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It’s a funny thing, your desktop PC, isn’t it?
In my case, I remember Windows 98, and using that, how that felt.
Recognise this image? If you do, you’ve got good taste in operating systems.
How buggy and laggy it was.
Constantly crashing, with its odd wallpapers and brutalist UI.
I remember that it felt exactly the same to me, but slower.
Recognise this image? If you do, you’ve got good taste in operating systems.
Vista, my teenage years,World of Warcraft,Wrath of the Lich King, and onwards.
One’s good, one’s bad; one’s good, one’s bad ad infinitum.
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Take the taskbar, for example.
The biggest change and arguably the biggest upset came with the introduction of that “Apple-esque” centered design.
The honest truth is that Windows 11 is effectively a more refined version of Windows 10.
The challenges faced by Windows 11
No, it’s not perfect.
It hasn’t entirely avoided the enshittification effect.
And then there’s the TPM problem.
Not exactly environmentally or economically friendly.
Healthcare, security, financial, and education could all be affected.
On an individual level, you might of course bypass that.
With one exception, of course: Windows onArm.
Yes, I know it’s apparently a lot better these days.
I’m still not touching it.
