{"id":7545,"date":"2021-06-25T14:56:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T02:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=7545"},"modified":"2021-06-25T14:56:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T02:56:58","slug":"windows-11-coming-soon-to-your-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=7545","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 – Coming soon to your PC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This morning, we’re hearing about Windows 11 coming to a PC near you within a few months (ahead of “the holiday season” in the US)<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, do you care?<\/h2>\n

We’re a bit curious. Microsoft have had a patchy record with Windows (pun intended).\u00a0 Every second version seems to be a winner, and every other version is a cause of frustration – Windows 8 being an example of frustration and its successor, Windows 10, was fantastic.<\/p>\n

But Windows 10 came out in 2015 and a lot has changed since then, including Windows 10.\u00a0 We’ve had half-yearly updates to Windows, and that has kept it fresh.\u00a0 In fact,\u00a0 even how the update are released has been modernised.<\/p>\n

I recall being told that Windows 10 would be the last ever version and the updates would keep it current<\/a> – but a quick search finds only a few references to that memory (although we aren’t the only ones to wonder about it)<\/a><\/p>\n

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The “start” button is now in the centre of the sceen and it feel smore like an app launcher than the old “Live Tiles”<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Windows 11 – Teams” button_text=”Click Here” button_link=”https:\/\/www.onmsft.com\/news\/microsoft-teams-to-be-directly-integrated-into-windows-11″ url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/win11d.jpg” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”10px” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n

“Teams” is now built into the Taskbar and feels more integrated into Windows overall.<\/p>\n

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Updated look, more transpoarent and a new pane of glass with widgets, eg news or weather, that can expand across the whole screen<\/p>\n

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“Snap Layouts” let\u00a0 you quickly share your screen across several programs that you are working on together.<\/p>\n

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Windows can now run Android apps.\u00a0 (from the Amazon store) – Microsoft are trying to be open to more ecosystems, which is a bit of a contrast with say, Apple.<\/p>\n

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So, what is new?<\/h3>\n