Lifetime macOS User Tries New Windows 11 for 24 Hours! Goodbye, Apple…

Lifetime macOS user tries the new Windows 11 for 24 hours! Today I will work all day not on macOS, but on the new Windows 11 to find out how convenient it is! Do I really like Windows 11 so much that I'm ready to give up working on macOS?! What cool features does Microsoft's new operating system have? Yes, I definitely did not expect this from Windows! In this comparison of the new macOS and Windows 11, I talked about all the pros and cons of these operating systems so that you understand for yourself which is better! So watch this video from start to finish to find out if Windows 11 is really better than the latest macOS!

[gunduzmutlu]

The title says "Lifetime MacOS user..." while the first sentence of the video is "....just a few years back I was a windows user."

[ChilkoNZ]

You can definitely connect the calendar to any sync services (such as Google calendar), since windows 10

[vhack]

Few points i just wanted to point out:
1. About the admin prompt. You can disable it. But the reason its there is to make sure you are the one running the app and not a virus or some malicious software.
2. On MacOS i had a situation that the user was disabled because it was named "administrator" (its actually a knows bug and ive seen post on apple forums bot to name your user admin😂)

[mohammadnej]

I have been using both mac and windows for quite some time! But you can’t argue that why windows does have a dedicated button for multi tasking instead of a multitouch gesture! That’s because Microsoft has to develop its OS for a wide range of devices which some of them might not even support Multitouch! But apple has full control over its own devices and even then it has dedicated buttons for it but it’s not just comman to use it !

[zsoltnagy]

My favourite thing in Windows you can open the same app multiple times without a terminal/command line. (I use both system, I'm really happy with both.)

[blinkk]

I semi-switched to Windows for work and I have to say that I love the touch screen features and aesthetics of Surface products and have noticed a lot of improvements in the OS since I last used it in terms of stability and being able to just work. That said, Macs are durable af since I'm typing this on a 2013 Macbook air that has never needed a clean reinstall.

[TheTytan]

Windows has focus assistant and it's placed in the notification panel beneath the calendar. However, it looks like the version of Windows 11 you have installed is obsolete, because your action center still has no quick access to managing Bluetooth devices and your notification panel has older focus button. In 2022 update the focus assist button with the session time settings are placed beneath the calendar and quick Bluetooth settings are present.

[jordandreas]

Well, there are several things you told us that actually Windows have. For example, virtual desktop. Yes, there's a button for it. But you can also do a 4-fingers swipe to switch to other desktop, just like MacOS. About widget, Microsoft is working to make it works for 3rd-party app, cmiiw. About free Office, actually Windows has "WordPad". It works like a lite version of Microsoft Word, and you can straightly use it after you get your new laptop. Furthermore, many laptops in the market have Microsoft Office pre-installed. About asking for administrator rights? You can disable it. 2 settings in 1 OS? Control Panel will be removed soon, cmiiw. About search, not only your apps and files but also web results (but yeah, not including your message etc like MacOS).

[vaggelis_best]

The Windows part has a lot of mistakes, although it is understandable when concidering the fact that you haven't used yhis OS for years. For example you can disbale the admin check pop up and hide the virtual desktops as well as the search button...

[unoninguno]

I left macos since Mojave and moved to Windows 11. It is so polished, so pro and overall flexible. I've installed extra featured to emulate Macos in terms of preview, spotlight and I've changed the task bar and it is just perfect. Guess what, basic M1 doesn't allow me to have two screens while a basic Windows does

[BoicuBuduAndrei]

6:33 You can disable that... if you press "Show more details" and "Change when those notifications appear" on that screen, a window will pop up. Inside that window, drag the blue bar to the bottom. Finally, press the OK button, enter the user name and password for one last time, press Yes and the screen won't appear again.
12:23 You can do that in Windows as well, you just open the clock app, go to "Focus Sessions", and you will see the "Get ready to focus" part.

[Icybubba]

Okay but like Windows Search does a lot more than search apps and files.

It's connected to bing (like Spotlight) so you can search really....anything, like right now, do a number conversion, type in search 10 gallons and see what comes up. Or hey you need to know the weather conditions in New York so type "weather in NYC", type "traffic conditions near me", type "showtimes for Avatar way of water".

People always say spotlight is better but don't understand just how useful Windows Search is

[drd-hmfc]

Actually Wordpad (not just Notepad) come preinstalled, and I think there is a basic video editing software.
Also office is already free online, and I don't know if many would still buy PowerPoint if they had a basic demo for free that still has all the basic functions.
But yeah it's a bit of a hassle

[mr.evrything]

Note:
1-First it's not necessary to have 2 partitions on an windows laptop, you could have 1 and even windows create user on the same disk windows is running from.
2-Windows 11 still get old stuff but actually Microsoft is working on updating them
3-There is WordPad and notepad in order to get some stuff done (Word pad is already great -but still outdated)
4-You can get rid of the icons on the taskbar (search-widgets(useless) and also the teams chat shortcut)
5-Also there is a gesture to swipe from a dextop to another in windows of the trackpad supports it
6-Windows have the new snap layout which allow to group windows together and minimize all of them (not user friendly still)
7-The computer your using has as it seems an error, because I'm using windows but actually it doesn't ask me the admistrator right popup, also if it does it won't ask the password, just yes or no, what it did with you is due to a use of a standard non administrative account, contact windows Support or even I recommend reinstalling windows.(Arthur was the user you are using but the actual administrator user is actually the administrator one, press on the start menu then on your account name and select sign out and see if you have the video test user, if yes sign into it, if not you have to reinstall or reset windows.)
8-You are using a very old version of windows 11, as in the day of this video release, tabs exist in explorer from like 1 month

[ReasonX]

Linux asks you to confirm you admin rights as well. It makes sense, since it ensures that any changes that mess with system files & processes have been approved by you and it's not some sort of a virus that started running automatically, messing with your system without you knowing about it.

And you actually don't really need to separate you storage on two disks if you don't want to. Some people have only "C" disk. The problem with this approach that you have great chances to loose your data in case of system corruption of fresh Windows installation.

The main problem and benefit of Windows is support of old programs, which is not the case with MacOS. I can literally run a game that was released in 20 years ago and it will run fine. The reason why this is a problem that engineers have to support a tone of legacy codebase they would happily remove or refactor otherwise.

[Cruz.]

as an IT guy I hate Dealing with MACs with a passion

[RaniRani-zttr]

I think the windows does have a lot more customizability because you can always install third-party apps, and there is also the registry, editor and the windows, power shell, and also the control panel is a lot more advanced and to be honest the Mac is just a lot simpler

[nikissurprise]

I use my mac for school and any other tasks that a brain dead person could do. I use windows for everything else because of its capabilites far exceeding those of the macs. Love it or hate it, windows will always outbeat mac in every technical regard. Apple will never try to allow for an advanced user experience due to its main userbase being non technical.

[ndhikaatube]

There are "focus assist", it was around since windows 8.1, you might have missed it.

[tuaaut]

I just sold my mac book pro M1 and get back to use windows laptop. I think it's more friendly with other accessories like external mouse and keyboard or second screen. The flow of using Logitech mouse is very good for windows. My job is data analyst, there are some limitations of the program I use like Tableau or Qlik sense or database like SQL server etc. I feel like windows is more flexible to use 3rd party hardware connected to. Also, to create split screen in mac isn't as smooth as windows. Until now the mac rosetta translator isn't stable to run data analysis programs. Another bad thing is that the mac storage is very expensive, 500 GB is not enough and to increase it will cost you a lot. I do recommend buying 1 TB of storage or more if you have to work with data, video editing, store photos or want to learn to build ios Apps with Xcode. Mac is good when you need silence. Most of the time, there is no fan sound coming out probably due to the M1/M2 chip and the battery life last longer then 12 hours which is very convenient to work outside.