WHY did I get my hopes up? - Windows 11 Announcement

[poochyena]

Still don't understand why this is labeled as windows 11 and not just a windows 10 update

[sydh]

ios keyboard... Nah, it's literally swiftkey from android that MS bought out years ago.

 

Also nice shirt during this vid. Quite fitting.

 

Ayy more unnecessarily unremovable 'features' with teams...

 

I would rather emulate android apps than use the amazon appstore. It's pretty easy now a days anyhow.

 

Requires MS account and internet connection to install for at least for now home edition is a hard fucking pass. If that requires both of those then what else if baked into the os that does they don't and won't mention?

 

This will for sure be a os release that gets left sitting collecting dust. Till it's either required with some new CPU and microcode requirements or something annoying like you can only play DX12 games on W11 with enough games having a DX12 only mode. Then might as well have a dual-boot system just for that game and enjoy a working W10 system.

 

Would be amusing to see the salty script for this video too.

 

There really is not enough good updates of features to outweigh the downsides. Even the things like the direct storage for gaming is going to takes years for anyone to get it going. Auto HDR... Yea, I'd rather just use something like reshade and adjust the game instead. And tools like PowerToys is likely going to get the new W11 features and make it better if MS doesn't can it

 

 

  

9 hours ago, OhBoy said:

For AMD: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-amd-processors

For Intel: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors

Oof that is rough. That is something... Guessing it's all of the TPM crap they are pushing.

[theswweet]

It seems like nobody has said this, yet - Secure Boot is not actually required to be enabled. You just need to be on a UEFI install with TPM enabled, and Secure Boot *able* to be turned on.

 

 

[SlashedM]

16 hours ago, Benji said:

Oddly enough, I'm certain that I read yesterday on Microsoft's webpage that it should be available "around the holiday season". What is it? Microsoft probably doesn't know that themselves

The German Microsoft webpage says that you can buy PCs with Windows 11 pre-installed "later this year", which is a pretty useless information given the fact that this year is only half done.

Upgrades to Windows 11 are supposedly starting "at the end of 2021 and are being continued in 2022".

Apparently, the free Windows 10 to Windows 11 upgrade should permanently remain free of charge, although "Microsoft reserves the right to remove support for the free offer" and the date at which this might happen is "at the earliest one year after the general availability".

But oddly enought, they shortened the time period during which you can roll back to Windows 10 to only 10 days instead of the previous 30 days.

1. Holiday season does still count as both "end" (Q4) and "fall" for some companies, considering a lot of people consider holiday season as end of Oct to early Jan (mostly because sales and the amount of "holidays" during it. Q4 is the last 3 months so.

 

2. Considering that Windows 10 free upgrade "ended" but still is achievable by simply using the Win 7/8(.1) keys or just upgrading in any OEM device, that is not a surprise.

 

3. Thats actually pretty odd. 

[UBen Hadd]

On 6/25/2021 at 12:37 AM, Armin H. said:

Hi LTT Team,

 

It seems most of the Windows user are completely clueless what TPM 2.0 is and how it exactly works. The Windows 11 Requirement: TPM 2.0 should be explained a lot more!

Linus mentioned it in a single sentence. But sadly without any background information.

We Germans seem to be seen as the rude bunch, which I have to validate now!

 

 

Linus Team,

 

I concur with Armin H.

 

You really need to do a Tube on what TPM 1.2/2.0 is and how it relates to the Intel Trusted Execution Technology, which is implemented in the 6th and 7th Gen Intel processor.  Also, what does it do and why it is useful or not so useful.  For me, if you are a laptop owner and you store sensitive information, turning on Bitlocker is a must.  Which by the way requires TPM or a USB Key.  "Now where did I put that USB key..."  

[Princess Luna]

I'm yet to understand what's even the point of Win11 if they changed nothing of the core issues with Win10 and in fact made it even worse and more locked.

 

For Windows I'll just stick to 10 until it goes EOL.