Do you really need to upgrade to Windows 11? Some feature checks from Windows 11 world
With the recent launch of Windows 11, I upgraded my windows 10 machine to Windows 11. It’s been a week I’ve been using windows 11 and the experience has been far from being good. In this post, I’ll discuss the features which are probably good and the one’s which require improvements
- Installation
Installation of Windows 11 is pretty simple, we just have to go on the site and click on the link, the installation file gets downloaded and it automatically installs Windows 11. It doesn’t do any C drive reset or anything. The data is secured and not formatted. Though it is recommended to take data backup before installation of Windows 11
2. User Interface
Windows 11 has a beautiful flat center panel for the Start menu. All the major apps and menus are accessible on a convenient dashboard.
3 Settings Page
I really loved the Windows 11 settings page; the settings page in windows 10 settings was a bit cumbersome and a bit confusing. But in Windows 11, the setting page is pretty simple and straightforward. It’s very convenient to use.
4. Widgets Panel
Windows 11 comes with a widget layout where we get all the updates that are relevant to the user. A user can configure the types of information s/he wants to use and can be accessible from the widget panel. I am personally not a big fan of widgets and layouts
5. Notification Panel
Windows 11 notification panel is on the right, and again it's quite simple and easy to use. The notification, icons, switches, etc are very self-explanatory; and very easy to use
Unsatisfactory Experiences with Windows 11
Windows 11 has come after six years post the launch of Windows 10. I was expecting some major updates but unfortunately didn’t find any. With the demand for higher hardware configuration, the deliverables of Windows 11 are quite a dismissal.
- Memory
The hardware configuration of 4GB RAM and 64GB HDD is more than its predecessor, but performance-wise there hasn’t been much improvement. In some reports, the boot time of Windows 11 is more than the boot time of Windows 10, which makes the need for upgrade less lucrative.
2. Drag and drop - Discontinued
I was so surprised to see that a simple and convenient drag and drop feature has been discontinued. For native Windows users, this is a great inconvenience. From the first time onwards, the experience related to this has been very frustrating. Attaching a file, opening a file via another browser, or anything, the tasks seem tedious.
3. Icon Tray
The cut, copy, rename and delete features are quite prominently used features. Almost anyone who uses Windows from 10 years old to 70 years old, will know comfortably how to use this feature. In Windows 11, these items have been removed from Right Click Context Menu and have been put up in an icon tray. This move can be appreciated to a certain extent; age group below 40 years old, should be able to navigate on this, but I feel, 50-year-old age group, difficult for them to comprehend new icons, where the earlier items are now removed.
4. Refresh — Discontinued
The refresh button is missing in Right-Click Menu. This option is widely used subconsciously in Windows versions, but it's not there in Windows 11. Microsoft team claims that refresh option is not required, but there are certain used cases where I found, Refresh button is required. Eg. when we make changes and save a file, we want to see the change date, size, etc to be updated, this used to happen via the refresh option, but now one has to close the folder and open it again, to see cosmetic updates to the file.
Overall the pros do not generally outweigh the cons, the updated versions are expected to make the user experience better, and come up with better technological upgrades. Here, I feel both have not been done, the user experience has gone few steps back; users migrating on Windows 11 might have an initial hindrance in using this.
As a final thought, I would recommend users wait for few more months till updates and patches are solved, to have a seamless experience of Windows 11
I’ll keep updating this post with new findings.
Update 1: After 30 days of use: The laptop gets hanged a lot of time, the fan speed, CPU consumption are it its peak even when no application is opened. After trying to manage a lot of things, going back to Windows 10.
Note: Its easier to rollback in less than 10 days from upgrade. But since, I’ve crossed 10 days mark, I’ll have to do a clean install of Windows 10, and deactivate upgrade notifications
