This was always a dumb idea. No different than a “master” TSA key. All it does is create a single point of failure.
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Monopoly practice hidden as security.
> Monopoly practice hidden as security.
Actually you can, it's only checked by installer, if you modify it there is nothing stopping you from installing it. I have installed one on my parents computer. CPU wasn't supported but after installation everything worked ok.
Not a huge loss in my eyes, I see Win 11 as a strictly worse OS than Win 10. Haven't yet seen any feature whatsoever that strikes me as an improvement.
Which requires a 12th generation CPU or newer. For those of us on a budget, that may not really apply. IIRC the cheapest one is the i5-12600KF at ~270USD. So maybe not that unaffordable.
> Better support for high refresh rate monitors and variable refresh rate setups.
Isn't this more to do with CPU/GPUs? I personally don't see this as a feature of a OS. This is also the first time I have heard of this.
> Windows Subsystem for Android.
Which *only works for apps on the AMAZON App Store*. Also known as functionally non existent for most of us. What a let down, and what a useless feature. Was very excited to do native testing of apps without an emulator of some description. They just had to vendor lock it. Wish I knew why, but pretty much everyone I know was quite bummed about it when they found out.
> More cohesive UI
In what world is the Windows 11 UI more cohesive? I have Windows10 for my home PC, and Windows11 for my work PC.
I can tell you exactly which UI is better, simply because one of them actually makes some bloody sense. They didn't even fix the hybrid settings menu mess with control panel. Or even allow opening multiple settings menus. The bloody start button starts in the middle! There are ads in the start menu for social media, ads in the start page for browsers. Task Manager's UI is literally broken, with non functional scaling.
I could list off a dozen other things just off of what I remember.
> Better hardware and driver development support going forward
Not relevant IMO. Not until Windows 10 leaves long term support anyway. This isn't a feature. Just like how Google abandoning your device; and you the customer being forced to move on isn't a "feature".