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

Microsoft’s poorly-kept secret was let out of the bag early – Perhaps intentionally. But how much did we REALLY learn before today’s announcement? And did we learn anything today?

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:53 What's a "Windows 11"?
1:20 New design!
1:57 Window management is cool
3:35 What about gaming???
4:09 New input stuff
5:13 Teams is integrated now...? And dictation!
6:21 Windows Store - Can Android make it good?
7:07 Widgets aren't Gadgets
7:40 Pricing and availability
8:09 System requirements... And caveats.
9:57 Hope it's good...

[jimmy]

sounds like we're going to have to re-disable "features" again.

[epurist]

The head of product management saying his favourite app is TikTok was hilarious.

[rothauspils]

It's like they don't remember the reaction to Windows 8 at all.

[shona-sof]

To stick with what they said about Win 10 being the 'last one', they should have called it 'Windows 10 Part 2: Revenge of Windows 8'

[nowhereweareagain]

Really stoked for one of Windows 12’s big “new” features to be an unlocked task bar.

[TheRogueAdventurers]

Not being able to move the task bar will annoy A LOT of people

[tomemacyt.]

Microsoft has clearly never heard of the phrase “don’t fix what ain’t broke”

[Lewisking]

"Taskbar only at the bottom"
Why, just why. That is absolutely unnecessary.

[ShinyShinyIsAlwaysBeingSerious]

"What about gaming!?"

*10 year old Skyrim appears*

[bradleymott]

I immediately disabled the "News & Features" toolbar the moment it showed up... joining the rest of the MS toolbars in my Taskbar graveyard.

[_yannis]

With now almost 40 years of experience in operating system development we finally figured out EXACTLY... what our users don't want. Windows 8 was a great start, but Windows 11 will be even worse.

[kernel]

Unacceptable to have such a big mess getting in the user's way. You have to fight it by disabling useless features, block unwanted telemetry, tweaking settings, just to be able to have some freedom using your favorite apps. Great review as always

[miked]

It was funny when you showed the microcenter ad and they had GPUs in stock.

[evan]

"Linux has apparently been renamed to Nobody Else OS" IM DYING

[carlrood]

You know the last time they messed with the Start Menu, customers revolted

[noparty]

This just sounds like they took the worst aspects of Vista and 8 and mashed them together.

[dragomirstefan]

Man, the entire W11 presentation felt like a grieving talk where the family struggled to find good things to say about that crackhead uncle who's done nothing but trouble and finally died...

[TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Windows is so good but.... I hate how they try and force changes that make things "Easier".
I had to look up a tutorial just to set up a new laptop without logging into a Microsoft account. I try to disabling the windows 10 bloatware that always comes back after every small update. Why do I have to fight my PC? It's my personal computer, can't I set it up how I want and it just stays like that?

[thousandyoung]

How much Bloatware, Telemetry, Data Collection, Trojans and Spyware does this one have?

[blandoon]

"I have altered the Windows. Pray I don't alter it any further."