The 'Secret' Development of Windows 11

How Windows 10x went from a Chrome OS competitor, to a Windows 10 update, to a brand new operating system that was eventually named Windows 11.

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[Astromamut]

Fun fact: Because they skipped Windows 9, they were considering this number instead of 11, so until they decided, project name was Windows 9/11

[superNova]

Fun fact if you knew the right command and were ona certain windows 10 beta you could hack in what was effectively windows 11s start menu layout

[HuMan-bEing]

only a couple months ago windows 11 got leaked i remember all the hype and reviews of it

[alinked]

I heard that Microsoft didn't release Windows 9 simply because they were actually working on it, but because of Windows 8's bad reputation, they had to release Windows 8.1. And because of it they decided that there is no reason to release Windows 9 because 8.1 is a replacement of it.

[thetrcg]

Daily driving Linux for now, and Windows 10 on dual boot. Used Windows 11 on my friends laptop, count me out

[iQKyyRK]

Since when is a bit of a graphical overhaul worth an entire new OS?
Can't even install a different Window Manager

[msthalamus]

I had a similar reaction to Windows 9 when I heard the hardware requirements for 11. I had 20+ machines in active use, all of which run Windows 10 flawlessly. ONE of them meets the hardware requirements for Windows 11. I run a Linux lab now.

[pixchure]

I still haven't installed Windows 11.
But Imma doing pretty fine.

[TheWingedRedcat]

Fun Fact: Windows 11 was in early early development back in 2016 with Private Insider Builds with Tabs and the new Action Center and continued on until 2021 so we can say that Windows 11 has been in Development for 5 years!

[Finkelfunk]

Windows 10 might not have been the last Windows version, but with ads in the explorer, an even more intrusive, bloated and even more resource hungry OS as well as the need to register your account, Windows 10 is the last Windows version I ever used.
Been using Linux for 4 months now and I don't think I ever want to switch back.

[davidgagnon]

This is only my theory but perhaps because Apple decided it was time to change to MacOS 11 instead of just MacOS 10.X, Microsoft didn't want to be left behind and changed this version initially intended to be a simple Windows 10 update as Windows 11

[korbyntalks]

a guess of mine is they took the entire 10x source code then they started to fiddle around with it, Then..11 was born

[notproplayer]

If only Microsoft kept the OS secret 🙏

[himanis_x]

It all started with Windows 10X but it evolved to 11.

[boxoffisa]

Microsoft is slow that they had windows X but lost windows mobile.

[marism]

Windows 11 is not that great from a consumer perspective in the long run because it is designed to be more closed off like Apples OS, because it doesn't allow older software to work and with new software developers will have to ask Microsoft for permission, which is something that has never really been done on windows.

Here is a video explaining that.

[PrograError]

cos 7 8 9 ...

you know, you know.

[CaptainMarvelsSon]

They need, instead, to strip away the newest useless features and confusing change and create Windows 7+

[musikSkool]

Windows 9 should be a backwards compatible version for old hardware that can't handle Win 11. With greatly reduced ram and harddrive space requirements. Like an official upgrade for everyone still using Windows Xp.

[jadenlaurio]

i taught it was Cvm Tech 💀💀💀💀 but thanks