Yesterday, Microsoft announced its biggest change to the world of Windows. A new and improved Windows 11. I do not have my hands on it yet, so the below are my thought on it based on the keynote :
- I love the new look and feel. So soothing.
- Mid placement of the icons - its like how the Mac does. I do not like it, I like it on the side. I hope there is a config to move it to the left.
- Running Android apps from within windows is great ! However, it is with the amazon store not the google play store. That is not good.
- Gaming improvements are awesome. As a gamer, there is no better platform than Windows IMHO for gaming. XBoX pass though could do with better games.
- Continuing to support developers by enabling them to use their own charging backend is good. With the move towards having to use the OS mandated charging platform, its good to see Windows continue down this direction.
- Mixed feel about integrating Teams as part of Windows. Enterprise users don’t have a choice, but its not a good product so far for general users. Needs to be enhanced like Zoom where you have many more people on screen at the same time.
- Great to have the widgets back. I like how Apple does it on the Mac and iOS, and it looks quite similar to that.
Now, the big question - when do we get it ?!
