Microsoft is releasing a big Windows 11 update on September 26. Update 23H2 includes the new AI-powered Windows Copilot feature, a native RAR app, a new volume mixer and a lot more.

Microsoft is releasing a big Windows 11 update on September 26. Update 23H2 includes the new AI-powered Windows Copilot feature, a native RAR app, a new volume mixer and a lot more.

  • Pyrrhichios@feddit.ukEnglish
    3611·
    1 year ago

    Gonna get downvoted to crap for this, but what the hell - hi, it’s me, I’m that one guy who actually loves Windows a little more with every release. I’m continually surprised by the good stuff that’s baked into the OS now (e.g. Much better multi-monitor support) and how the real power users can do a whole load more besides with Powertoys (key remapping!) - It’s really encouraging to see that I need fewer and fewer specialist programs to get Windows to work just how I want.

    I’m not wildly sold on AI being baked into the OS, but what the heck - Microsoft have earned their goodwill from me in recent years. I’ll play around with it with interest.

    • UnknownQuantity@lemm.eeEnglish
      161·
      1 year ago

      I was like you until windows 10. I opted out of that. It just felt like losing control over my computer. Windows 11 even more so.

    • Heavybell@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      I’ll be very surprised if AI is actually “baked into” the OS. A client to their cloud AI will be baked in, but that’s not the same thing IMO.

      (btw powertoys is great, multimonitor support is great too, if they finally fix the task bar I might finally go to Win11)

      • Sabata11792@kbin.social
        5·
        1 year ago

        A client to their cloud AI will be baked in

        That would instantly kill the feature for me. Hope its easy to remove but I know how shitty MS is about getting that data.

      • XLRV@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        You could use things like StartAllBack to bring back the “classic” taskbar and start menu (Windows 7 style) There’s Open Shell and Start 11 too, I don’t use them but they’re good afaik.

    • PlexSheep@feddit.deEnglish
      54·
      1 year ago

      Tl;Dr I hate hate hate windows, but 11 is better than 10 (feature wise) and works good for being windows.

      When using windows (at work and only at work), I hate it every day. I actively think “I hate windows”. Sometimes multiple times per day. It’s not objective at all (even through there are good, objective reasons to hate windows).

      BUT: Upgrading from windows 10 to windows 11 is an improvement (If you ignore all spyware and corporate crap shenanigans). Windows became a little less ugly and does some things that you would previously have to hack into it.

      Windows terminal is usable, at least compared to other windows terminals. Don’t get me wrong, it sucks, but it sucks less than many other things. Powertoys is band aid, but that band aid is still pretty useless.

      That new AI crap ware is just garbage that is forced on users. I don’t want their crappy “AI” that (in my opinion) highly violates open source licenses (the GPL at least). And I don’t get why they do that too, most people don’t even code, why would they need that copilot crap ware?

      Luckily, I might have the option to ditch windows and install a proper OS, only with the cost of being my own IT department.

      Honest question: What about the Monitor improvements? Haven’t noticed anything.

    • Hadriscus@lemm.eeEnglish
      55·
      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t be surprised to learn you haven’t tried anything else