Count me in. Very fresh and contemporary look indeed, and all looks quite consistent.
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Microsoft Releases Windows 11, Mac Virtualization Support Still Seems Unlikely
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Count me in. Very fresh and contemporary look indeed, and all looks quite consistent.
Exactly. Unless you’re running Windows full-time, wouldn’t Windows365 do the trick?
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Not sure I understand your point - surely most hardware that Windows can be found running on is non-Microsoft hardware?
No, not unless you are a big business. It's pretty expensive and internet latency can be severe.
For individuals, it's not a workable solution.
I'm confused, reading here some have Windows running in Parallels etc on an M1 Mac, but it's tricky to get a Windows Licence for that? And can you get drivers as well then or not? Also can Microsoft just stop your Windows running like this when ever they feel like it?
Windows on Arm is what they are running. (Windows for an Arm chip)
It's not tricky, it's impossible until Microsoft decides to change their licensing for Windows on Arm. Currently the only license available for Windows on Arm is an OEM license and the the EULA for it says it can only be sold with hardware that is designed to run it.
They could, but I highly doubt they would. If you're a business, that's a different matter.
No, like Big Sur which is showing me I have "Weak Security (WPA)" for wifi in the menu bar, but showing it's safe in system preferences/networks with WPA2/3 encryption. That horrible.Horrible, like “Safari-horrible” ?
Seems like Apple is the new 1990s/early 2000s Microsoft and Microsoft the new 2015 Apple.
Guess my 2013 HP Pavilion with an Intel Core™ i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz isn't good enough to run W11 even though it runs W10 fine.
so the issue is your old install rather than your new build right?
nothing stopping your hardware from running windows 11 if you do a fresh install. unless i’m misunderstanding something?
One anecdote here. I use a Surface Book 2 for work running Windows 10 at a major tech company. I have never had more issues with a computer than I do with Windows at work. I was finally able to move away from the Surface Book 2 at work onto a MacBook Pro. The MSFT forums are littered with issues about Microsoft not supporting the integration of its SW and HW past ~2 years. Ridiculous their own hardware doesn't play well with Windows.
Yes, Apple should allow MacOS on Windows. Goes both ways.
I find it's speed normal. I am using the latest Parallels and Windows 11 ARM. It's slower than x86 Windows in Parallels, yes, but not so much it's terribly noticeable. I have been testing how Windows 11's version of "Rosetta 2" works. It seems to handle x86 code "okay." I have some rather obscure x86 apps I use too. Rosetta 2 seems MUCH better at it, though.
Fresh install would work if I could activate software that I previously activated. Since I can’t activate such software I can’t do a fresh install. I since learned to use a virtual
Machine for such software.
more a firmware issue than hardware
many recent macs have capable cpu’s with tpm built in. apple would just have to update firmware to enable
Ah so you can just buy an OEM copy of Windows 11 for Arm for your Arm Mac from Amazon or where ever once it's available, and have a licensed copy for personal use. As in a copy that won't lock itself one day due to activation?
Following three months of beta testing, Microsoft has officially released Windows 11, which brings a new design, new multitasking features, and other software additions to the PC-using public.
Perhaps inspired by macOS, the main Windows 11 screen features rounded corners on several interface elements including application windows, and in combination with a new theming system that combines specific wallpapers with colors, the overall design looks modern, with more depth and less clutter than Windows 10, which is now six years old.
In the clearest design change, the refreshed desktop moves the Start menu and taskbar, interface elements that are familiar to all Windows users, to the center of the screen, a location not dissimilar to where the Dock lives in macOS.
The taskbar includes shortcuts to Microsoft's Edge browser, widgets, Teams integration, and File Explorer. Meanwhile, gone are the Live Tiles in the Start menu, which has been stripped down for a cleaner, simpler look, and now houses links to apps and recently used files.
In the bottom-right corner of the screen, the new Action Center and System Tray sports a design reminiscent of the Control Center in the macOS menu bar, and is home to sound, display, Bluetooth, network controls, and pop-out notifications.
Another area where Windows 11 appears to have taken a leaf out of Apple's book is its approach to widgets. Where widgets on macOS slide in from the right side of the screen via Notification Center, Windows 11 has them sliding in from the left side, with a panel that includes weather and news widgets by default.
One of the most notable additions in this version of Windows is in the area of multitasking. Like in macOS with Spaces, users can create multiple virtual desktops for different sets of apps. In addition, a new Snap Assist feature appears when the mouse pointer hovers over the maximize button, and offers up several window layouts that app windows can snap to. These layouts are remembered by Windows and appear as Snap Groups in the taskbar.
Elsewhere, there's a new Microsoft app store featuring many new popular apps, and in a clear divergence from Apple, Microsoft also plans to host third-party stores in its Microsoft Store, including an Epic Games store, although there's no sign of the promised Android apps yet (Microsoft says it plans to preview them before the end of the year.)
Windows 11 will come pre-installed on newer PCs, and Microsoft is also offering the new operating system as an upgrade for Windows 10 users who have a machine that includes the necessary Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Macs powered by Apple silicon do not support Windows and there is no Boot Camp feature like there is on Intel Macs, but support for Windows is a feature that many users would like to see, at least via virtualization software.
However, Microsoft recently dampened hopes that Windows will be able to work on Apple silicon, saying that running an Arm version of Windows 11 on M1 Macs, via virtualization or otherwise, is not "a supported scenario."
Apple's software engineering chief Craig Federighi last year said that Windows coming to M1 Macs is "up to Microsoft." The M1 chip contains the core technologies needed to run Windows, but Microsoft seems unwilling to license its Arm version of Windows to Mac users.
Article Link: Microsoft Releases Windows 11, Mac Virtualization Support Still Seems Unlikely
As Bertrand stated long ago ... 'it's STILL DLL hell"
Rounded corners and showing off the same legend layout of system tray icons, time/date to the bottom right hand corner that's been the same since Windows XP/ME doesn't mean much.
1. Microsoft Teams being integrated will get Microsoft into hot water in the EU for certain. No bundling just like Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge was back-handed slapped. Trust this will happen sooner or later.
2. MS Teams. Uggh.
anyone that's used this application for a few months knows the following:
- always opens full screen - not needed especially after an annoyingly long splash screen.
- any information posted in private chat/Team chats that are older than 3months, when searched the results show up, but you CANNOT open the data ... the search results only show an excerpt. 4 companies and 3yrs this is a KNOWN issue.
- over time MS Teams seems to begin slowing your windows PC. It's a resource hog still (CPU, RAM on Windows 10, 1909 enterprise. ) ... what you see in this ad is just like a first run use.
- Screen sharing ... why in GOD's name is it shown a a Phone Call?! Cancel the call and you cannot screen share. Completely ASSININE! Arrgh.
It’s not labeled as that in my settings. It actually took me forever to find because it had zero references to TPM or anything like that.