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We are all aware of what happens from things leaked from China.
Windows 11 Leaked - What we know so far about Microsoft's new OS
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I choose to worry about this (or not) once it is released. It does concern me, though that Windows (dare I say "MOS"?) is starting to look an awful lot like MacOS.
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Or is it trying to look like Chrome OS?
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This. It looks like a crappy Chrome OS ripoff to me. That stupid app launcher they call a "start menu" is a dead giveaway. The reason I like Windows instead of Mac OS or Linux is because of WINDOWS. I need to be able to organize and view dozens of windows with hundreds of tabs. Good luck doing that in Mac OS or Linux. I mean, I know it's technically possible, but it's not efficient. If Windows loses this ability, I'll probably stay on 10 and wait for 12. Then if they still don't come up with something decent I'll probably go the hackintosh route.
In that case I hope this is just some stupid hoax (I'm not implying that Coronavirus is a hoax, if that's what you're alluding to). That OOBE looks much nicer than I think Microsoft is capable of. They've been hiring a bunch of demented monkeys to design their UI since Windows 8. Either Microsoft has actually paid some decent UI designers (unlikely) or this is just a fake Windows 10 skin from China designed as a hoax.
If it's not a hoax then I hope they've done a lot more with Windows 11 than simply cripple the start menu and add some useless news feed. How about getting rid of the 255 character limit or redesigning the network discovery feature or squashing some 25 year old bugs? Seeing as they've done none of that in this "leaked" Windows 11 build, it might just be genuine. Microsoft NEVER works on the stuff that people could actually use.
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I don't think he is alluding to a hoax but a hack. I wouldn't trust a build emerging out of China not to be infested with back doors. I read that windows author and blogger Paul Thurrott installed it on his main machine. Stupid like this is why we are getting our infrastructure hacked. #faceplam
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True, true, but you could say the same about ANY unofficial Windows build you find on a torrent website or whatever. Nobody is suggesting you should install this on your main computer and do your banking on it. I'm thinking about downloading it and installing it on my test computer. So long as I don't connect it to my network there shouldn't be any risk. I don't need Windows updates and I don't need to install any software so there should be no need to connect it to my network.
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I can wait for the insider builds to reflect the name change. I have a VM for that.
The only thing that worries me is when I hear sites saying “This will be the biggest updates in decades for windows!” It could be all hype for sales or it could be another train wreck like Windows 8 was. I’m not sure what to expect on June 24.
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I like design for the most part, it looks good. I will be moving the taskbar back to the left side. But the one thing that annoys the crap out of me is forcing the Microsoft account on Home versions now. No workarounds from what I have read. This isn't final but it still looks like the route they are going. Reason I say that is because I still support home users and I always put them on a local account.
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Which is just plain ludicrous and willfully blind. We know the development path for what's about to be released. It's not, in any way, shape, or form, a tectonic shift or huge change. It's the next Feature Update, plain and simple, based upon its development and testing path. It's prettification (FSVO) and the addition of more bells and whistles, most of which will be ignored by most users. But that's been true of virtually any individual bell or whistle, at least at its time of introduction, under Windows for decades.
I'm so glad we didn't drop residential support recently so I'll have to deal with all the extra money it will bring my way".
Lol / Kidding
It got to the point that the money wasn't worth the headaches and causing us to fall behind on our business clients. So they were actually costing us money. If Microsoft is going to force accounts on home users with the newest update like Cypress said, that would make things even worse for us.I'm so glad we didn't drop residential support recently so I'll have to deal with all the extra money it will bring my way".
Lol / Kidding
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That just means you increase your rates!
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Same here
Hopefully, you can still set up with no internet to get a local account.
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Exactly what I was thinking.
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Every OS looks like "MacOS" according to the way these arguments work. There are only so many ways you can minimalistically present a window, a button, a drop down and the rest of the GUI elements we use every day.
You could just as easily say that MacOS looks like Windows X.
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And much like you hear, "All cars are starting to look alike," in the age of maximizing aerodynamic flow, the same applies as far as the absolute obsession with "the flat look" that has taken over the UI design world, regardless of OS.
An obsession I'd love to see die. I miss dimensionality to controls like buttons, etc. And when it comes to working with those with visual impairments who do have residual vision, the flat look is just much harder. Even being fully sighted, I find the flat look more difficult to deal with.
An obsession I'd love to see die. I miss dimensionality to controls like buttons, etc. And when it comes to working with those with visual impairments who do have residual vision, the flat look is just much harder. Even being fully sighted, I find the flat look more difficult to deal with.
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Linux anyone? 
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I agree with you.
When Windows XP arrived it was touted to have the "lickability" factor.
The bold colours and prominent bubble like buttons were aesthetically appealing and functionally nice.
It felt like clicking a real button.
The flat look has been done to death and is quite boring now imho.
The flat look was pretty-much started by MS and it has spread as a trend after that. I reckon they introduced that design in Windows 8 (no 3D, Aero or transparency) to improve performance on low-powered tablet and phone devices, and to simplify the new app development framework. They pretended it was a bold design choice!
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