W11 is the best OS I've ever used, but everyone seems to hate it because Microsoft is so adamant in destroying its reputation by pushing Copilot and bugs instead of focusing on reliability. It's a shame.

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bayesnet 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Genuinely curious—what parts of Windows 11 do you like? I can’t find a single redeeming quality compared to W10, but admittedly I daily drive arch + macOS and only occasionally use my windows machine.

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timpera 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The multitasking is awesome (especially window and monitor management, it's a huge improvement over W10), everything is snappy, the ARM64 battery life (especially in standby) is Macbook-like, I never have issues with USB-C docks and monitors (unlike Fedora where I always have to tinker with the terminal at some point), and the Windows version of Microsoft Excel is still unmatched.

There have also been great updates to PowerToys recently that I wish were easily available on other systems, but that's not a W11 specific thing.

Finally, I really like the UI (but that's obviously subjective! and if you really care about customization, Linux clearly is the best pick for you).

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Den_VR 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If not for being forced off, most people would never have left windows xp… many medical practices and industrial facilities still are in it.

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ronnier 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Windows Key + P to change monitor configuration quickly.

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spikej 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I hope there's more to it than something solvable with AutoHotkey... So far I just experience a buggier version of Windows 10 with features I don't want.

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Genbox 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That is also a Windows 10 feature

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timemct 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm pretty sure that's been a shortcut well before W11, W7 iirc.

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DrammBA 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wasn't that introduced in Windows 7?

	▲	baal80spam 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It certainly exists in my Windows 10.

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nmeofthestate 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Interesting - my annoyance with W11 is nothing to do with AI or CoPilot (or "Privacy", "Phoning home", the usual crap MS haters talk about), it's due to stuff like Windows Explorer getting seriously worse.

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zipy124 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But it's reliability is bad? It doesn't crash as often as previous versions of windows sure, but instead ends up in various inoperable states that aren't fixed without restarting, which isn't really any better.

	▲	friendzis 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Forkbombing into resource exhaustion aside, W11 is the only system that left me unable to as much as log in

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stronglikedan 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If it were the best, I'd be able to drag a file onto a taskbar icon to do something with it, like I could with every other version of Windows ever (and Mac, and Linux).

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pharrington 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What other operating systems have you used?

	▲	timpera 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Dual boot with Fedora on my laptop, and my desktop at home is a Mac mini M4. I really like Fedora, it's my Linux distro of choice, but the experience is not as nice as on W11 in my opinion.