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Windows 11 Initial Review

Alright I upgraded my computer to Windows 11 Pro/Education (as they were already on Windows 10Pro or Education). Initially when I tried to upgrade, it gave me an error with an error code and was stuck at 71% with the installation assistant which is better than Windows 10 which just said something happened and fuck all after. But after searching the error code, as the upgrade was so new, it wasn't much help. But I figured that because my computer was in Windows 10 20H1 which passed the compatibility check btw, I probably needed to update to 21H1. So I did and then the upgrade went smoothly. It was a bit stuttery at first but after 5-10 minutes, it smoothed itself out and been good since then.

After 10 seconds of using the start menu at the center, I went ahead and put it back to the left.

So here's my experience after upgrading

The good:

- Search has been vastly improved. Like I am not even joking. When I search refresh rate in Windows 10 for example, it just opens the settings. In Windows 11, it brings you to the exact settings page. It's still not perfect but I am able to find the correct names of files and such in my computer as well which Windows 10 struggled with.

- Very smooth and snappy

- New sounds are great

- Lots of minor animations and attention to detail. New wallpapers are great.

- Battery status has a lot of usage details and which apps are using the most amount of battery.

- The new snipping tool is really good. It's more smoother than the one in 10 and it's more accurate. Best of all, you can just save and it will come up with a new name for you instead of needing to smash buttons on your keyboard.


The Meh:

- The new settings is gonna take a while to get used to

- No tab feature yet for file explorer

- Folders no longer have previews

- Start Menu still has a lot of bloat but unlike Windows 10, they aren't installed so gets a Meh instead of a Bad. You can uninstall them of course.

- Honestly the widgets panel is kinda useless. Why not let me drag the widgets and put them onto the desktop instead?

The Bad:

- Right Click is pretty wtf. Lets say you want to access Nvidia Control Panel. In Windows 10, you right click the desktop and click on Nvidia Control Panel. In Windows 11, you right click, then click on "Show More Options" and then it brings back the Windows 10 right click and you click on Nvidia Control Panel. Are you telling me multi-billion dollar company with the top engineers around the world couldn't figure this out? Like yes, it has to do with developers needing to rebuild their functions for the new right click but come on MS. This is just sad.

- Accessing some settings such has GPU hardware scheduling freezes the computer for a brief second.

Overall, it's more so getting used to things than anything else. I don't notice any performance differences but I only used it for a day. I might post more thoughts if there are any care worthy changes.