Si ha visto (o ha intentado ver) al director de productos de Microsoft, Panos Panay, la introducción de Windows 11, "Novedades de Windows", el 24 de junio, sabía que no iba bien desde el principio. La transmisión fue espantosa, un fracaso de presentación que no fue una forma de presentar lo que en realidad es solo un lavado de cara para Windows 10.
Of course, Microsoft officials have said that Windows 11 will be the most secure version of Windows ever. But how many times do they have to repeat this false statement? I think I first found out about it with Windows 1.02 in 1986, which was only released in Europe. Why not Windows 1.01? It couldn't be Windows 1.01, because Windows 1.0 was never released due to bugs.
This time, and I'm not making this up, Windows 11 will be a “zero trust ready” operating system.
I believe them, and I am not talking about the Zero Trust architecture, I mean that I have no confidence that it will be more secure than Windows 10. It's probably running on your desktop at This time and every month, as regularly as clockwork, there are a slew of important security updates coming to Patch Tuesday. There's a reason Computerworld has been featured weekly for centuries solely in Windows patches.
Think about it for a minute. Would you use another product that you need to update every month to avoid catastrophic outages? We are so used to it that we don't even think about how strange it is.
That said, while Windows 11 is built on top of Windows 10, Microsoft is improving its inherent security by requiring your PC to have at least Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0. (Originally, the company said that TPM version 1.2 would work. Hmm).
TPM is a secure, hardware-based cryptoprocessor system. Prevents rootkit attacks and generates and stores cryptographic keys used for device and software authentication.
In addition, Windows 11 also requires your PC to have hardware-based isolation, secure boot, and hypervisor code integrity built-in and enabled by default. This will protect you from malware and ransomware. That is, of course, if it works; Secure Boot, in particular, has a long history of vulnerabilities.
But, and this is a big but, it also means you'll need a 2017-2018 or newer PC to run Windows 11. If your PC has an older processor, such as a Summit Ridge AMD Ryzen or Intel Skylake, it may not be available. Of luck. Some computers, including newer models, will also need BIOS or UEFI updates to run Windows 11. However, late last week, Microsoft was concerned about which processors Windows 11 would support. (Right now, users can't really rely on the Windows PC Health Check app for a simple answer.)
Does this make me want to upgrade to Windows 11? It is not.
As always with a new version of Windows, Microsoft also doesn't promise that old programs and devices will work with Windows 11. If you have any problems, you can turn to the App Assure program and hope that Microsoft can help you if something goes wrong with any critical specialty program.
Microsoft is removing certain features from Windows 11. These include Internet Explorer and Cortana. Unless you've never strayed away from ActiveX-based IE apps, I don't see anyone shedding a tear over them. I was surprised to see that the Timeline feature, which allows users to monitor their activities across multiple Windows 10 systems, was disallowed. In fact, I have used it quite often.
A nice change, as far as I'm concerned, is that instead of two updates a year, Microsoft is moving to just one. These updates in the Home and Pro editions will receive 24 months of support, while the Enterprise and Education editions will have 36 months. As someone who was sick of having to update my machines through major updates every six months, this is good news.
But is that reason enough to upgrade to Windows 11? I don `t believe.
Its prettier interface, thanks to the Fluent Design System, looks good, but it's not that pretty. For me, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that beholder just wants a system that doesn't force me to learn a new way of doing the same old things.
Android on my Windows desktop? It's an interesting tip and I've had it on my Chromebooks for a long time. It's useful, but I don't see much point in this in a Windows based workflow.
Frankly, I'm struggling to find a good reason to move my business from Windows 10 to 11. In particular, I don't want to go through the hurdles of moving my current fleet of work PCs to Windows 11. It will be a "free", but there are too many things that can go wrong to want to try. Most companies will weigh the same equation.
In the end, the only reason I see for this "upgrade" is to take a few more bucks off of the outdated Windows model. Microsoft's real plan for the future is its delayed release of Cloud PC. Desktop as a Service is where Microsoft really wants its users to go. Windows 11 is just a placeholder.
Microsoft promises that Windows 10 will be supported until October 14, 2025, which is fine with me. Wake me up, say, in the second quarter of 2025.
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