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> There is little doubt that the system will be called Windows 11, but it may still not be so. For some reason my gut says it won't be called Windows 11. I hav

> There is little doubt that the system will be called Windows 11, but it may still not be so. For some reason my gut says it won't be called Windows 11. I have a feeling it will be called something confusing or unappealing. Love MS products but they always fell short with branding.

neogodless 5y ago
Are we past the naming phase for Windows X or Windows One?
- hughrr 5y ago
  It’ll be Windows 364 or something. I’d say 365 but it spend a day a year at the update screen.
- HideousKojima 5y ago
  Windows X One .NET Series 10 Core Framework. Edit: Anyone willing to give me some betting odds on it being Microsoft Bob 2.0?
- cogman10 5y ago
  Single letters are cool again, I wouldn't be surprised if it's something like W1 or M11
efraim 5y ago
I think it will be just Windows. Just like Xbox is now Xbox with different flavors called either series X or series S.
- alpaca128 5y ago
  Those "flavors" are still part of the name. That doesn't make it any simpler than XBox One [S/X]. Similarly I'd be surprised if the next Windows would be only named that. My guess is they'll just add something to Windows 10. After all from what I gathered it's mostly an upgraded Windows 10. Though Windows 10X is out, they already burned that one.
ARandumGuy 5y ago
What do you mean? Microsoft has always been clear and unambiguous with their naming and branding. Everyone can clearly tell the difference between the Xbox, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. No possible confusion there!
- Tostino 5y ago
  No love for 360 I see...
windowrgrgrg98 5y ago
What could be more appealing than Windows(e)xp(ee)?!
mackrevinack 5y ago
yea theyve had some interesting names alright. "windows phone 7 series" is one that comes to mind. it was a bit of a mouthful compared to "iphone", which is probably why they shortened it after but its still amazing that they announced that name in the first place
pxc 5y ago
> For some reason my gut says it won't be called Windows 11. I have a feeling it will be called something confusing or unappealing. Love MS products but they always fell short with branding. This strikes me as so odd, both because to me Microsoft products don't have a singular vibe that I could rule on, and because Windows, to me, is obviously the worst Microsoft product by a mile. Like, of things I've used recently: • Windows Terminal is outstanding, easily the best terminal emulator available on the platform • PowerShell is top-notch as a shell language, and has rightly revolutionized the design of shell languages to follow • winget is kinda a sad story and can probably never really be what it ought to because of the way most software is distributed on Windows anyway • WSL1 is crazy ambitious and cool, absolutely love it • WSL2 is very nice to have but much less interesting as a project than WSL1 • Windows itself is horrifying— after having been away from Windows since Windows 7, just the _installer_ for Windows 10 left me shocked and repulsed Is there a particular unifying theme or aspect of Microsoft products that draws you to them? Or do you just kinda happen to like a lot of them for very different sorts of reasons?
- salamandersauce 5y ago
  It will probably be called 11. They have been leaving hints all over the place that it will be. The event starts at 11 a.m. which is not when they usually do, the invite showed an animation where the light going through the window ignored the cross bar making an 11, they released an 11 minute video of slowed down Windows start up sounds on YouTube. It'll either be called 11 or they are trolling hard.
hawski 5y ago
Windows 11 for Workgroups. Or maybe going with Xbox vibe and the number: Windows X11 or X Windows System.
SirLotsaLocks 5y ago
It will probably just be called "Windows". They've shown they wanted windows 10 to be the final release of windows that they'll just update a couple times a year and add on to. This new windows will probably be a more simplified windows that they've been trying to make with windows 10S/S mode and windows 10X. Give it a UI/UX overhaul, push the WUP and call it just Windows because its the only windows you'll ever have to worry about from now on.
senectus1 5y ago
for the love of all things holy, please dont call it MS Surface....

neogodless 5y ago

Are we past the naming phase for Windows X or Windows One?

hughrr 5y ago
It’ll be Windows 364 or something. I’d say 365 but it spend a day a year at the update screen.
HideousKojima 5y ago
Windows X One .NET Series 10 Core Framework. Edit: Anyone willing to give me some betting odds on it being Microsoft Bob 2.0?
cogman10 5y ago
Single letters are cool again, I wouldn't be surprised if it's something like W1 or M11

efraim 5y ago

I think it will be just Windows. Just like Xbox is now Xbox with different flavors called either series X or series S.

alpaca128 5y ago
Those "flavors" are still part of the name. That doesn't make it any simpler than XBox One [S/X]. Similarly I'd be surprised if the next Windows would be only named that. My guess is they'll just add something to Windows 10. After all from what I gathered it's mostly an upgraded Windows 10. Though Windows 10X is out, they already burned that one.

ARandumGuy 5y ago

What do you mean? Microsoft has always been clear and unambiguous with their naming and branding. Everyone can clearly tell the difference between the Xbox, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. No possible confusion there!

Tostino 5y ago
No love for 360 I see...

windowrgrgrg98 5y ago

What could be more appealing than Windows(e)xp(ee)?!

mackrevinack 5y ago

yea theyve had some interesting names alright. "windows phone 7 series" is one that comes to mind. it was a bit of a mouthful compared to "iphone", which is probably why they shortened it after but its still amazing that they announced that name in the first place

pxc 5y ago

> For some reason my gut says it won't be called Windows 11. I have a feeling it will be called something confusing or unappealing. Love MS products but they always fell short with branding. This strikes me as so odd, both because to me Microsoft products don't have a singular vibe that I could rule on, and because Windows, to me, is obviously the worst Microsoft product by a mile. Like, of things I've used recently: • Windows Terminal is outstanding, easily the best terminal emulator available on the platform • PowerShell is top-notch as a shell language, and has rightly revolutionized the design of shell languages to follow • winget is kinda a sad story and can probably never really be what it ought to because of the way most software is distributed on Windows anyway • WSL1 is crazy ambitious and cool, absolutely love it • WSL2 is very nice to have but much less interesting as a project than WSL1 • Windows itself is horrifying— after having been away from Windows since Windows 7, just the _installer_ for Windows 10 left me shocked and repulsed Is there a particular unifying theme or aspect of Microsoft products that draws you to them? Or do you just kinda happen to like a lot of them for very different sorts of reasons?

salamandersauce 5y ago
It will probably be called 11. They have been leaving hints all over the place that it will be. The event starts at 11 a.m. which is not when they usually do, the invite showed an animation where the light going through the window ignored the cross bar making an 11, they released an 11 minute video of slowed down Windows start up sounds on YouTube. It'll either be called 11 or they are trolling hard.

hawski 5y ago

Windows 11 for Workgroups. Or maybe going with Xbox vibe and the number: Windows X11 or X Windows System.

SirLotsaLocks 5y ago

It will probably just be called "Windows". They've shown they wanted windows 10 to be the final release of windows that they'll just update a couple times a year and add on to. This new windows will probably be a more simplified windows that they've been trying to make with windows 10S/S mode and windows 10X. Give it a UI/UX overhaul, push the WUP and call it just Windows because its the only windows you'll ever have to worry about from now on.

senectus1 5y ago

for the love of all things holy, please dont call it MS Surface....