Hands-on with the Windows 11 leak: Like Windows 10 meets MacOS

We installed the leaked version of Windows 11 that recently leaked and played around with it. This new version of Windows feels more like MacOS, with an emphasis on high-res icons, and a seach-bar-esque start menu with just a few pinned items by default. Plus, the taskbar is now center-aligned. But add in Windows flexibility and great window-management and snapping, and there's a lot to like here. Keep in mind, though, that this is only a leaked early release copy, and the final software may change a lot.

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[existential_]

I bet during the official announcement they'll say: "Available Day 1 on Xbox Game Pass"

[ravand]

Organizing windows like that was always possible, you hat to hold Windows key + Arrow keys

[outgoingbot]

C L E A N E R
All that means is my stuff is hidden and requires more clicks.

[joserosario]

I'm hoping the windows snap has more options then the ones shown. Something that can take advantage of bigger and wider screens.

[Root]

For a leaked version, this already looks very dope.

[thevisinaryy]

They really should focus on making a slimmer codebase, and just offer a legacy version along side for compatibility issues.

[bradavon]

- When Apples copies they're innovating.
- When everyone else copies they're copying 🤷‍♂️

[justacookie]

Remove all traces of the half-assed metro UI or modern UI from the days of Windows 8 and Windows will be great again.

[bradavon]

Reminds me of ChromeOS more than MacOS. Apple didn't invent widgets. Apple didn't invent centralising the app bar. The Apps menu looks like ChromeOS 🤷‍♂️

[automatik]

Great vid. I will be moving my start menu back to the left. lol.

[mjgII]

Instead of my taskbar icons being on the lefthand side, they are in the center, revolutionary.

[perge_music]

Looks much nicer than 10, reminds me a bit of Linux.

[therealist]

I barely use the start menu, it's so dated now. I think Microsoft is headed in the right direction, though, they do need a re-design

[PrototypePastafarian]

not so much macOS but Deepin Linux desktop environment which is awesome

[youmomin]

Even the leak version already has an update 😂

[JW-fwhc]

the thing I absolutely hate about this is the transparencies and the fluid design is not consistent throughout the operating system. If you look at the Action Center and the News and Interest center in the video above the transparency is so drastically different from the search and the taskbar and the file explorer and the new start menu and the file explorer IS STILL NOT UPDATED no fluid design, no nothing. They still haven't gotten rid of the ribbon and the file explorer still has a stark white look no transparency at all anywhere. if they would make the ENTIRE OS consistent and the same transparency throughout it would look like one cohesive OS instead of multiple little parts slapped together at the last minute designed by multiple people who didn't know how the other parts were designed.

[RuRu]

What? How can u mess up the auto snap? It works perfectly

[CaptainFSU]

How the f*** does the centered taskbar 'balance' out the screen if it makes the taskbar completely asymmetric?

[Uninfluenceable]

As long as I have an option to "never combine" taskbar icons and to show labels, then I'm good. If they took that out, I'm never upgrading from W10. Nothing pisses me off more than when they introduces several addition steps to my daily activities. This happened with AutoDesk when they tried to make CAD more beginner friendly, luckily they had a work around to go back to the legacy UI.

[pizza]

i prefer win10 looks, but the taskbar in the middle is quite desirable.