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I'm in the same boat, my desktop is too old to be upgraded but I was probably going to replace that in about a year (when GPU prices are hopefully back to normal).
I'm holding off for my laptop though for at least a few months.
I've used macs all my life and the interface has always been a thing of beauty. Microsoft seem to me to be the most underachieving developer ever. Whatever version of Windows the throw out still seems like something from the 80s to me, and the same for their useless software - Word, PPT, Excel. They've moved about 3 years in 3 decades.
Having said that, I don't cover Apple in glory, they make horrible decisions.
I think apple and Microsoft have very different priorities when it comes to an OS.
For Windows their main customers are large enterprises who don't want change, they just want things to work the same way they have always done because it's cheaper. With Windows 11 they have actually taken some bold steps and broke stuff more then they have done before, and it also seems that they are improving things in the backend to try and improve performance from what is essentially the same basic kernel that has been around since the 90s.
Apple on the other hand aren't as afraid to break things, and as they control the devices they know exactly what will/won't work on their systems. The users of Apple devices are either general consumers who are less resistant to change, or have some specific need to use MacOS and so will put up with the changes.
FWIW, I'm running a 2nd gen Scarlett 18i8 and it's fine following the upgrade.
Windows Enterprise costs more one of the the main differences is you can manage your own updates. Basically you pay a premium to not have the latest updates installed. Hilarious
It does come at an interesting time, though - with Valve/Steam pushing gaming on Linux hard and others beginning to follow suit, and the silicon shortages making it harder (and more expensive) to make the required upgrades, this could've been quite the misstep from Microsoft.
It really is just a new skin on windows 10 with some odd decision regarding interface changes that really did not need to change.
Have not had any issues so far in terms of stability and performance issues. It's rock solid.
Waiting for a performance fix for AMD processors not that I have noticed a difference.
I'm actually swapping my MacBook for a Windows laptop at work. Excel runs like a dog on Mac.
As someone who spends a lot of time in the weeds of an OS I find MacOS rather restricted and Finder is absolute crap compared to Windows Explorer, although I do wish MS would get away from drive letters.
I'm also glad MS released storage spaces on desktop windows and the Linux Subsystem is great.
I also like the fact you can use it in touch screen mode.
You shouldn't have to hack around in the registry to get an upgrade. And, if you can do that at all, then it's not a functional requirement of the software and thus shouldn't be mandated in the first place.
There are multiple problems with the AMD CPU kernel handling, which are utterly ridiculous and simply show a lack of testing - a 5% performance hit under normal circumstances, and up to 15% in games, which can easily take a lot of games from "playable" to "completely unplayable". Maintenance of cache latency and the CPU scheduler are basic functions which have been present for years in all operating systems.
Dropped network packets, memory leaks, inconsistent and buggy user interface, a broken hypervisor...these are all things that simply shouldn't happen in a modern operating system. Hell, they wouldn't even happen in an Apple software update!
It's not just Win10 with a different skin.
Which is a bit of a relief in some ways, for now at least, because despite the usual "you'll have a choice whether to install it or not" nonsense, they removed that choice very suddenly when forcing me to downgrade from W7 to W10 when they changed the notification layout. And I suspect they will do similar again this time to be honest
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Windows XP -- OK
Windows Vista -- Shit
Windows 7 -- OK
Windows 8 -- Shit
Windows 10 -- OK
Windows 11 -- ?
Wake me up when Windows 12 hoves into view, will you?
They make a good one, then try something new and realise people hates it...so they fix it and combine what was good from the previous 2 to make the 3rd one good.
Rinse and repeat.
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