+1 - had to use a registry hack to get the old context menu back. Really don't like the new design.
Yes, it fucks the glimmer of iterative productive usability rhythm that Windows 10 had. And makes it worse than 7. Meaning it's a Windows 8 with better marketing, which is the sole reason reviewers didn't spit on it from the get go.
Not one GUI change is for the best.
Zero reason to upgrade and also zero reason to not. Whenever it’s time for a fresh Windows install, I go to W11.
I disagree. If you actually work on Windows you lose a lot of usability.
It limits your "previous version/file history" backup capabilities to force you to buy OneDrive, I have a second SSD doing that on Windows 10 and if I were to move to windows 11 only the my documents folder could be synced that way. I don't work like that and while I could adapt and just put all my files in there it's not cool that I have my flexibility limited for no reason. They also tried to scrub and replace the file history local tool with shortcuts to OneDrive.
Local account is more and more frowned upon by Microsoft that every update edges closer to not allowing you to have a local account at all (right now it's only possible with workarounds like turning off the internet altogether while setting the computer up). They want to know who the user is and force him to have a Microsoft Account (web account), meaning less options and a shitload of crap to go wrong. Fuck them.
Start Menu on bottom means heavy mouse travel distance when you use the file bar and close/window/minimize the apps on top. They took away the option to have it on top, side, or anything other than bottom, because it broke their weather feature.
Sidebar is gone. Calendar is dumbed down (you can't make appointments anymore). Small icons are gone for the people that dislike huge bars and actually benefit from the work space difference.
It has no redeeming features whatsoever.
AFAIK, there is a way to install without having tpm 2.0.
Plenty of ways, there are even official ways.
It doesn't even feel mandatory if you consider that every new PC running Windows 11 in china is not using TPM 2 and every brand is selling them with Microsoft's silent approval. They're just being pricks elsewhere, because they want people to buy new computers. TPM 2 doesn't matter enough that a big market like China stays on Windows 10, doesn't even translate to a lot of added security.
Best security is being always offline or something, as I said above they want local accounts gone, how is a computer secure if I can change it's password when it's turned off just by going online on any other device? Their security is a joke.
