Alright gang, let's talk about Windows 11 here.
First thoughts, opinions and some random stuff.
I had the ISO for few hours. Ran it in VirtualBox> Some of my observations
- Installation is similar to WIndows 10
- The welcome screen is like Calamares.
- Setting up an Offline account is a hassle.
- Privacy Settings are creepy.
- Desktop looks like child of Mac and KDE desktop.
- Basic apps from ninite were working.
- Had some issues with Python 3.9 / Django
- Also ran into some issues with Chocolately and VS Build Tools. I think it's probably a VirtualBox issue.
- Edge still sucks
Overall my first impression is,"Well this looks like Windows Longhorn"
What about you guys ?
Calling the other peeps. @shadowstep @strongst .
Installed in less than 10 minutes, booted up in less than 10 seconds, fine(via Oracle VM). Looks good, I like the centralized icon bar(if you have a widescreen monitor, this is a feature you want to have without 3rd party tools)!
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Even with 256MB Video Memory Oracle VM behaves laggy...
strongst said:
Even with 256MB Video Memory Oracle VM behaves laggy...
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I had issues with 128MB in VirtualBox. I suppose WIn 11 will be resource heavy.
karandpr said:
some random stuff.
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Sorry I can only do this ^^ but happy to participate
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Calling the other peeps. @shadowstep @strongst .
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I haven't installed it yet, on my laptop or on a VM. I was just the "arranger"...
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Sorry I can only do this ^^ but happy to participate
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Cool hat bro
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I haven't installed it yet, on my laptop or on a VM. I was just the "arranger"...
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Microsoft literally announce back in 2015 that their wouldn't be a windows 11 6 years later Microsoft announced in June their will be windows 11 I'm pretty shocked I guess Microsoft changed it's mind 6 years later
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Microsoft literally announce back in 2015 that their wouldn't be a windows 11 6 years later Microsoft announced in June their will be windows 11 I'm pretty shocked I guess Microsoft changed it's mind 6 years later
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Windows 11 is more like Windows 10.5. Maybe they are want to have an easy-to-market name to sell enterprise licenses.
I mean 5 years or Windows 11 is more appealing than 5 years of Windows 10 2020H2.
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Windows 11 is more like Windows 10.5. Maybe they are want to have an easy-to-market name to sell enterprise licenses.
I mean 5 years or Windows 11 is more appealing than 5 years of Windows 10 2020H2.
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Yeah, it's more a face-lift of windows 10 rather than a new OS like the jump from windows Vista to 7.
Otherwise there will be windows 95 theme packs for sure
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Windows 11 is more like Windows 10.5. Maybe they are want to have an easy-to-market name to sell enterprise licenses.
I mean 5 years or Windows 11 is more appealing than 5 years of Windows 10 2020H2.
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Yep since windows 11 came out this year it will probably provide security updates until 2031 not exactly sure but I believe it will
Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 11 today, and the software maker is committing to make it a free upgrade for Windows 10 users. Much like how Windows 10 was free for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, this new Windows 11 version will be free for existing Windows 10 users.
All you’ll need is a PC that meets the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11, which is now a 64-bit CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Windows 11 will be delivered through Windows Update in much the same way as Windows 10 updates have been made available previously.
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Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 11 today, and the software maker is committing to make it a free upgrade for Windows 10 users. Much like how Windows 10 was free for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, this new Windows 11 version will be free for existing Windows 10 users.
All you’ll need is a PC that meets the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11, which is now a 64-bit CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Windows 11 will be delivered through Windows Update in much the same way as Windows 10 updates have been made available previously.
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Yep, the best news of the day! I hope the privacy will be more adjustable in later builds.
Interesting, that the storage requirements increased that much (3x compared to win10), must be a lot of unnecessary payload...
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Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 11 today, and the software maker is committing to make it a free upgrade for Windows 10 users. Much like how Windows 10 was free for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, this new Windows 11 version will be free for existing Windows 10 users.
All you’ll need is a PC that meets the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11, which is now a 64-bit CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Windows 11 will be delivered through Windows Update in much the same way as Windows 10 updates have been made available previously.
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That strange. I swear there was a 32 bit build of the 11 beta.
For me the really most interesting thing with Windows 11 is it now acts as Android emulator, too: Yes you can run Android apps - all those available on Amazon App Store - on Windows 11.
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This is made possible because Microsoft is using Intel Bridge Technology, what allows non-native apps to run natively on x86 processors. IMO it seems to be the successor to Intel's ARM-translator, called libhoudini, as is used since ever on well known Android x86-emulators like MEmu, BlueStacks, etc.pp.
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For me the really most interesting thing with Windows 11 is it now acts as Android emulator, too: Yes you can run Android apps - all those available on Amazon App Store - on Windows 11.
© Screenshot by Sarah Tew/CNET
This is made possible because Microsoft is using Intel Bridge Technology, what allows non-native apps to run natively on x86 processors. IMO it seems to be the successor to Intel's ARM-translator, called libhoudini, as is used since ever on well known Android x86-emulators like MEmu, BlueStacks, etc.pp.
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Wow amazing but I'm not gonna upgrade to windows 11 right now for following reasons
1st if I were to install windows 11 right now I would lose all of my data along with all my saved game data
2nd since windows 11 came out like recently their probably a lots of bugs I don't want to deal with any bugs it would like bother me like a lot
3rd since windows 11 came out recently a tons of apps especially applications and games won't work because it's windows 11 and it came out recently so it probably of course will only work on windows 10 and below
Austinredstoner said:
Wow amazing but I'm not gonna upgrade to windows 11 right now for following reasons
1st if I were to install windows 11 right now I would lose all of my data along with all my saved game data
2nd since windows 11 came out like recently their probably a lots of bugs I don't want to deal with any bugs it would like bother me like a lot
3rd since windows 11 came out recently a tons of apps especially applications and games won't work because it's windows 11 and it came out recently so it probably of course will only work on windows 10 and below
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Currently the insiders will get Win11 at first, so bugs will be identified. The release for updates is planned early 2022, so enough time
Edit: All versions available now are only test or beta builds and will not get further updates due to major changes till release candidate.
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Installed in less than 10 minutes, booted up in less than 10 seconds, fine(via Oracle VM). Looks good, I like the centralized icon bar(if you have a widescreen monitor, this is a feature you want to have without 3rd party tools)!
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If they are going to center the windows menu, why not center the windows icon and alternately add open apps to either side or put pinned apps to the left and unpinned open apps to the right?
That way the place you click to open the windows menu is always in the same place like when it was always on the left.
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I was just wondering. I know that Eclipse is the way to go, at least per the Android SDK website. But, I was curious what OS do most of you use? Windows or Linux? I'm currently setting up a Linux box and was going to use that to start learning Android development. I'm getting bored of doing .NET development at work and want to learn Android programming in my spare time (of what I have) and possibly to start developing apps.
What are some of the pros and cons of developing between the two OSes?
Thanks!
I stopped using Winblows when i randomly lost the ability to SBF with it.
Go Linux and never look back.
besides, virtualbox runs windows under linux better than windows runs by itself.
I used windows because it was my main OS and I used Ubuntu studio for audio recording. Windows has a lot of good tools available..like 5:1 with Linux.... Linux is good because you can Dev from source better/easier.
Now I main Ubuntu because I can play wow on it now...
Tapin' the Talk on the xSquared
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I stopped using Winblows when i randomly lost the ability to SBF with it.
Go Linux and never look back.
besides, virtualbox runs windows under linux better than windows runs by itself.
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I used to run Linux all the time, then when my kids got older and wanted to play various educational games from the library, I had to go to Winblows.
I do like Win 7 and now, with the kids tapped into technology at school, it's almost a given that I have to have Windows at home.
But, on my other machine (it's a p4 2ghz - ouch), I'm installing Linux and wanting to do some work on that machine so I don't have to dual-boot between Windows and Linux. Plus, I have WAY too many games (like Skyrim, Fallout, etc) on my Windows PC that I can't run Windows in a virtual machine, even though that machine is a quad-core with 8gbs of RAM and a high-end video card.
Anyways, as long as I can also SBF from Linux (which I googled and found out I can), it sounds like I'm going in the right direction in regards to using Linux for my programming Android apps.
Arch Linux, though I don't really do Android development, mostly because of the webapps I'm working on.
Gentoo/Funtoo are quite nice as well.
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I've been doing everything with Linux since I first installed Red Hat 5.2 back in '98. Today, I run either Ubuntu, for whom I developed and bug tracked, and Debian, because I'm still a purist at heart..
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has anyone managed to put Microsoft windows 7 on the sony tablet s?
there is an app that turns your phone completely into windows 7 but it ain't available in the play store if is still have I would of uploaded it for you
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yea but i mean the official windows 7 not an emulator where u cant really install windows programs and stuff i mean windows 7 as in like some of the windows 7 pc tablets
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yea but i mean the official windows 7 not an emulator where u cant really install windows programs and stuff i mean windows 7 as in like some of the windows 7 pc tablets
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That is impossible. Windows 7 only runs in x86 and x64 processors, not ARM ones like in Sony Tablet S.
MAYBE it will be feasible to install Windows 8 RT in the future IF Sony unlocks the bootloader AND Microsoft allows instalation in non-sanctioned tablets.
(fat chance of any of them happening).
Still, I actually use Windows 7 in my Sony Tablet S every day. I use a program called Splashtop (special 5-min version for Sony in Google Play) that mirrors the screen of a Win7 machine. Works pretty well, I can even watch videos in it, close to real time.
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there is an app that turns your phone completely into windows 7 but it ain't available in the play store if is still have I would of uploaded it for you
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What is the app called?
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That is impossible. Windows 7 only runs in x86 and x64 processors, not ARM ones like in Sony Tablet S.
MAYBE it will be feasible to install Windows 8 RT in the future IF Sony unlocks the bootloader AND Microsoft allows instalation in non-sanctioned tablets.
(fat chance of any of them happening).
Still, I actually use Windows 7 in my Sony Tablet S every day. I use a program called Splashtop (special 5-min version for Sony in Google Play) that mirrors the screen of a Win7 machine. Works pretty well, I can even watch videos in it, close to real time.
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As you alluded to, that is definitely NOT going to happen.
Microsoft have already stated that Windows 8 RT will not be publicly released, will only be available to OEMs and will not be backported to current hardware. Even if it was, drivers for the Sony's quite unique hardware set are definitely not going to be easily available.
Just to clear it up for everyone.
http://www.onlive.com/ unless you have an RDP server or install Teamviewer on a PC of yours.
Hi, I'm trying to install the GApps on my phone, recently I puted lineageOS 14 on it, but when I try to flash the GApps I get the following error "architeture error, you need a 25 SDK. You have , (yeah, it doesnt show)", I tried the amr and amr64 without good results. What can I do? Thanks.
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Hi, I'm trying to install the GApps on my phone, recently I puted lineageOS 14 on it, but when I try to flash the GApps I get the following error "architeture error, you need a 25 SDK. You have , (yeah, it doesnt show)", I tried the amr and amr64 without good results. What can I do? Thanks.
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Wrong thread.
Anyway you need GApps for android 7.1.X. Download correspondent one.
I tried just about everything mentioned above... I finally tried to simply delete the Google TTS app (approx 20mb) and reattempt.
The gapps flashed 100%, no error. The size of the file was a bit smaller, so I'm guessing the 20mb was a real squeeker.
Super annoying as I just wanted to try and get Google Play (store) on the Raspberry Pi 4. I tried a few other OS's, this is the closest I've come, and the only that has worked as I want to emulate Android and Install .APK files.. All other OS's failed.
The Raspberry Pi 4 is neat so if anyone was thinking the same here you go, I have yet to install exactly what I want.. but I can say that after deleting the "googletts-arm.tar.lz" from the open_gapps-arm-9.0-pico-20210604 .zip manually. I remember doing this on phones once and it worked.. so I figured give it a shot. I flashed the gapps, factory reset, and when I did my reboot I was met with the Google "Welcome" screen and knew everything was installed... and tested yes it works!
Credit to the guy who did this article, but just follow the above instructions or picture as illustrated. I have a 64GB card running Lineage-16.0 but it says it's only about 3-4GB and only 2GB Free, which is weird but I don't know this OS very well.
I recently purchased the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB in hopes it could be a source to stream and watch my security cams, browse the web, literally simple stuff I do on a laptop that gets hot and eats up power. This little device is still new and innovative and having kinks worked out, yes it can run Windows 10 but that version of Windows 10 is not a true 64-Bit and does not allow me to load the programs I normally do such as Bluestacks for emulating Android which is super easy and covers most of the nonsense apps I run in the background... as well as a few others that no longer run on Windows 7, or only run on Windows 10.. Hopefully Raspberry pi4 gets fixed up but until it has 100% fixed Windows 10 I think Lineage + Google Play will have to suite!
It's actually working very well, a little slower than I expected but considering that this device is so tiny I am impressed as it's a lot cooler and saving power vs my old clunky laptop that sits and provides the same applications around the same speed.
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I tried just about everything mentioned above... I finally tried to simply delete the Google TTS app (approx 20mb) and reattempt.
The gapps flashed 100%, no error. The size of the file was a bit smaller, so I'm guessing the 20mb was a real squeeker.
Super annoying as I just wanted to try and get Google Play (store) on the Raspberry Pi 4. I tried a few other OS's, this is the closest I've come, and the only that has worked as I want to emulate Android and Install .APK files.. All other OS's failed.
The Raspberry Pi 4 is neat so if anyone was thinking the same here you go, I have yet to install exactly what I want.. but I can say that after deleting the "googletts-arm.tar.lz" from the open_gapps-arm-9.0-pico-20210604 .zip manually. I remember doing this on phones once and it worked.. so I figured give it a shot. I flashed the gapps, factory reset, and when I did my reboot I was met with the Google "Welcome" screen and knew everything was installed... and tested yes it works!
Credit to the guy who did this article, but just follow the above instructions or picture as illustrated. I have a 64GB card running Lineage-16.0 but it says it's only about 3-4GB and only 2GB Free, which is weird but I don't know this OS very well.
I recently purchased the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB in hopes it could be a source to stream and watch my security cams, browse the web, literally simple stuff I do on a laptop that gets hot and eats up power. This little device is still new and innovative and having kinks worked out, yes it can run Windows 10 but that version of Windows 10 is not a true 64-Bit and does not allow me to load the programs I normally do such as Bluestacks for emulating Android which is super easy and covers most of the nonsense apps I run in the background... as well as a few others that no longer run on Windows 7, or only run on Windows 10.. Hopefully Raspberry pi4 gets fixed up but until it has 100% fixed Windows 10 I think Lineage + Google Play will have to suite!
It's actually working very well, a little slower than I expected but considering that this device is so tiny I am impressed as it's a lot cooler and saving power vs my old clunky laptop that sits and provides the same applications around the same speed.View attachment 5329805
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I can confirm this worked and has been successful for the most part, maybe not the fastest OS for the Raspberry PI 4 (specifically on a 22" display vs a touch screen/tablet) as this OS would be a lot nicer on a touch screen, not very friendly for the keyboard/mouse.. but still works well.
Slimming down that 120mg gapps.zip did the trick, just delete the Google Text to Speech app (20mb) manually by opening the .zip with WinRar and under /GApps you'll see only 4 files, the "googletts-arm.tar.lz" was the one I right clicked, selected Delete.. it slimmed the .zip file saving 20mb, and that was really the turning point... I guess the OS was running slim come available HD space. Which is odd because after installing Google Play Store, I have downloaded numerous applications & games, I've even tested Clash of Clans.. which is not very fun with a mouse/keyboard and is a tad slow.. but it WORKS!
I just wanted a machine I could donate from one of my accounts as well as watch my IP Cams around the house via Wyze's Google Play Store App. I've had some issues with my older IP Cameras but mostly can always view them in VLC player and I tested and it indeed worked.
Hope this helps, spent an hour banging my head trying to remember how I used to make the gapps.zip's flash on my older cell phones w/ Cynanogenmod.... And to give credit this was the tutorial I used... Maybe there is something newer out there I am not sure... I will be looking into Cyanogenmod later for hopefully better performance.
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Great tutorial but I wish it had addressed the possible storage device lack of available space.. aka Error 70 come flashing in the Recovery Mode.
Hope this helps, any questions or concerns feel free to ask!
Installing Windows 10 with Chrome OS
greetings!
I have Toshiba Chromebook 2 and I would like to install Windows 10 on external SSD drive beside Chrome OS
Is it possible to install both systems with bootable choice
Which is better
1 -Linux + windows 10 or
2- Chrome OS + Windows 10?
for more details about my machine
https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-chromebook-2/specs/
thanks,
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Installing Windows 10 with Chrome OS
greetings!
I have Toshiba Chromebook 2 and I would like to install Windows 10 on external SSD drive beside Chrome OS
Is it possible to install both systems with bootable choice
Which is better
1 -Linux + windows 10 or
2- Chrome OS + Windows 10?
for more details about my machine
https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-chromebook-2/specs/
thanks,
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I bought a new Laptop this year with Windows 10 and I absolutely hate it. So much so that I've decided to dump Micro$oft for personel usage. For that reason, I've been looking at Linux. For me, Linux has the most potential. It's been around a while so has enough apps etc. In practice though, I've had too many issues with Linux Mint on 2 different machines now. The first, a new Asus FX503, has touchpad issues, video issues and every time you change a driver, the bootloader just breaks and is sometimes unrepairable. On the few times I got things sorted, silly niggles like screen brightness, media keys and poor touchpad scrolling have still killed the experience.
On the second laptop, an old Dell Vostro 3500, it refuses to load Linux. This got me into trying Chrome OS with Cloudready. I have to say, I'm really impressed as most things just work out of the box. Media keys, brightness, video etc. Scrolling is the only issue here, but that could be related to running a live session off an old Nokia N86 as the USB key with very slow memory speeds.
From what I've seen, Chrome OS + Windows 10 is the easier of the 2 options.
Today we finally got to take a look at the official Windows 11 event, after months of leaks and rumors. During the live event, we got to see many different new Windows 11 features. If you didn't get to watch the event live, you can watch the entire thing here. Many different changes are coming related to gaming, productivity, communication, and more. I took three of the best new announcements and summarized them below.
New Start MenuWindows has a redesigned start Menu, which brings everything to the center of the bottom of your display. things look different once you open the start menu, with a grid of app icons below the search bar, and recommended files on the lower half. This is looking a lot more like an app drawer that you'd find on a phone or tablet. This new design has much more of a tablet feel to it, which will translate nicely to people with Microsoft Surface tablets.
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Snap LayoutsBack when Windows 7 launched, Microsoft integrated Windows Snap. This is the feature that lets you drag a window to the edge of your display, and have it snap in place. It has been a favorite feature ever since, and it's now going to be a lot better. Windows 11 is expanding on this feature in several ways. With Snap Layouts, you will be able to see several options on how you want your window to snap. The screenshot below shows how you can divide your screen in six different ways.
One of the biggest problems with snap, on Windows 10 and earlier- is if you get distracted and have to pull up a new screen, and start a new task, your snap setup kind of gets ruined. Now this will not be the case. You can pull up a new window, send an email, then resume whatever layout you were working with.
This ability to remember the layout of your windows also applies to external monitors. If you are using a monitor to hold a specific snap layout, you can unplug that monitor and Windows will still remember the layout when you plug it back in.
Android AppsOne of the most exciting bits of news from the live stream is, Windows 11 will be able to run Android apps. This means that you can now watch TikTok, use Snapchat, or play your favorite mobile games right on your Windows PC. This could end up getting rid of the need for emulators from this point on. This is a huge step in bridging the gap between Android and Windows developers. It also means that you can have fewer devices. If you have a Windows tablet, you might find that you're able to skip on having an Android Tablet or iPad.
Users will be able to download Android apps right from the Microsoft Store, using their Microsoft account. Instead of accessing the Google Play store, Microsoft is integrating the Amazon appstore into the Microsoft Store. I'm sure people will find ways to sideload apks into this system, but we will have to wait and see.
It's really nice. I'll just say this: if Microsoft brought back Windows Phone with Windows 11 design, it would be the nicest mobile operating system by far.
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Today we finally got to take a look at the official Windows 11 event, after months of leaks and rumors. During the live event, we got to see many different new Windows 11 features. If you didn't get to watch the event live, you can watch the entire thing here. Many different changes are coming related to gaming, productivity, communication, and more. I took three of the best new announcements and summarized them below.
New Start MenuWindows has a redesigned start Menu, which brings everything to the center of the bottom of your display. things look different once you open the start menu, with a grid of app icons below the search bar, and recommended files on the lower half. This is looking a lot more like an app drawer that you'd find on a phone or tablet. This new design has much more of a tablet feel to it, which will translate nicely to people with Microsoft Surface tablets.
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You'll notice the new glassy look is applied throughout the system. It's not a radical change from Windows 10, but it does offer a cleaner and simpler look to the start menu.
Snap LayoutsBack when Windows 7 launched, Microsoft integrated Windows Snap. This is the feature that lets you drag a window to the edge of your display, and have it snap in place. It has been a favorite feature ever since, and it's now going to be a lot better. Windows 11 is expanding on this feature in several ways. With Snap Layouts, you will be able to see several options on how you want your window to snap. The screenshot below shows how you can divide your screen in six different ways.
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One of the biggest problems with snap, on Windows 10 and earlier- is if you get distracted and have to pull up a new screen, and start a new task, your snap setup kind of gets ruined. Now this will not be the case. You can pull up a new window, send an email, then resume whatever layout you were working with.
This ability to remember the layout of your windows also applies to external monitors. If you are using a monitor to hold a specific snap layout, you can unplug that monitor and Windows will still remember the layout when you plug it back in.
Android AppsOne of the most exciting bits of news from the live stream is, Windows 11 will be able to run Android apps. This means that you can now watch TikTok, use Snapchat, or play your favorite mobile games right on your Windows PC. This could end up getting rid of the need for emulators from this point on. This is a huge step in bridging the gap between Android and Windows developers. It also means that you can have fewer devices. If you have a Windows tablet, you might find that you're able to skip on having an Android Tablet or iPad.
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Users will be able to download Android apps right from the Microsoft Store, using their Microsoft account. Instead of accessing the Google Play store, Microsoft is integrating the Amazon appstore into the Microsoft Store. I'm sure people will find ways to sideload apks into this system, but we will have to wait and see.
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Very nice the android emulator in windows would look amazing
Their one problem for the android emulator that would be like pre-installed on windows can u enable root for that android emulator it would definitely look a lot better if u can run rooted apps on that android emulator but it's still amazing even without root it will just look better with root because I can use apps like ad away uninstall pre-installed apps and turn apps into pre-installed apps
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It's really nice. I'll just say this: if Microsoft brought back Windows Phone with Windows 11 design, it would be the nicest mobile operating system by far.
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Very true but I don't think windows phone will ever come back because android and iOS both killed of windows phone for reason reason for that is because ever since android and iOS came out windows phone just decreased a lot and became a lot less popular over years which is probably why they killed it off back in 2017
Meh... how much ram does it use?
A fully loaded XPx64 (less antivirus) used a mere 576mb.
MS has been a solid fail since W7
Cant wait to try it!!
I would have been happier if MS announced that they brought back W7.
"We heard you, you all love W7, so we added support for modern hardware and software, then we left it the hell alone. No more deciding should I use Settings or Control Panel? Why is the MS Word ribbon in explorer? How much garbage can they squeeze in the start menu? We heard you and we call it 7.11 it's got everything you need. Minus the stupid windows snaps blazing across your monitors, seriously who needs that?"
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Very nice the android emulator in windows would look amazing
Their one problem for the android emulator that would be like pre-installed on windows can u enable root for that android emulator it would definitely look a lot better if u can run rooted apps on that android emulator but it's still amazing even without root it will just look better with root because I can use apps like ad away uninstall pre-installed apps and turn apps into pre-installed apps
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We'll find out all of that when Microsoft releases a preview with Android app support. It's just guessing now.
I think the bigger question is if Android apps will actually be valuable. I don't know that anyone was finding Windows lacking in any meaningful way.
therichwoods said:
We'll find out all of that when Microsoft releases a preview with Android app support. It's just guessing now.
I think the bigger question is if Android apps will actually be valuable. I don't know that anyone was finding Windows lacking in any meaningful way.
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Well, we've seen this before on Chrome OS of course. I think most people would say even though they can run Android apps on Chrome, they seldom do since most people always have their phone on them, plus usually the chrome/web equivalents to apps are better, plus you have a mouse and kb. I like the optionality though!!
svetius said:
Well, we've seen this before on Chrome OS of course. I think most people would say even though they can run Android apps on Chrome, they seldom do since most people always have their phone on them, plus usually the chrome/web equivalents to apps are better, plus you have a mouse and kb. I like the optionality though!!
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We know that the android apps on windows 11 will be running on Amazon app store so their probably only gonna be apps and games that's on Amazon app store could still give us purpose to use a android emulator on windows 11 if this is true since some games may not be on Amazon app store on windows 11
svetius said:
Well, we've seen this before on Chrome OS of course. I think most people would say even though they can run Android apps on Chrome, they seldom do since most people always have their phone on them, plus usually the chrome/web equivalents to apps are better, plus you have a mouse and kb. I like the optionality though!!
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Fair point. Personally, I'm looking forward to having a decent tablet-optimized Kindle app, and now that I'm thinking about it, Comixology.
I do think that Chrome OS is a different beast though. There's no existing app ecosystem on Chrome OS. For example, there are standalone apps that I want, like Slack, Photoshop, Skype, OneNote, etc. I can do most of this through web apps, but I don't necessarily want to. But Windows has these apps for me.