A few weeks ago, my screen went out. One My work MacBook Air works with an external monitor. So I switched to my 5-year-old Windows desktop and connected another monitor. I love it. Thoroughly increase productivity. But it means I'm finally spending a fair amount of time with Windows 11, Oh no, Are you a junkie?
There are some things Windows does very well compared to macOS and Linux. First, all your games are there, and Windows works on all kinds of hardware with little to no tinkering. You don't have to spend at least $1,000 to have a non-upgradable machine. It also usually doesn't require downloading tons of drivers or spending his six hours at the command line assembling an operating system by hand.
However, for each heading such as:Spell check feature finally added to Windows 11 Notepad,“ there is „Microsoft stuffs Google Chrome on Windows with pop-up ads again” for all Windows Subsystem for Linuxwhat defines it is „''.Microsoft begins testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu” Microsoft seems serious about packing Windows 11 with a bunch of „features“ that will grab your attention and persuade or trick you into using a Microsoft product instead of the one you were trying to use. It looks like I'm 30 or 40 years old and I don't need this.
I grew up on Windows 3.1, NT, and 95, and went through college with a Dell desktop.i was working for max pc Thanks to you, the magazine was serialized for five years. I've built many PCs. I'm typing this on my main personal computer (his Mini-ITX gaming rig that I lovingly handcrafted in 2019). I'm still using Windows.
But for the past few years, I've spent over 40 hours a week using the relatively uncluttered macOS at work, and spent as little time at the computer outside of work as possible. So I upgraded my desktop to Windows 11 about a year ago, but I didn't spend that much time on it. When I used a PC, it was mostly for home administration or (on rare occasions) playing games, so I didn't interact much with the OS itself. I'm a frog out of a pot. I jumped right in and got burned.
I'm a frog out of a pot.I jumped on it and got burned.
At some point, A button has appeared next to the (Start) menu.. If I click on it or move my mouse over it, his third of the monitor is covered with information I didn't ask for and have no interest in. There is a huge amount of news flowing in. Stock price. weather. (This is useful and available in many places.) system tray button for co-pilotmy everyday AI partner, still exists. Across Microsoft products inversely proportional to its usefulness.
Start menu changed almost trash Starting with Windows 8, it is almost useless in its default state. Half of them are pinned apps that I haven't pinned or installed. I don't blame the OEM. I'm an OEM for him, but I didn't list it here.
It seems like somewhere in the last few versions Windows forgot how to index the files on your computer. So when you try to get a program, file, or setting using the normal method of pressing Windows and start typing, you'll most likely get results from the web, but since you're using Bing to search, These are useless.
Microsoft did something Really Support documentation is also extensive. That information used to be built into the OS. Now, if you are in the Display Settings window (for example), go to the Support section and click on (Set up multiple monitors), Microsoft Edge will open even if it is not your default browser and you will see the phrase „.How to add multiple monitors to your Windows 11 PC Site:microsoft.com” will display a page with one result: an information box. Excerpts from related support pages on Microsoft's websiteIn addition to this, a link to open the settings screen you just displayed will be displayed.
This is a) outrageous and b) still a huge improvement. Last time I tried this When a similar link returned no results. This is Microsoft's corporate synergy. Why keep Windows users to yourself when you can reliably feed your Bing and Edge teams with just one click?
Edge was a slightly improved version of Chrome. Now it's full of sidebars and bloatware. (It's probably still an improved version of Chrome.) It keeps asking me to change my default search engine back to Bing (it doesn't). The default home screen is, yes, full of garbage.
Why would one of the world's biggest technology companies release an operating system that's so…junk? Well, some of it, for sure. For more than 30 years, we've been building new versions of operating systems on top of older ones..it doesn't explain why it does that at all Already used It appears that the one that works will be replaced by a new system that doesn't work properly, but something else might be used.
Windows has been a huge success. it makes money.it has Over 70% of the worldwide desktop market.Edge is still pretty decent browser, the search engine Bing has a smaller slice of their respective markets. All Windows users can be pestered by Microsoft. sermonor Tricks to switch to Edge or Bing or co-pilot Since it's great for Microsoft to beat its competitors, it makes sense to utilize some sort of spreadsheet to pack in as many synergy opportunities as possible.
it's not just Of course it's Windows. Every app is trying to steal your attention 1 million times a day. And many cheap cell phones and Windows computers are bloated with pre-installed adware and bloatware that companies pay their OEMs to embed. Ritual banishing of bloatware is a long-standing tradition among Windows users.
But previously, that junk was separate from the OS itself. Samsung's version of Android has quite a bit of bloat, but that's Samsung's version, not Android itself. There's a reason the phrase „clean version of Android“ has stuck with many phone reviewers. And there's a reason Pixel phones get praised at a much higher rate than reviewers. They are bought by customers.
ars technica We've already written a great practical guide Turn off most features included in Windows 11. And this is not my first rodeo.I can Please turn off most of this junk. Most people have never bothered, don't know how, or don't realize it's an option. They just learn to adjust it most of the time. In some cases, when you click something, Microsoft makes money.