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Microsoft Releases Windows 11, Mac Virtualization Support Still Seems Unlikely
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the Sheer arrogance on this forum is ridiculous. MacOS is not the sacred OS, it has faults just like windows does. i Congratulate Microsoft on their reelase.
And then they would break backwards compatibility. There are lots of businesses which rely on Windows. Microsoft cannot just rewrite the whole thing and drop support for all these users. Apple can afford to do it because it has a much lower market share and also because businesses hardly use Macs.Who know why they do things but Windows should drop old things and really rewrite the OS that would help
I like that Windows remembers how you want the Windows to appear. That’s a nice feature. I think MacOS could do better with that.
One thing that has impressed me in the last 8-10 years is that (except for Outlook) my Windows never crashes. My Mac does. And Windows now crashes elegantly while force quit rarely seems to work. I have not had to force reboot my work Windows machine in 5 years. My Mac maybe monthly (photos).
One thing that has impressed me in the last 8-10 years is that (except for Outlook) my Windows never crashes. My Mac does. And Windows now crashes elegantly while force quit rarely seems to work. I have not had to force reboot my work Windows machine in 5 years. My Mac maybe monthly (photos).
Apple can't provide support for a product Microsoft won't legally license. Sure, you can install Win11 virtually, and even then it's a YMMV scenario. But it's on Microsoft to make this happen, not Apple. I've seen a few posts on Twitter from folks claiming that Win11 running on M1 bare metal runs great.
I've never had the Photos app crash on me, and I have a very large old Photos library imported from Aperture. I rarely reboot my M1 MBP.
With every iteration of Windows, it keeps creeping closer to the design aesthetic of Mac OS. The main differentiation: their menu bar is on the bottom by default, which IMO is more difficult to use. That's the first thing I've done when I've used Windows: move the menu bar to the top.
Here's a review of what to expect: https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/05/windows_11/
Here's a review of what to expect: https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/05/windows_11/
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All the windows machines we have in the house dont meet the pre-requisites. So a move to Linux for all of them to keep them secure.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to use icloud drive, icloud calendars etc on linux?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to use icloud drive, icloud calendars etc on linux?
Apple themselves made the first move in switching to a non-intel compatible processor. It is probably what will make me leave Apple, even for personal stuff. Seems Apple made that decision for me, not Microsoft.
You're not alone. I would think Windows 10 will be around for a long long time, much like Windows XP and Windows 7 were.
Microsoft releases a major new version of Windows on the tenth anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs? Not sure what to think of that. Is the release really today or was it yesterday? A tribute to SJ? Unlikely.
I can't either install Win11 on an Intel iMac as it requires secure boot. I guess I will be using Win10 until 2025.
They will never officially the want people to buy their hardware
MS on the other hand licenses Windows to other OEMs anyway
Windows 11 is visually stunning. Would like to see a similar design on the next MacOS.
No TPM 2.0 chip. You could run it in a VM though, as they emulate the TPM 2.0 chip.
Or just run Windows 10, it'll be current for running applications for quite some time. Windows 11 isn't all that great anyway, at least so far -- the UI is a step backwards.
Too bad my up to date (10th gen intel and z490 mb) won't be able to run W11 without some hefty bios tweaks and software reconfiguration. Oh and the bad press VBS is getting on gaming performance.
I am decades removed from my college days, but I am a professional engineer (Civil/Transportation in my case), and I live in a total Windows world. I have an iPhone and an iPad. But my laptop is Windows, and office workstation is Windows. And I am ok with that, BTW. Nobody that I know in my field uses a Macintosh in a work role, especially since there are few specialized application programs that I work with that even run natively on a Macintosh.
It’s not a major release. It’s merely a reskin of Windows 10 with several horrible interface decisions.