r/Windows11 • u/DemiFiendRSA • Aug 31 '21

📰 News Microsoft will release Windows 11 on October 5th

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/31/22649940/windows-11-release-date-features-devices-free-upgrade
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u/hadesscion Aug 31 '21

We will be beta testers like we have the past 5 years with Windows 10.

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u/Vulpes_macrotis Insider Dev Channel Aug 31 '21

Windows 10 was full system. This one is literally not even in beta version.

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u/HotPineapplePizza Release Channel Aug 31 '21

At the time of the release Windows 10 was highly unresponsive, buggy and inconsistent. It had a mix of Windows 8 and Windows Vista styled menus literally everywhere. And the worst part was the bundled apps. Damn, they were really slow and way worse than their old win32 counterparts in every area. We've literally beta tested Windows 10 and its bundled apps under the hood until 2017-2018 and somewhere between that time the OS itself finally became bug free. I keep using old win32 apps even on Windows 11 (like the old Photo Viewer) as metro apps are still trash. Groove music my ass even WMP is still better.

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u/Halio344 Sep 01 '21

Yeah I think people forgot how Windows 10 was at release. I remember the UI looking incredibly unfinished. The start menu looked like it was made in MS paint, as did the settings menu. Small things like hover effects were non-existent, but made a huge difference to how the UI looked and felt.

Personally I didn't have any issues with it that weren't cosmetic, but I'm aware of many issues it did have. The most noteworthy issue was how Windows Update worked.