Thread: WIndows 11 Release data announced

Today, we are thrilled to announce Windows 11 will start to become available on October 5, 2021. On this day, the free upgrade to Windows 11 will begin rolling out to eligible Windows 10 PCs and PCs that come pre-loaded with Windows 11 will start to become available for purchase.

Here are 11 highlights of this release

1. The new design and sounds are modern, fresh, clean and beautiful, bringing you a sense of calm and ease.
2. With Start, we’ve put you and your content at the center. Start utilizes the power of the cloud and Microsoft 365 to show you your recent files no matter what device you were viewing them on.
3. Snap Layouts, Snap Groups and Desktops provide an even more powerful way to multitask and optimize your screen real estate.
4. Chat from Microsoft Teams integrated into the taskbar provides a faster way to connect to the people you care about.
5. Widgets, a new personalized feed powered by AI, provides a faster way to access the information you care about, and with Microsoft Edge’s world class performance, speed and productivity features you can get more done on the web.
6. Windows 11 comes with a new Microsoft Store rebuilt with an all-new design making it easier to search and discover your favorite apps, games, shows, and movies in one trusted location. We look forward to continuing our journey to bring Android apps to Windows 11 and the Microsoft Store through our collaboration with Amazon and Intel; this will start with a preview for Windows Insiders over the coming months.
7. Windows 11 is the most inclusively designed version of Windows with new accessibility improvements that were built for and by people with disabilities.
8. Windows 11 unlocks new opportunities for developers and creators. We are opening the Store to allow more developers and independent software vendors (ISVs) to bring their apps to the Store, improving native and web app development with new developer tools, and making it easier for you to refresh the look and feel across all our app designs and experiences.
9. Windows 11 is optimized for speed, efficiency and improved experiences with touch, digital pen and voice input.
10. Windows 11 is the operating system for hybrid work, delivering new experiences that work how you work, are secure by design, and easy and familiar for IT to deploy and manage. Businesses can also test Windows 11 in preview today in Azure Virtual Desktop, or at general availability by experiencing Windows 11 in the new Windows 365.
11. Windows 11 delivers the best Windows ever for gaming and unlocks the full potential of your system’s hardware with technology like DirectX12 Ultimate, DirectStorage and Auto HDR. With Xbox Game Pass for PC or Ultimate you get access to over 100 high-quality PC games to play on Windows 11 for one low monthly price. (Xbox Game Pass sold separately.)

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexp...deo_lrn_GABlog

Gotta laugh, I've been on the Insider Preview since they first released it, and it still says:

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Gotta laugh, I've been on the Insider Preview since they first released it, and it still says:

So does mine.
I'd guess with all those insider upgrades we got that we are already on Win10.8 and the remaining things are things we can live without.
Typically the last thing they do before releasing a new version is shuffling all the control settings around and changing the look and feel of the GUI. They can keep that..

I had to redownload MS Teams recently.

First place I looked was the Microsoft Store. Wait... It's not there. Have to go to their website. Why would an MS app not be their own marketplace?

Originally Posted by Plan B

I had to redownload MS Teams recently.

First place I looked was the Microsoft Store. Wait... It's not there. Have to go to their website. Why would an MS app not be their own marketplace?

It's not a UWP app (yet).

i read that it defaults to its own browser and makes extremely difficult to use chrome as your browser.

Originally Posted by taxexile

i read that it defaults to its own browser and makes extremely difficult to use chrome as your browser.

Two things wrong with that:

1. It's piss easy to change

2. Edge Chromium is faster and leaner than Chrome and based on the same Chromium engine.

The all important question. Will the classic solitaire run on WIN 11? It needs a fan made patch on WIN 10 and gets deleted on every major update.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

1. The new design and sounds are modern, fresh, clean and beautiful, bringing you a sense of calm and ease

Jesus.... sounds like it's made in China.

Originally Posted by Latindancer

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Jesus.... sounds like it's made in China.

You sound like you are made out of Chinese copy Lego.