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Windows 11
Jun 23^rd, 2021 at 9:15am

Not sure if anyone has heard about the rumoured release of Windows 11 shortly?

Microsoft wants you to calm down about Windows 11 (in a twisted, wonderful way)

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-wants-you-to-calm-down-about-windows-11-...

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You've barely slept, right?

You've spent so much time thinking about it that you've hardly been able to focus on a single Zoom call. I mean, Teams call.

Your family is ignoring you and your dog once even tried to feed you.

I bring you good news. Microsoft understands how excited you are at witnessing the next edition of the software that has become your most useful limb, Windows.

Windows 11 is allegedly to be unveiled on June 24 and, frankly, that's just too many days, isn't it? So Microsoft has decided to speak directly to you and offer you a calming tincture. More precisely, a calming timbre. Even more precisely, several.

Well, I'm not excited or anywhere near it but I have downloaded a 'leaked' ISO of "Windows 11" and I'm toying with the idea of putting it onto a USB stick and giving it a try - on a spare SSD (Solid State Drive), of course.

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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26500 Australia	Re: Windows 11 Reply #1 - Jun 23^rd, 2021 at 11:31am i am still windows 7 and 11 sounds horrible. prolly worse than 10 Sppot
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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9346 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #2 - Jun 23^rd, 2021 at 11:45am Hi, Sir Spot. Bit of interesting reading on this new forum which has just been set up: https://www.elevenforum.com/ I'm a member of their Windows 7 and 10 forums which have been around for years (I believe Kat here mentioned these forums a few years back and I signed up at the time. Thanks, Kat).
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17330 Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #3 - Jun 23^rd, 2021 at 12:42pm Is it Unix/Linux based as rumoured?
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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9346 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #4 - Jun 23^rd, 2021 at 3:21pm lee wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2021 at 12:42pm: Is it Unix/Linux based as rumoured? I've seen the rumours too but the consensus of opinion seems to be "No". Someone said it would probably be "corporate suicide" for Microsoft to do something like that.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 103154 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #5 - Jun 23^rd, 2021 at 3:46pm My advice - don't be the first to try it - wait at least one year.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24621 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #6 - Jun 23^rd, 2021 at 4:03pm Are you going to have to have a computer with 16GB of RAM and a processor speed that would make NASA employees proud to use for a computer?
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Valkie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16138 Central Coast Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #7 - Jun 24^th, 2021 at 1:47pm I wish I could go back to windows 7. It was the last one that actually worked properly. This virus called windows 10 is a total joke, looks like 11 will be as bad or worse.
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Neferti Gold Member Offline Posts: 7965 Canberra Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #8 - Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:11pm I got this comment from a friend. Quote: Is Windows something like Ubuntu?
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Re: Windows 11
Reply #9 - Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:19pm

Valkie wrote on Jun 24^th, 2021 at 1:47pm:

I wish I could go back to windows 7.

It was the last one that actually worked properly.

This virus called windows 10 is a total joke, looks like 11 will be as bad or worse.

At my last job - they upgraded to Win10.
Next thing - half the printers and other devices wouldn't work.
Even so called Win10 patches for firmware/software upgrades
for those devices didn't work.
We had to buy mega bucks worth of new devices.
It was all a con to sell more printers etc.

I am still happy with Win7 at home on my desktop.

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Re: Windows 11
Reply #10 - Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:25pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:19pm:

Valkie wrote on Jun 24^th, 2021 at 1:47pm:

I wish I could go back to windows 7.

It was the last one that actually worked properly.

This virus called windows 10 is a total joke, looks like 11 will be as bad or worse.

At my last job - they upgraded to Win10.
Next thing - half the printers and other devices wouldn't work.
Even so called Win10 patches for firmware/software upgrades
for those devices didn't work.
We had to buy mega bucks worth of new devices.
It was all a con to sell more printers etc.

Yeah, I keep an old Toshiba which I keep the old OS on.

I use it for some engineering programs and games I have that refuse to work on windows 10, even with patches.

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I HAVE A DREAM
A WONDERFUL, PEACEFUL, BEAUTIFUL DREAM.
A DREAM OF A WORLD THAT HAS NEVER KNOWN ISLAM
A DREAM OF A WORLD FREE FROM THE HORRORS OF ISLAM.

SUCH A WONDERFUL DREAM
O HOW I WISH IT WERE TRU

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Neferti Gold Member Offline Posts: 7965 Canberra Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #11 - Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:30pm My old Toshiba laptop has Win7. My desktop runs Win 8.1. I have never tried Win 10 and don't want to.
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Re: Windows 11
Reply #12 - Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:32pm

Valkie wrote on Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:25pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:19pm:

Valkie wrote on Jun 24^th, 2021 at 1:47pm:

I wish I could go back to windows 7.

It was the last one that actually worked properly.

This virus called windows 10 is a total joke, looks like 11 will be as bad or worse.

At my last job - they upgraded to Win10.
Next thing - half the printers and other devices wouldn't work.
Even so called Win10 patches for firmware/software upgrades
for those devices didn't work.
We had to buy mega bucks worth of new devices.
It was all a con to sell more printers etc.

Yeah, I keep an old Toshiba which I keep the old OS on.

I use it for some engineering programs and games I have that refuse to work on windows 10, even with patches.

One day we'll find out that Microsoft caused 100 million tonnes of
electronic waste by deliberately colluding with printer
manufacturers to make sure the
older printers etc wouldn't work anymore.
It's actually quite evil.
It's a form of robbery by the big multi-nationals.

Also - I found that the new printers you buy are full of cheap
plastic parts that will break within 3 years.
The older printers never died and had heaps of strong metal parts.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 103154 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #13 - Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:36pm Neferti wrote on Jun 24^th, 2021 at 2:30pm: My old Toshiba laptop has Win7. My desktop runs Win 8.1. I have never tried Win 10 and don't want to. Win10 is OK unless you have Win7 programs and Win7 devices you want to run.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24621 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Windows 11 Reply #14 - Jun 24^th, 2021 at 3:45pm I think Microsoft needs to figure out a way of undoing the superfluous programs that Windows has to offer. If someone wants a certain program, they should download it for themselves. But if the processor and RAM is getting increased with every generation of computer, then it is not a problem.
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