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I'm curious, do you have sources on that? I haven't upgraded my gaming PC to windows 11 yet, but I'll probably be forced to eventually so I'm interested in thi

I'm curious, do you have sources on that? I haven't upgraded my gaming PC to windows 11 yet, but I'll probably be forced to eventually so I'm interested in this.

unsafecast 4y ago
Only empirical evidence. I did a fresh windows install to the (officially supported) living room PC and I have to deal with crap so often that I'll probably switch it back. Some examples: - Bluetooth stops working once in about a week and only starts working again after ~3 reboots and some luck. Reinstalled drivers and fiddled with it many times. - WiFi just stopped working altogether 3 weeks into the upgrade. It just refuses to work. Again, reinstalled (officially supported) drivers and messed with it a lot. - The fans go louder and it's generally hotter. - This may be a really weird bug that's possibly irrelevant, but the bootloader loves to erase itself from the efi boot options. If you go into the efi settings you have to manually add it, if you don't it'll work until you do. - General UI bugs (lots of them) - Subjective, but way more convoluted and annoying UI I've heard the same kinds of things from other people too. My advice is to skip upgrading for as long as you possibly can.
- notshift 4y ago
  I built a new PC recently and installed Windows 11 on it. The bluetooth & sound UIs were completely broken. I had two headsets connected, one was displaying as "Default for audio" but sound was coming through on the other one, and for the life of me I could not figure out how to change sound to the other headset. I think it wasn't showing up in the Sound menu despite clearly showing as connected (disconnecting and reconnecting didn't help). Definitely agree with the sentiment to hold off on the upgrade as long as possible.
tssva 4y ago
since the person you asked is only providing a single anecdotal experience, I thought I would add mine. I find the UI to be more refined and more responsive than Windows 10. My laptop upgrade went smoothly, and I have had no issues with stability. It feels overall snappier, and my battery life is a little better.
- jimpudar 4y ago
  Same here. Been on Windows 11 Pro for a few months now and have had absolutely no issues whatsoever. Definitely like the UI improvements.
  - brokenmachine 4y ago
    I made the mistake of buying a Win 11 Pro laptop and despise the UI. Taskbar icons are always combined and you can't change it. Also right click menu is mostly broken and/or changed for the worse. I hate it. I can't believe a multi-billion dollar company can't just have a tickbox to keep the old UI that everyone knows? Why have changes for no reason and more clicks needed?
    - tssva 4y ago
      Different strokes for different folks. I find the right click menu to be much better.
      - brokenmachine 4y ago
        The right click menu is only a minor irritation, but it's the taskbar combining that I hate most. It's a massive step backwards. Of course with the forced updates (that I also hate), they could change it at any time on a whim. Or change something else...
    - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
      > Taskbar icons are always combined and you can't change it. That's an immediate no-go for me, why in the world are they sliding backwards in functionality?

I'm curious, do you have sources on that? I haven't upgraded my gaming PC to windows 11 yet, but I'll probably be forced to eventually so I'm interested in this.

unsafecast 4y ago

Only empirical evidence. I did a fresh windows install to the (officially supported) living room PC and I have to deal with crap so often that I'll probably switch it back. Some examples: - Bluetooth stops working once in about a week and only starts working again after ~3 reboots and some luck. Reinstalled drivers and fiddled with it many times. - WiFi just stopped working altogether 3 weeks into the upgrade. It just refuses to work. Again, reinstalled (officially supported) drivers and messed with it a lot. - The fans go louder and it's generally hotter. - This may be a really weird bug that's possibly irrelevant, but the bootloader loves to erase itself from the efi boot options. If you go into the efi settings you have to manually add it, if you don't it'll work until you do. - General UI bugs (lots of them) - Subjective, but way more convoluted and annoying UI I've heard the same kinds of things from other people too. My advice is to skip upgrading for as long as you possibly can.

notshift 4y ago
I built a new PC recently and installed Windows 11 on it. The bluetooth & sound UIs were completely broken. I had two headsets connected, one was displaying as "Default for audio" but sound was coming through on the other one, and for the life of me I could not figure out how to change sound to the other headset. I think it wasn't showing up in the Sound menu despite clearly showing as connected (disconnecting and reconnecting didn't help). Definitely agree with the sentiment to hold off on the upgrade as long as possible.

tssva 4y ago

since the person you asked is only providing a single anecdotal experience, I thought I would add mine. I find the UI to be more refined and more responsive than Windows 10. My laptop upgrade went smoothly, and I have had no issues with stability. It feels overall snappier, and my battery life is a little better.

jimpudar 4y ago
Same here. Been on Windows 11 Pro for a few months now and have had absolutely no issues whatsoever. Definitely like the UI improvements.
- brokenmachine 4y ago
  I made the mistake of buying a Win 11 Pro laptop and despise the UI. Taskbar icons are always combined and you can't change it. Also right click menu is mostly broken and/or changed for the worse. I hate it. I can't believe a multi-billion dollar company can't just have a tickbox to keep the old UI that everyone knows? Why have changes for no reason and more clicks needed?
  - tssva 4y ago
    Different strokes for different folks. I find the right click menu to be much better.
    - brokenmachine 4y ago
      The right click menu is only a minor irritation, but it's the taskbar combining that I hate most. It's a massive step backwards. Of course with the forced updates (that I also hate), they could change it at any time on a whim. Or change something else...
  - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
    > Taskbar icons are always combined and you can't change it. That's an immediate no-go for me, why in the world are they sliding backwards in functionality?