I have held many jobs that required me to use Windows. It definitely has advantages over the Mac, but the biggest is perhaps the far bigger software library that will run on Windows. I have not yet used Windows 11, but do have a Windows 10 bootcamp partition. However it's only 60GB and I have like 15GB free. Is this enough for Windows 11? Since I almost never boot into Windows 10 60GB seems fine for my needs. In the past certain career or company websites required IE but those days are behind use as IE is history. Is Windows 11 worth it for occasional use on my personal MacBook Pro?
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How good is Windows 11?
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I haven't personally used 11 but from what I read around the forums, it's not really something to upgrade to right away that windows 10 doesn't already possess.
Out of the box (so to speak) Macs cannot ru.n Windows 11 - thanks to tpm I’d say it’s not worth the effort trying to bypass the TPM issue and live with win 10
This. So much this.
Think of any program/app for any purpose, even niche one. Mac might have it, Windows most certainly has it.
I’ve been running 11 for few months now. To be frank, I am mostly using it as game launcher than anything else these days. What can I say, it’s…Windows. With changes for the sake of change. Such as centering the start menu button (to heck with Fitts’s Law), questionable redesign of Start Menu, different context menu…several things that are bugging me…it does feel as if they included so many things just so that it looks “different” so that they can justify calling it 11 and selling it as completely new OS.
(Yes, I know most of the changes are reversible, either by few clicks or messing with the registry).
Sirs,
What I disliked about windows 11 is the extra trackpad step to cut and paste an image
or copy anything or do simple tasks were an extra step
the OS is designed for those who are keyboard command aficionados
rather than this who use the trackpad 100% of the time.
the OS is rather clean, efficient, battery hogger with the settings set to "low" and very boring!
also Edge is the main brewers unless one has a Harvard™ doctorates in computer science to change that.
thank you
-Bill Gates!
What I disliked about windows 11 is the extra trackpad step to cut and paste an image
or copy anything or do simple tasks were an extra step
the OS is designed for those who are keyboard command aficionados
rather than this who use the trackpad 100% of the time.
the OS is rather clean, efficient, battery hogger with the settings set to "low" and very boring!
also Edge is the main brewers unless one has a Harvard™ doctorates in computer science to change that.
thank you
-Bill Gates!
Windows still has a registry???? Did not even Windows 3.11 have one as well, or did that start with 95? I know back in the day when I had a Windows CE clamshell palmtop I played with the registry a little.
The registry started at least with 3.1. 3.11 (Windows for Workgroups) definitely had a registry, but I know 3.1 did when I had my first PC back in 1992.
BL.
When/if you try out the 11, you will be happy/sad to find out that the registry is still waiting for you there.
My first year of college (1996) I used Windows 3.11 very heavily. 95 came later for the school. That was my first time ever really using a PC as I had grown up with Apple during my K1-12 days. Mac 7.5 and OS 8 came when I was in college. OS 8.x I remember was big..
Yes, but Macs (even Intel Macs) do not have a TPM chip that windows 11 requires
What is TPM? - Microsoft Support
A TPM, or Trusted Platform Module, improves the security of your PC by securely creating and storing cryptographic keys. TPM 2.0 is a key part of making Windows 11 even more secure.
What is TPM? - Microsoft Support
A TPM, or Trusted Platform Module, improves the security of your PC by securely creating and storing cryptographic keys. TPM 2.0 is a key part of making Windows 11 even more secure.support.microsoft.com
In short, no more using the registration key that begins with "FCKGW".
BL.
I don't mind Windows 11. The most annoying part is the bloatware (TikTok, Disney+, etc) apps that come pre-loaded even on a fresh install.
Also, the piecemeal updates are also annoying. You get about 5-10 weekly updates every single week for either the OS or a security patch.
Also, the piecemeal updates are also annoying. You get about 5-10 weekly updates every single week for either the OS or a security patch.
Windows has more apps. Yes, but 90% are either crap, or to solve a problem with windows.
All the really useful productivity apps on Windows have a Mac version, or equivalent.
Windows still has a broken privileges system, and still has the registry, which is the entry point for many of the malevolent programs.
The vast majority of viruses and malevolent apps exist on Windows because it is so much easier to break into than a *nix-based OS.
All the really useful productivity apps on Windows have a Mac version, or equivalent.
Windows still has a broken privileges system, and still has the registry, which is the entry point for many of the malevolent programs.
The vast majority of viruses and malevolent apps exist on Windows because it is so much easier to break into than a *nix-based OS.
In my opinion, yes. I have been on W11 on two machines, desktop and Surface Pro laptop, a week after W11 was released. No issues and everything I have tried has worked without issues. I don't really stress the machines using them mostly for finance and photography.
Microsoft has gotten better, in my opinion, with updates and W11 has been out long enough to be fairly solid.
There is a trend since Windows 95 that every second version of Windows is cr*p and the other is quite useful.
We're using Windows at work and when Windows 10 is finally not supported anymore in October of '25 we hope there is Windows 12 around by then.
We're using Windows at work and when Windows 10 is finally not supported anymore in October of '25 we hope there is Windows 12 around by then.
Don't know if that works. By that trend:
Windows 95 = good.
Windows 98 = crap.
Windows 98SE = good.
Windows 2000 = crap.
Windows ME = good.
Windows XP = crap.
Windows Vista = good.
Windows 7 = crap.
And this isn't bringing in any server variants (Windows NT, Windows Server 2xxx)..
BL.
What it should be,
Windows 95, crap, but interesting
Windows 98, better
WIndows 98 SE, worse
Windows 2000 Great
Windows ME, Crap, but I liked it
Windows XP, eh.
Vista Total crap
Windows 7, good.
WIndows 10, good, but it took awhile
Windows 11, not looking that good, especially with some of the changes coming.
So it's not every other year, closer to every third year...
And that isn't even touching Windows NT.
Windows NT 1 = crap.
Windows NT 2 = crap.
Windows NT 3.x = great
Windows NT 4 = crap, but interesting
Windows NT 4 SP1-SP4, crap (watch me get hacked/compromised in 30 seconds!)
Windows NT 4 SP6 = interesting crap, but watch me get hacked/compromised in 15 seconds!)
Only big win for NT4 is that it beat XP in how long it takes to get hacked after being brought online facing the internet.
And to think.. some places are still running it and XP.
BL.
I didn't even think of those. NT 3.51, old looking, but ROCK solid. NT4 came and went with me, but overall I'd probably say okay, at least once they got to SP6.