The Wall St Journal ran three pieces on Windows 11 today. It will start coming preinstalled on desk tops and laptops by Christmas time. Windows 10 owners will be offered a free update. They say they have not changed the user interface "much" from Windows 10. Windows 7 and 8 users will NOT get a free update. " Users can choose from Android apps Amazon offers to install on their PC's." to quote the WSJ piece. I think this means Windows 11 can download and run some, perhaps all, Android apps. TikTok and Uber ride hailing service were mentioned by name. They claim better integration with "the cloud" which is not a feature I care about. They claim deeper support for Microsoft "Teams". First I ever heard of "Teams". I must be loosing touch with the technology since I retired. They claim 20 million users for "Teams" a year ago and 145 million users today.
Did not talk about how much slower and fatter Windows 11 will be compared to Windows 10. Every new version of Windows going all the way back to 3.1 has demanded more RAM and more disk space and more time. Only improvements in PC hardware performance over the years has kept Windows sluggishness within limits.
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