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submitted 6 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.

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[-] eronth@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago

Win 11 has a bunch of new small frustrations without anything crazy good that makes me want to recommend it over 10. It's... Just really unclear what benefits I'm actually getting from 11.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago

Just really unclear what benefits I'm actually getting from 11.

Better access to ads and improved data gathering!

Oh wait, you're looking for benefits for the user? Umm... Security updates that will protect you from the vulnerability in Windows 10 that will get leaked as soon as it is no longer supported.

[-] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 6 months ago

I think this is the best assessment I've read yet of Windows 11. I just switched the OS on my work computer with a fresh install of Windows 11 and have run into a handful of issues and frustrations. This thing has been out for like 3 years now. It shouldn't still be this problematic. I may end up switching to a long-term support version of Windows 10 that goes to 2027 or 2029. Unfortunately that's only available for Enterprise editions, so I can't do the same at home. I'm soon going to be dual- and triple-booting Linux at home.

[-] Killer@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

You could still get ltsc at home, just use massgrave to activate it, microsoft support has been caught using it.

[-] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

Hadn't heard of it before. Thanks.

[-] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I’ve got Windows 11 on my work laptop and the only 2 benefits I’ve seen are notepad now has tabs and auto save, and snipping tool can now record videos. On the downsides the new start menu is so shit I only ever use it for search now, which is also shit (it frequently misses the first few letters when I press the windows key and start typing), and the new right click menu is annoying.

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If you have an HDR monitor, then 11 is worth upgrading to. AutoHDR makes things so easy; it just works. No need to even bother with calibrating anything; no need to worry about switching it off when going back to SDR content, either. All you gotta do is flip the "Use HDR" switch, set HDR tone mapping to "Auto" on your monitor, and then forget about it. That's it, couldn't be easier.

Meanwhile in 10, I have to turn off HDR every time I go back to SDR content, and in KDE, HDR doesn't even work properly yet on my LG C1. Neither issue exists in 11. HDR just works.

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