Andy Young, an ex-Microsoft senior software engineer, posted a message on X/Twitter bemoaning that even with his $1,600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM, Windows...
When it launched it was lauded for having similar system requirements to Win7, and was easier to run than 8/8.1, but it just got more and more bloated over time as MS transitioned from a “sell Windows for a profit” business model to a “sell Windows for a profit and collect as much personal information and show as many ads as we can get away with for profit” business model.
Imagine what Microsoft could be achieving if they actually gave the slightest shit about actually improving their product? Windows could be amazing. But it isn’t.
Windows 10 got a new kernel that was unquestionably better than the previous ones. This meant that even though it was a step backwards in some ways from Windows 7 (and 8 isn’t even worth mention), it was capable of better performance.
I’ve asked a few times if anyone can give any good reasons for switching to 11 from 10 other than “it’s newer” or “ms is sunsetting win10” and have yet to see a compelling response. Virtual desktop support is the best answer so far, but I had that on Windows 20 years ago with litestep (I think that’s what it was called, it was an alternate desktop program).
It seems that Microsoft has just decided that they are going to throw their market dominance and reputation (which for some reason is good in the business and government world) around rather than offer good products.
that could be it. I never asked, the person that relayed that says it was significant enough for win11 to run faster than win10 for them. No idea how much i trust them on that one though.
Win10 is the same these days.
When it launched it was lauded for having similar system requirements to Win7, and was easier to run than 8/8.1, but it just got more and more bloated over time as MS transitioned from a “sell Windows for a profit” business model to a “sell Windows for a profit and collect as much personal information and show as many ads as we can get away with for profit” business model.
Imagine what Microsoft could be achieving if they actually gave the slightest shit about actually improving their product? Windows could be amazing. But it isn’t.
Windows 10 got a new kernel that was unquestionably better than the previous ones. This meant that even though it was a step backwards in some ways from Windows 7 (and 8 isn’t even worth mention), it was capable of better performance.
I’ve asked a few times if anyone can give any good reasons for switching to 11 from 10 other than “it’s newer” or “ms is sunsetting win10” and have yet to see a compelling response. Virtual desktop support is the best answer so far, but I had that on Windows 20 years ago with litestep (I think that’s what it was called, it was an alternate desktop program).
It seems that Microsoft has just decided that they are going to throw their market dominance and reputation (which for some reason is good in the business and government world) around rather than offer good products.
uhm, i believe win 11 has a better scheduler. It schedules more efficiently. That’s the one argument i’ve heard in favor of win11.
I think that it’s scheduler is better for those Intel bigLittle CPUs
that could be it. I never asked, the person that relayed that says it was significant enough for win11 to run faster than win10 for them. No idea how much i trust them on that one though.