in my life will I ever do that. And with Windows 11, it's like Microsoft is sneaking up behind you, with every move you make. Sign into a Microsoft account for any innocent reason, and I can only believe that doing so will change your Windows 11 configuration from using a Local account to using a Microsoft account. "Sign into your Microsoft account so you can keep track of your progress with the Solitaire game?" Like hell I will! Yes, I understand how "I sign into an account to use my phone," but I do a very small subset of things with a phone than I do with my home computer. And there are often good reasons to have an account for things I do on a phone, while Microsoft has no business whatsoever watching what I do with things like "working on my personal finance spreadsheet." Nope, nope, nope, nope. The day when I have to sign into a Microsoft account in order to use my own computer will be the day I'll throw that computer out into the street, and run over it with my car several hundred thousand times. I recently decided to buy a new notebook computer, and -- of course -- they only come with Windows 11 these days. So, I have tried it, and while it's not completely horrible, there is absolutely nothing that improves upon Windows 10 -- everything is worse in one way or another. I wouldn't recommend Windows 11 to anyone for any reason whatsoever.
I did upgrade to Windows 11 at one point but ran into a lot of issues using my Meta VR headset so I went back to Windows 10. a lot of Steam VR games are having some issues with it as well. Until problems like that are solved I'll be staying with windows 10.
Just got windows 11, it's terrible. Off the bat, they try to force you to use Edge instead of another browser, and it forces you to decline using it as default browser 3 times before I can download Chrome... Then, just trying to navigate the OS requires me to use the start menu search functionality, which is linked to ads and shopping in bing... like WTF I didn't ask to go to shopping and get spammed by ads on my own OS. What has windows become?
i have been switching to windows 11 on a very older laptop which is 11 years i bypass everything that is even possible!! if you want a link video i can send ya.
Hey Chris! First off, I like watching your videos as they’re very informative and they give me answers and an explanation to any questions I may have. I do have a question that remains unanswered though. Is there a way to use your debloater script to remove ALL bloat BUT leave Xbox functionality in tact?
I hear windows 12 is coming out, so what would be the point to go from 10 to 11. Unless 12 is a complete mess which considering with 11 is anything else to be better than 11 and I do miss The taskbar huge, but I wonder if Microsoft gives a damn about anybody
Wait Microsoft has officially given a way to bypass their own system requirements for Windows 11? I do wonder how well it will work with updates and what not as well.
For about half a year, I have just the one Win 11 machine, which I bought second hand cheaply from a reputable dealer, and its working fine so far on what is an old original Vista Acer Travelmate laptop. The dealer said he used Microsoft’s own instructions to bypass their own system requirements for Windows 11. So far so good
if they still have those hardware requirements to run W11 ......HELL NO and just updating because MS says so ........ F HELL NO i upgrade when i choose to
My main concern about Win11 is the frequency, number and severity of bugs, also the frequency, number and severity of their updates trashing computers. I went through those problems on Win10 for several years before they got their act together. My level of trust of Microsoft is very, very low. Makes me wonder if my AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU will be on the list for Win12 when it comes out.
It has yet to trash my system, so I'm not entirely sure if there's some very loud minority complaining big time, user incompetence that microsoft dropped the ball on to prevent such huge issues, or I'm super lucky... 🤔
No. Windows 12 is going to require you to buy a new PC. At that point, everything today will be over 15 years old and due for replacement anyway and if anything, the new hardware requirements to run it are going to be far stricter.
Up to now, I am still kicking myself every time I use my laptop for switching to the obnoxious and toxic window 11. Anyone who are thinking about switching, listen to me, DON"T.
I am with that, any additional option like that on his utility is worthwhile IMO, even though I will be mostly staying as long as possible on a stable windows 10 for most of my computers.
Hate the Win 11 look. It's terrible. Win 10 has an elegance about the UI that Microsoft have thrown away to create a dull, boring and ugly one instead. The centred start menu looks crap. I shall not be upgrading until I am forced to do so. Change for the sake of change is never a good idea.
Website Guide: christitus.com/win10-to-win11/
*Shows how to bypass Windows 11 requirements as well*
Now the big question. How does this effect linux dual booting?
@@electrofryed7239 some linux can not use Secure Boot... but I don't know the details of what it does : /
@@sgholt most all do now tho
@@electrofryed7239 you know, I gave up dealing with the setup mess of dual boot since WSL... But do have the luxury of multiple computers, so I keep a few native Linux setup.... Now I wanna setup win11 and Ubuntu dual boot secure boot for practice! Haha
Do you think I can get my old quad core Q6600 chip to run windows 11?
The right click is what kills win11 for me the most. I use the extra menu options more than i do most of the standard ones, so it's basically an extra click everytime. Also miss the right-click on the taskbar to bring up taskmanager as well.
lol i fixed tht using winearo tweaker, now i hve the orignal right click menu from win 10
right click the windows icon. or ctrl+shift+esc :)
Guess what: In Windows 11 22H2, Shift + Right-click automatically jumps to the legacy context menu.
Win + X or other solutions for your Task Manager woes.
@@ballshurt69 winaero ftw !! 👍
And also it's slower than the WIN10 context menu. It takes a bit more time to show up (not much but the difference is noticeable)
I think the good thing about the windows snapping feature is when you have multiple monitors connected. The windows can be oriented anyway you want, even if the monitor is disconnected and reconnected, those windows should go back to how they were
I HATE the snapping 'feature'. It's one of the first things I turn off when I install a new system. Allowing a word document to occupy an entire widescreen monitor is a waste of a monitor. Easier to have the word document occupy half of the screen (and you're still got the whole page visible), and a, for example, webpage up that you're copying data from...
If you could find and add the full context menu on right click it would be amazing!!! I hate having to click "show more options"!!!
Very helpful. I was preparing to do a clean install of Windows and was considering 11 as long as I was going to the trouble. But I'll stick with 10. Thanks.
I got my TPM in my laptop that was made in around 2018 with Intel UHD Graphics 620 and Intel CPU Core i5 8th Gen with 8 PROCESSORS including 8GB RAMS. I think it made almost a big difference and that's most importantly the design. Some people got used to the taskbar on the left side or the old context menu because most people used Windows 10 all the time. It's ok if you don't switch to Windows 11 because it's early and you still have like 2-3 years before the end of support for Windows 10. You could switch to Windows 11 in case you really want to see the designs but if you don't wanna do a clean install or if you worry about the performance, just stay to Windows 10. For me, I got around 5+ FPS on Roblox but fps sometimes drops in big games which is fine in my opinion. I guess Microsoft wanted us to explore the Registry and Settings since the Control Panel became useless ( settings literally copied almost all the stuff from the control panel ).
Recap:
- Switch to Windows 10 if you want to get more FPS, and don't want to do a clean installation.
- Switch to Windows 11 if you want to get more security updates, and see more designs that are new and innovative.
I use Start11 from Stardock. It restores a lot of Start Menu and Taskbar functionality and you can make it look like previous versions of Windows.
I side stepped the upgrade process by replacing the Win 10 laptop I'd been using as my secondary PC with a Beelink mini-PC that came with Win 11 Professional installed. Its basic specs (memory and storage) were the same as the laptop, and the price was only a little more than the non-discounted price of Win 11 Professional. I've been able to check out most of my key applications on Win 11 without worrying about them breaking in the upgrade process. Window's 11 new look doesn't excite me (Wow rounded corners -- seriously?) but it doesn't annoy me either.
Yes but this was 8 months ago. What about now?
Snapping is a god-sent when you have a 49" super UW monitor like the Samsung Odyssey G9 because of the 3-next-to-one-another.
If past experience has taught me anything, it’s that I shouldn’t be in a hurry to upgrade my Windows operating system. Windows 10 has been smooth ever since I switched to an SSD drive. And while I think Windows 11 looks great, it also feels like they took some design inspiration from Apple at the cost of user functionality. I think I’ll stick with Windows 10 for now.
That's the right choice!
By then the free upgrade to win 11 expires.
@@w2385-i2s Literally doesn't matter, you can do a fresh install of Windows 11 and activate it through CMD in like 15 seconds. Only a buffoon would pay for an operating system that spies on you and shoves ads down your throat.
Actually took their design from KDE Plasma, but then again Microsoft steals everything and sells it for a premium.
Win11 is buggy as hell. For example when i download stuff from web browser to a certain folder that is already open, file doesn't show up there. I need to go back few folders or just close the folder and open again, then it shows.
The interface is inefficient in 11-Very clunky, more clicks needed, plus drag and drop of shortcuts is not there, bring back the W95-W7 GUI.
Agreed, though I'd add to be fair that windows UI has never lent to full efficiency, since flexibility in personal customization is necessary to become fully efficient on a per person basis, each person is gonna perform their best in a different way, and windows only allows for a cookie cutter experience.
Huh ? What are you talking about ? What actions takes you more clicking compared to win10 ?
Have you used a bit the Settings app for instance ? You say you click more to reach update thing in win11 compared to win 10 ?!?
I hope you are joking..
@@corneldiaconu66 Accessing update settings (and why as an end user should I be so familiar with that screen , MS?) is no more or less clicks. Accessing certain file/folder context menu entries is now another click (which I end up doing fairly often). And on the original topic of drag 'n drop of shortcuts (I presume on the taskbar/start menu) this is supposed to improve in the next feature update that is due soon. But, again MS, *why*? 😂
@@corneldiaconu66 just for right click menu (which is repeat function for
Most users every day) you have to click twice … it’s inefficient, takes more energy, more time, more frustration to do simple tasks …
If before you only needed to click once you now need to click twice, you've doubled your work load. That leads to a much less efficient system in the long run. Step up, MS.
Very informative and I appreciate your evaluation. I am very happy with win10 and win11 looks like a nightmare to me. I must admit, I get very upset when I am forced to "upgrade" my software. I do not like having to get accustomed to a whole new user experience. What I would appreciate the most from Microsoft is for them to leave my darn computer alone and let me get my work done without their (what feels like) constant harassments.
Time spent on finding stuff, tweaking stuff, transferring/reinstalling stuff is time should had been spent on productivity and making some money. Let everyone else beta test win11
@@MangaGamified I totally agree. And please, if you get tired of your handle, can I have it? 🙂
no .. don't !
Why?
@@CheesePlayzThis Most of the Apps are design for touch screen & ipad , not convenient to PC user.
@@jojo-jjno?
I switched to W11 cause I bought an Intel 12th CPU and honestly it hasn't really changed my experience much. I'm not some power user or someone that required some specific features for work or a project so I just switched and I just use the PC normally with no problems. There's a "wait, that's kinda dumb" every once in a while but nothing horrible
and most of the dumb stuff in windows 11 can be fixed with either software or registry tweaks
W11 is awful since it has drm requiring internet to install.
@@Syphonpsx just like with windows 10, you can bypass it
@thorsffin3207 Not sure how true that is. We have AMD powered machines running W11 with no issues.
Personally I'd rather have Windows 7. That was my favorite Windows.
That was their peek that's for sure
That’s what I have been saying, everything is a steady DOWNGRADE since Windows 7
How much does it cost to switch to Linux Mint rather than to Windows 11? And there’s still that unpredictability of Microsoft requiring a new PC for each new version.
@@Robert-sl7jo bro Linux sucks and we can agree on that, u just waist to much time configuring and installing, what we all want is a system to work. or if u don't work, I guess u play games, Linux sucks on that too.
I'll keep using Windows 10 on until end of support in 2025 then I'll decide to jump to Linux, use Windows 12 if that comes out or put Linux on my main gaming tower
My main OS is Linux Mint 20 on my laptop
My gaming tower runs Windows 10
Same plan here too, although i found Linux still lacking in accessibility of use, hopefully by then they catch-up and ill be swtxhing fully to it, cheers
Windows is a disaster. I'll be switching to Apple.
Awesome video. At Microsoft's recent prompt, I've test driven Windows 11 the past couple of days. I'm going back to Windows 10. The Windows File Explorer has been totally redesigned, making navigation of local (eg., C: drive) storage MUCH more difficult and frustrating. You almost have to convert to using the cloud most of the time.
Feels like we need ignorant users to beta test win 11 for us and complain for us so when win 10 is at the absolute end of life, when we switch over, it's the absolute best version + fixes complained by millions, + winaero tweaker.
Time spent on installing win 11, installing softwares/apps, transferring files, tweaking everything, searching for where is this option, is time should had been spent on productivity and making money. So when you switch over to win 11, there are already years old answers in google.
I'd appreciate if you would add the win11 bypass to the toolbox, messing with the registry by hands feels a little daunting for me
I am with that - any additional option like that on his utility toolbox thing is worthwhile IMO, even though I will be mostly staying as long as possible on a stable windows 10 for most of my computers.
( I have just the one Win 11 machine, which I bought second hand cheaply from a reputable dealer, and its working fine on what is an old original Vista Acer Travelmate laptop)
Rufus 3.19 gives you the ability to bypass windows 11 requirements
Steve Gibson wrote a freeware utility called InControl that does this without requiring you to muck about in the registry.
I find windows 11 on my asus Zenbook so horrible, I wish I could get W10 on it!
W11 is unreliable in so many ways, while also restricting its a major detriment to using it:
Program icons I pinned to the taskbar are constantly not showing where I put them, even if there's plenty of unused space.
The Takeown command worked for a time - now windows is back to forcing me to use the "user folder"
Taskbar icons for Running software are also constantly not on the taskbar - with plenty of space available. I have to use alt-tab instead! . . . Then there are the problems with executing software I just downloaded - win11 is blocking me from running various software, like Nexus game mods for example.
Who'se computer is it?? I paid for it, but the Gates of hell acts as if Microshaft owned it!
Glad to hear they relaxed the TPM requirement. Though considering they targeting a 2024 launch of Windows12 I don't think it is worth to upgrade from W10 to W11, unless you're unhappy with how Windows10 works for you and like you said looks.
TPM was barely an issue. Bigger one is you will need specific CPUs to be officially supported.
I wonder what dumb requirements Windows 12 will have.
You’re shitting me right? Lmao Jesus.
Windows 12 Could do What vista did in 06 And Launched in 26
How was the TPM requirement relaxed? I still can't upgrade to Windows 11 because I can't get a TPM module for my MSI B360M Bazooka.
@@JeffTiberend even if you could your CPU isn't supported. Otherwise your CPU would already have TPM 2.0 build in its firmware
after windows7 everything else from Microsoft is garbage from their forced updating to them trying to shove edge down your throat. good riddance windows
What about updates being forced down throat too...
That an "Microsoft Accounts" :P
MX was my distro previously but I had to jump back to MS... (Yes multiple sclerosis, it works don't it..? Haha)
Hopefully by 2025 linux will either have more apps ported from windows or the ability to run windows apps on linux reach sufficient maturity.
Pfft I'm just hoping by then Wayland isn't a complete mess or X12 will have been in the works.
Well you can already do this with tools like wine, bottles, playonlinux and proton
@@hotsauwz You are supposed to be able to do this but unfortunately Wine only works with a handful of apps and it's buggy. I want to switch to Linux badly but it won't run the couple of the windows apps I need. Wine needs perfecting for Linux to really be a viable option. Maybe someone needs to come up with another program to replace wine cause it sucks right now.
@@ssclassof2000 what apps btw?
@@duckmeat4674 The main app I like to use is Nitro PDF, its similar to Adobe but better in my opinion. I've tried it with multiple wine tools and different distros and it never works.
No, windows 11 has alot of problems i had windows 11 for like 10 months and i have been getting alot of blue screens, bugs and other stuff. Dont switch to windows 11.
I tried Windows 11 but I found Windows 10 to be much much faster. I don’t have a terribly old system - 10th Gen i7, 32GB 3200mhz RAM, 2x 1TB NVME SSD in raid0 and an RTX 3070.
Windows 10 is better for me and games perform better on Windows 10 - at least in my experience.
Bro i run win 11 on 7 y old pc and win 11 is faster bc memory scheduler
I am NOT big fun of Windows 10, but I would rather use it than Windows 11 since I play retro games.
I do NOT even want to touch Windows 11.
I am willing to dual boot with Windows 10 and Linux or Windows 10 with Windows 7 & 8
@Yann BOYERi have 9th gen so i gotta use win10?
same experience with 8th gen i7, 1060, 16GB 2666mhz RAM.
I've ran 11 on 4th gen and newer without performance issues and does handle memory better imo
StartAllBack is a great tool to bring back some of the features and looks that were in Win10 and further back. Including moving the taskbar, which I was annoyed that I couldn't do when I moved to 11.
@wraith aesthetic
@wraith read the comment wrong, i thought it said only features lol
@wraith well there’s intel 12th gen users that would like the W10 ui on W11
Should you switch from Windows 10 to Windows 11...only if you are taking the long way to installing Debian.
HA nice! I personally chose MX Linux, but is technically a "beginner" flavor of Debian, so it works... Haha!!!
Mint or pop!_os. 😁
Or an even longer path to Manjaro :)
@@lumeronswift the joys of multi booting. Ventoy is a great way to try multiple live boot Linux versions. Just drag and drop disk images to a configured flash drive, and it does the rest. 😁
@@lumeronswift Manjaro is Arch without the benefits of Arch. If you want Manjaro in the first place, you're probably better with EndeavourOS.
Hopefully 11 will get enough updates to be worth switching over. The new buttons for copy/paste/delete on the context menu is nice but overall pretty lacking in actual options. Always prefer sys32 over UWP but hopefully they can pull more things together in the future to get back to what used to work so well.
FUCKING WINDOWS 11, TOO MUCH SPACES FOR EACH ICON AND TEXTS, LIKE IF YOU RIGHT CLICK, IT DOESNT FEEL THE SAME WITH THOSE BIG SPACES BETWEEN OPTIONS
Thank for this overview. Based on what I've seen, I won't upgrade to 11 until there's a way to make the complete context menu the default right-click menu. I also don't understand why they couldn't just render all the proper context actions in the new style UI, why it has to be either pretty and disfunctional, or functional but ugly.
eh, context menus being functional but ugly is good enough for me
Great video as always. I don`t care about the look of the OS. Windows 10 still feels snappier and faster. I tried Windows 11 for a month,but there are still some small bugs that I don`t like and I switched back to 10. And the default programs switch is pain in the @@s to deal with. Very big - for me. Also when I am changing the Privacy setting it is bringing me back to the top of the settings not to the section that I were in which is very anoying. It just feels like their main point was to support the new Intel CPU`s and everything else is ill-conceived.
I've went back n forth 3 or 4 times but I'm staying on Win 10 for the foreseeable future. Feels more stable and I get better performance in Warzone. The only nice thing about Win 11 is the animations, lock screen and taskbar icons in the middle, which I have now changed lol
Use taskbar X in Windows 10. I have start menu on left and programme tabs in the centre but you cna have whole lot in centre if you wanted I think.
Once Win10 is EoL I plan on switching to Linux full time, I only stay on Windows for a few quality of life programs I haven't found an alternative for in Linux, and only one game I play doesn't work on Proton
I feel the same. Microsoft has downgraded the interface in 11 (and refuses to reinstate "Show labels - never combine" on the taskbar) which is completely unacceptable to me.
You could use a vm on Linux to get those "quality of life apps"
@@clownproductionia no I couldn't, because some of them are desktop utilities that affect my every day use of the PC, not standalone programs. Look up LittleBigMouse for an example
@@SpeedyTubaGuy hmm I'm sure they'll be a Linux alternative "eventually"
@@clownproductionia hopefully, that one for example I could see one day having similar functionality in Wayland natively. A few others as well if there's enough demand for a developer to make it or do it just for themselves
Yes, your toolbox is useful especially when creating a new install or quick housekeeping. When dealing with older machines, having a button to turn off the windows 11 security checks would be nice. Thanks CT!
This may be newbie question but, Where can I find that toolbox?
@@AnteP-dx4my on his website, not free but worth buying it.
I was using Win 7 SP1 until last October. I saw NO reason to change to Win 8, or Win 8.1 , and when 10 was announced the only thing that got my attention at all was DX 12 for gaming.
The PC I have now is the latest version of Win 10 and as near as I can tell there is no real catalyst to change to Win 11.
That's my take on it based on various sources, like you.
Thanks for the upload !
Valorant doesn't run on Win11 without secure boot enabled. On Win10, it works.
Microsoft said 10 was there last OS so I am going with that decision 10 is my last windows OS. Here's hoping Linux gaming becomes completely compatible by 2025.
Step 1: Dont Install Windows 11!
Step 2: Everyone should avoid Windows 11! And Microsoft should shame for making such an awful OS. I think that Microsoft started to go downhill after Windows 8 release.
@@urosrakic6900 Windows 10 wasn’t that bad.
@@CharlieHC Yes. Windows 10 is still very good and solid operative system. However, I said that Microsoft started to go downhill after Windows 8 release, since Windows 8 was very awful and sluggish. Same goes for Windows 11 (which is also awfull and buggy OS).
the downgrade on usability its the main reason to stick with w10, what its the point of having huge screen high resolution when they force to group everything into tiny icons, the removal of never combine its a regression in the windows taskbar experience, the lack of consistency its also another factor its been like that since 8 but its even worse on 11, the having to click 2 or 3 times for simple task make it less productive. The start menu its another downgrade and dumbed down from the best and more functional one on 7 and 10 which its an improvement over 8.
Absolutely. Thousands (perhaps hundreds of thousands) of users have asked Microsoft to restore the ability to show every app window on the taskbar with its label; Microsoft isn't listening.
Thanks for mentioning about that widgets sidebar thing that appears at the left sometimes. I saw that a few times and was a bit worried that I might have accidentally downloaded some Hijacking Add-In virus thing, lol!
Once they sunset W10 I'm nuking my Windows partition. Any games or software that won't run under *nix simply will not be run again. I'm very, very much done with Microsoft.
The singular fact they even entertained the _idea_ of ad injections in Explorer was what pushed me over the edge completely. I'm just glad they're such a craptacular outfit these days that the build leaked.
as long as secure boot and TPM is a must then im not interested. i will run windows 10 till i cant anymore and then we will see how the OS landscape evolved.
Don't switch yet, I switched to windows 11 for 24 hours then switched back to 10. I had a lot of crashes and games that were not compatible. There is a lot of problems still.
I came into this video expecting to hear something along the lines of 'no, download Linux instead'.
Personally I made the switch to Windows 11 for my newest PC build because Windows 10 has a poor reputation for suppoting HDR and by doing this I get the longest period possible without having to change OS.
Yeah I did forget to mention Windows 11 does have Auto HDR for those that can support it.
To be fair a lot of people that only load up web browsers could get away with switching to Linux mint lol. But nah Linux isn't for everyone tbf
@@Perry.... Linux Mint is as easy to set up than Windows, if not more. Remember that the majority of people who claim Windows is way easier don't even know how to install it. They usually get it preinstalled or ask someone to do it for them. With Linux it's mostly not even a question, an user that has the will to make the jump will automatically have to know how to install it.
@@zurkke I know Mint even has a welcome app, hell windows doesn't have that. People had to learn windows just as much as they'd have to learn linux lol, they just pretend that they didn't have to
@@Perry.... That's right. The funny thing is that some basic users wouldn't even need to be taught again. Mint does include everything you need if you're not that advanced.
What the..? I asked you about a month or two ago : "Chris, always I listened when you said not to switch immediately to W11, do you think it's okay to switch now?" Yes I could without mentioning that you wouldn't. I don't care about looks, I care about speed and security. Man...
Same with the antivirus vid a while ago. First you said windows 10 doesn't need anything extra, defender is alright. Then not that long ago you some AV software, thrashing (in the end) all off them but you wouldn't say what you use..what the.. Yeah, yeah, own server aso, aso I get your point. But not everybody is a specialist like you and in today's economy, I simply can't afford all the extra expenses.
Walk a few miles in the other guys shoes and then...
Disappointing this time Chris..and I was around when you started on YT.
Greetings from Netherland
Greetings from Netherland
Chris is an unusual guy, and IMO very well worth supporting and following. He is very opened minded and so does not let himself get influenced by any opinions, no matter how strong, even when they are his own recent ones, Lol!!
So he frequently changes his mind and/ or appears to contradict himself. It comes partly from being as honest as possible on RUclips. He moves on quickly sometimes, doing great new things, and may often break something or contradict something he said or did before, even recently. He is learning and sharing all his new knowledge and does not hide his failures, and will contradict himself if he has moved on and learned better.
He is not like a Politician that will air an opinion or take a side, and then defend that to the death even if he realises later he was wrong.
Not much difference between Windows 10 & Windows 11, why bother when Windows 12, is not that far away, Windows 11 is like Vista, nobody wanted it.
I only have the one win 11 machine, and I too found the look of the thing very nice. I like it.
Never the less, taking a lot of other things in account my general feeling and opinion was to stay for a few years with windows 10 for most of my machines, along with a good “Debloat optimise utility tool kit thing”. This video and some of the comments has reinforced that opinion of mine.
I also installed it on vmware and the animations are impressive do i need to update ?
@@fzoxiizaina Sorry, I do not fujlly understand, what are you trying to ask me?
Can you perhaps explain more clearly in more detail what you are asking me?
Alan
My win11 feels faster than w10. Right click the start menu button?! Everything is there. Task manager also.
While I still have a WIN7 that is running great, my WIN10 is awesome as is after I used your tools and cleaned it up. I have another one I'll be setting up and am doing the same to it. I did like the look of WIN11, but have to admit I'm a functions guy. So long as the motor has the horsepower to do the job, I don't mind the mismatched primered body panels.
If I switch, even more of my stuff won't work. I suffered that when I went form Windows 7 to windows 10. If I had my way XP would still be supported and everything new would still be compatible with it.
Hey Chris, isn't the scheduler rework only available in windows 11? Unless they have since added this to 10 retroactively, High end ryzen systems and those with P/E cores on intel are not performing as well on 10. Might have changed, but this was the case when last I checked.
This is what keeps me on 11 also. If 10 has the updated Scheduler i might consider downgrading.
I've been using windowblinds for ages, ever since windows vista and they usually do a good job of bringing back functionality from previous OS versions. (in Windows 10 my taskbar and start menu and everything basically looks and functions like windows 7)
I wonder if they've done the same for windows 11?
But at the same time since Windows 12 is already in development this kinda makes updating a redundant idea to me since 12 will supposedly be out before Windows 10 EoL. Better to just wait?
I'm a software engineer.
Nothing pisses me off more than an "upgrade" being less efficient than the original. If you system runs slower with the "upgrade", it's not a upgrade.
It seems like a pointless change to make it look more like chrome os.
Windows 11 has a nice coat of paint on it, but that's about it as far as I'm concerned. I did try it out in a VM for a day late last year to see if I'd be able to run all my tweaks and configs and such to get it back to a state that's functional for me (which basically undoes most of the new changes, including the dreadful new start menu and the pointless change to the context menu), and my test was successful in that regard. But, why would I want to do that for real yet, when 10 is still working well enough for me and is still supported?
To be fair, I do like the new look and the availability of Android apps, but those are not big enough selling points for me yet. I might be ready for 11 next year, but chances are, I'll hang on to 10 until 2025, unless I get a new laptop sooner.
I will upgrade to windows 11 a week before windows 10 get expires which is Oct. 14, 2025.
The actual nice new thing for me is WSLg i wish windows 10 would suppport that.
The Windows 10 insider build used to support it, but I think Microsoft changed that. I agree though, WSLg is pretty awesome.
only 1 reason that make me still considering the option should I switch from Windows 10 to 11 is WSLg (and also Systemd is now supported in latest WSL store version which is available only in Windows 11)
As far as app compatibility, I'll bet you have another 10 years before having Windows 10 will be a problem for you.
I bought a PC like last year (Asus motherboard) - went through every nook and cranny in the UEFI settings (including an option to turn TPM on/off discrete) - and Windows 11 wouldn't install. I was using Ubuntu anyway so not a huge - but still it doesn't make any sense (and for comparison I have an Acer laptop around earlier the same year which install and runs Win 11 fine);
For about half a year, I have just the one Win 11 machine, which I bought second hand cheaply from a reputable dealer, and its working fine so far on what is an old original Vista Acer Travelmate laptop. The dealer said he used Microsoft’s own instructions to bypass their own system requirements for Windows 11.
So far so good
I installed Windows 11 several times. each time something else was not working. I found navigation horrible. many slightly older network printers would not work, and I didn't find a legit reason to switch. I wiped up the disk and reinstalled win 10.
Chris, even worse in regard to security, for both Windows and Linux/*BSD. Just remove the SSD, connect it to another system and you can get all the data. Locking the system with SecureBoot and TMP does nothing to protect your data, it only frustrates the user when he wants to start up another operating system. There is one exception for which locking the system could be useful: autocompletion of passwords. If they steal your computer and they can't just boot up then at least you buy yourself some time, they won't immediately get into your email-accounts and Steam-account. So it is not completely useless but it does not protect your data.
Honestly the 'turn off' switches for all those "features" is the only redeeming thing about W11.
“Above a room temperature IQ”
Can we get that on a T-shirt?
Ill love to go back to windows 7,so... I use linux even more
Answer -> NO
i don't like win11, but in fairness, right click the windows start menu for more options... like task manager
FUCKING WINDOWS 11, TOO MUCH SPACES FOR EACH ICON AND TEXTS, LIKE IF YOU RIGHT CLICK, IT DOESNT FEEL THE SAME WITH THOSE BIG SPACES BETWEEN OPTIONS
short answer, no. Everyone should let microsoft know 11 sucks and we want 12 to be more like 10.
Windows snuck in the middle of the night and switched my 10 to an 11. Its nothing but problems. When this computer is done, I'll break down and spend the money for an Apple Pro. Hopefully they're not as condesending and dishonest as Windows.
Should you switch from Windows 10 to *Linux
*YES*
I would not switch because of TPM allowing microsoft delete stuff on your computer.
I don't know what advantage it has. Every added feature is insignificant and can be made possible in 10. I think it was too early. Because 10 was a really good one.
Here's one for you Chris Titus, After upgrading an older computer from Windows 10 to 11, 4 Months ago (this was my third attempt using 11),. I installed Win 11 one year earlier on an AMD and an Intel based computer. noticing hardware errors. While at the same time turning off some Windows 11 default settings became an Issue. I thought maybe one of the problems was a power supply. (due to SATA 2 and NVME M.2 hard drive errors) Having three power supply's fail after upgrading to Windows didn't make sence so I reinstalled Windows 10 on all three computers and they worked fine. Last July a friend needed a computer and I sold one of them, an ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) with Windows 10 installed on it. Soon after that same computer was auto upgraded again to Win 11, then died one Month later.. I gave gave the same person another new computer an ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI With Windows 10 installed and I set the BOIS so Win 11 can't install. The bottom line to this story is the first computer Upgraded to Win 11 was a total loss, in that, all the errors only happened while running Windows 11 on an ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) motherboard and an ASRock Z370 Gaming K6 motherboard. Then again returning to Windows 10 saved the ASRock Z370 Gaming K6 computer. Sadly the ASUS TUF computer was a total loss, the motherboard was not repairable. Now I find a few ASUS AMD X670E motherboards and their counterpart AMD processors are to blame for runaway errors. I wonder, were they using Windows 11!
Just here to make a comment, I upgraded to manjaro and much prefer it to either windows 10 or 11.
Hey lets change EVERYTHING so people have to relearn all the stuff they got used to. We will also "Upgrade" it so that it runs slower. And people wonder why I hate microsoft. If changing something doesn't improve it, BACK OFF. I'll probably switch is 8 years... ya know when it actually as an improved function. Then again, I switched from windows 7 straight to 10, why because that was an improvement, the others were trash for my pc.
I would be on fedora full time if it wasn't for two pieces of software that only works on windows or Mac.
Microsoft is ending service for W10 in 2025, so unfortunately people will have to reconsider updating from 10 to 11 before it's no longer free (if you want to go the legal way).
I'm waiting for Windows 12
I don't understand why they just don't support the "older" hardware, instead of this "officially" bypass nonsense?
BTW, you, as an experienced Linux user and responsible for privacy/safety, what do you think about this against W11: watch?v=vvaWrmS3Vg4 ?
Personally, I'd like to get my taskbar to the left (or right or top) again. No real reason for Microsoft to remove that ability, except they have now got an Apple fixation. Never mind, back to my Linux Box.
Based on this review, definitely not switching to 11. If we could bring windows 98 or XP back I'd be happy
I will only go to Windows 11 if the performance is just as good or better.
And i also want to have the same look and easy usage as Windows 10.
1:14 That hold-to-snap feature that you didn't care for looks exactly like something I want (and use 3rd party software to do on Win10, to some degree).
Regarding bypassing the TPM requirement - I think Rufus has an option to build a boot stick bypassing it too.
You shouldn't have to do that though.
I moved from DOS to Windows 3.1 -- and the advantage of Windows was mostly how I could set Windows up so it would work and look the way I wanted it to work and look. So, where have we come from there? To the point where Microsoft continues to remove every single means we used to have to build "our own" Windows configurations. Windows 11 is an ABOMINATION compared to what it once was. The "menu" is perhaps the worst it has ever been -- USELESS. The only reason to use Windows 11, as far as I'm concerned, is because you've purchased a notebook computer that comes with Windows 11, and chances might be that it has some proprietary components that have only been developed for Windows 11. Any desktop computer, I would hope, could use Windows 10 (or even Windows 7), without any worries.
As for "Microsoft support," that's the biggest bag of nonsense I've ever heard. Yes, perhaps a couple of old programs aren't compatible with newer Windows versions, but here's a concept to consider: Try it and see what happens. I continue to use programs released on or before the Windows XP era entirely successfully -- in Windows 7, in Windows 10, and in Windows 11. If you don't need someone to hold your hand with everything you do with a Windows computer, I sure think you don't need to jump into the ever-deeper hellhole that Microsoft has come out with.
Which brings me to the absolute worst that Microsoft has conjured up -- "Sign into your Microsoft account." Not in my life will I ever do that. And with Windows 11, it's like Microsoft is sneaking up behind you, with every move you make. Sign into a Microsoft account for any innocent reason, and I can only believe that doing so will change your Windows 11 configuration from using a Local account to using a Microsoft account. "Sign into your Microsoft account so you can keep track of your progress with the Solitaire game?" Like hell I will! Yes, I understand how "I sign into an account to use my phone," but I do a very small subset of things with a phone than I do with my home computer. And there are often good reasons to have an account for things I do on a phone, while Microsoft has no business whatsoever watching what I do with things like "working on my personal finance spreadsheet." Nope, nope, nope, nope. The day when I have to sign into a Microsoft account in order to use my own computer will be the day I'll throw that computer out into the street, and run over it with my car several hundred thousand times.
I recently decided to buy a new notebook computer, and -- of course -- they only come with Windows 11 these days. So, I have tried it, and while it's not completely horrible, there is absolutely nothing that improves upon Windows 10 -- everything is worse in one way or another. I wouldn't recommend Windows 11 to anyone for any reason whatsoever.
I did upgrade to Windows 11 at one point but ran into a lot of issues using my Meta VR headset so I went back to Windows 10. a lot of Steam VR games are having some issues with it as well. Until problems like that are solved I'll be staying with windows 10.
Just got windows 11, it's terrible. Off the bat, they try to force you to use Edge instead of another browser, and it forces you to decline using it as default browser 3 times before I can download Chrome... Then, just trying to navigate the OS requires me to use the start menu search functionality, which is linked to ads and shopping in bing... like WTF I didn't ask to go to shopping and get spammed by ads on my own OS. What has windows become?
I agree with you - I liked the look and feel of windows 11. But Windows. And I now use Linux and I can have a similar look via theming.
i have been switching to windows 11 on a very older laptop which is 11 years i bypass everything that is even possible!! if you want a link video i can send ya.
Hey Chris! First off, I like watching your videos as they’re very informative and they give me answers and an explanation to any questions I may have.
I do have a question that remains unanswered though. Is there a way to use your debloater script to remove ALL bloat BUT leave Xbox functionality in tact?
I hear windows 12 is coming out, so what would be the point to go from 10 to 11. Unless 12 is a complete mess which considering with 11 is anything else to be better than 11 and I do miss The taskbar huge, but I wonder if Microsoft gives a damn about anybody
Wait Microsoft has officially given a way to bypass their own system requirements for Windows 11?
I do wonder how well it will work with updates and what not as well.
For about half a year, I have just the one Win 11 machine, which I bought second hand cheaply from a reputable dealer, and its working fine so far on what is an old original Vista Acer Travelmate laptop. The dealer said he used Microsoft’s own instructions to bypass their own system requirements for Windows 11.
So far so good
if they still have those hardware requirements to run W11 ......HELL NO
and just updating because MS says so ........ F HELL NO
i upgrade when i choose to
My main concern about Win11 is the frequency, number and severity of bugs, also the frequency, number and severity of their updates trashing computers. I went through those problems on Win10 for several years before they got their act together. My level of trust of Microsoft is very, very low. Makes me wonder if my AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU will be on the list for Win12 when it comes out.
It has yet to trash my system, so I'm not entirely sure if there's some very loud minority complaining big time, user incompetence that microsoft dropped the ball on to prevent such huge issues, or I'm super lucky... 🤔
No. Windows 12 is going to require you to buy a new PC. At that point, everything today will be over 15 years old and due for replacement anyway and if anything, the new hardware requirements to run it are going to be far stricter.
Up to now, I am still kicking myself every time I use my laptop for switching to the obnoxious and toxic window 11. Anyone who are thinking about switching, listen to me, DON"T.
You could tell chris enjoys making linux/other content more than windows content 😂
well, considering that they're going to discontinue support of Windows 10 in 2025, yeah, you probably should upgrade
I use the toolbox also, that registry tweak would be a great addition. Thanks
I am with that, any additional option like that on his utility is worthwhile IMO, even though I will be mostly staying as long as possible on a stable windows 10 for most of my computers.
Hate the Win 11 look. It's terrible. Win 10 has an elegance about the UI that Microsoft have thrown away to create a dull, boring and ugly one instead. The centred start menu looks crap. I shall not be upgrading until I am forced to do so. Change for the sake of change is never a good idea.
no, dont switch... its bad
@Emanosn good for u 👍🏻 i am thinking of switching back to mac entirely
Windows 11 is bit for me abit. I only see it as a downgrad in every aspect
Bring back Windows XP & I'll be interested, that was the last version of Windows I used.
Don't need to bring it back Lol, its still there, I got it on a few older compurters and it is still doing some stuff very well