My Two Cents: Windows 11, Is It Worth the Upgrade? 🤔

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I hear you will like the new Graphical User Interface but is that enough to win you over to Windows?

I hear you will like the new Graphical User Interface but is that enough to win you over to Windows?

Windows 11 will officially be released soon.  It got me thinking about when I started law school. Windows machines were the prevalent computers to use in the legal arena at the time.  Lexis and Westlaw were "programs" that only ran on Windows.  I had been a Mac user for over a decade (this included my undergrad and grad school time as an engineering student - go figure!).  To start law school, I begrudgingly shifted to Windows.

Macs had the moniker of "it just works"!  But I thought that with Windows 95, it wouldn't be so bad.  I was wrong.  From my understanding, the architecture for 95 was based on the underlying Microsoft DOS.  Although it had a friendlier graphical user interface (GUI) interface, it still had some of the bugs, syntax errors, and other problems reminiscent of its predecessor as it was just a combination of Microsoft DOS and Microsoft Windows.  Over 25 years later, I've heard some say Macs no longer can independently hold the "it just works" denomination.

When I started this blog, I bought a Microsoft Surface Pro 6.  I wanted to be able to blog from a 360° perspective regarding operating systems.  I have not been impressed with the Surface Pro.  The machine gets too warm, not a great experience as a tablet and not that great of a computer (I do like its handwriting recognition).  I think this has more to do with the operating system, Windows 10, than anything else.  The GUI IMHO is not intuitive.  My point with this post, why should you upgrade to Windows 11 if it's built on the same faulty architecture?

I've heard/read some good things about Windows 11.  People talk about the GUI being more pleasing.  But that does not resolve the underlying programming issues.  I will be upgrading to 11 (it's a free upgrade for compatible computers).  But Windows has yet to set a place at my work table.  And quite frankly, it won't until it has to.

If you are a Windows user and are okay with it, who am I to tell you what to do.  If you are a Windows user but ready for a new machine, consider a Mac.  The GUI is different from Windows; but it's an easy curve to learn.  Also from what I understand, Windows 11 GUI will be closer to a Mac now more than before.  So why not go with a machine that has a better track record?

Yes, Macs are more expensive.  But Macs come with more, tend to last longer, and I think it will leave you in a better peace of mind knowing you shouldn't have the problems inherent with DOS.

MTC.