I have concluded Windows 11 continues the 'fine' tradition of $MSFT releases:
XP good (eventually)
Vista crap
W7 good
W8 crap
W10 good
W11 crap
[The 'somewhat luddite' Rabski is thus seen to be right at least 50% of the time ;-) ]
To qualify as crap you have to achieve at least one, but preferably more, of:
- obsolete a large proportion of the installed base (even though your stated corporate aim is to have the same version running everywhere and a good chunk pf said base is your own new hardware)
- introduce a reduced functionality UI start, resembling OSX
- promote revenue-earning crapware centre-stage
- fail to deliver the most popular enhancements requested by the customer contact programme e.g. tabbed Explorer, ReFS, ...
- fail to deliver the pre-release features claimed as worthwhile enhancements at launch e.g. Android subsystem, existing app enhancements, ...
The BS reasoning for the necessity of incompatibilities - security - means that it is inadvisable to upgrade a non-confirming device, since $MSFT will unilaterally and arbitrarily halt the delivery of future security updates via Windows Update at some time that suits them. A customer-focussed company would have engineered the product with a simple opt in or out switch, just as one can choose whether a user account has admin. privileges or not for example. This is a pure marketing release aimed to monetise the failed Windows 10X deployment and stimulate the PC market for XMAS.
There is one Windows version I believe would be of interest to hi-fi enthusiasts, Windows 11 on Arm, for then we might be able to install the OS on a Pi SBC.
Hopefully Windows 12 will be with us in 2025, when W10 support expires!
Did I mention yet that I don't like 11?