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With the 2022 Update, Windows 11 Is Finally Worth an Upgrade

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With the 2022 Update, Windows 11 Is Finally Worth an Upgrade


SEP 26, 2022, 7:00 AM EDT | 3 MIN READ
A simple Windows 11 logo on a blue background

A mixture of tough hardware requirements, some unpopular changes to the user interface, and a general feeling of “Why bother?” have resulted in poor adoption rates for Windows 11. However, Windows 11’s 2022 update goes a long way to alleviating a lot of those gripes.


The 2022 Update Makes Windows 11 Less Annoying​

Windows 11 brought a new visual aesthetic to Windows and with it, a serious overhaul of most of the user interface. Generally speaking, the changes were for the better — the Settings menu especially benefited from the changes. There were a handful of major complaints: the new Start Menu, removal of drag and drop, redesigned right-click context menu, and a few other things.
Windows 11’s 2022 update — formerly known as 22H2 — addresses most of those complaints, and the others are fixable with a quick registry hack.
RELATED: The 7 Best Registry Hacks for Windows 11

The Start Menu Is Way Better​

Windows 11’s Start Menu originally had an enormous “Recommendations” section that couldn’t be resized. The size of the section seriously limited the number of pinned applications you could have attached to the Start Menu. It got worse — not only were you stuck with limited usable real estate, you couldn’t group pinned apps into folders.
RELATED: How to Hide "Recommended" Files in Windows 11's Start Menu
The 2022 update changed all of that. There is now a Start Menu customization page in the Personalization window that lets you choose the size of the Recommendation section, though you can’t remove it entirely.
Note: It can be accessed via Settings > Personalization > Start, or by right-clicking the Start Menu.
The new Start settings page. You can select three different Start Menu layouts.

The “More Pins” setting will give you enough room for at least a few more rows of pinned items.
The update also brought back Start Menu folders. You can once again group pinned items according to your preference. You can even name the groups, and the title will be displayed just underneath it. Just drag and drop two icons together, and you’ve created a folder.
The new Start Menu supports folders.


It looks different from Windows 10’s Start Menu, but most of the old functionality is there now.

Drag and Drop Is Back​

Shockingly, Windows 11 removed the ability to drag a file or folder from one window to the taskbar and then into another program or folder. It was a super handy productivity feature, especially if you only have one screen.
RELATED: Windows 11's Taskbar Is Finally Getting Drag and Drop
Windows 11’s 2022 update finally returns that feature in all of its glory. Now you can happily drag an image from a folder onto the Photoshop icon to import the image again.

Windows 11 Offers More and More New Features​

The Windows 11 2022 update brought a whole slew of cool new features to Windows 11, like:

The major updates notwithstanding, Windows 11 has generally received a continuous stream of new features that Windows 10 has not.
The new File Explorer due in October is just one example of a major feature release that Windows 10 will not receive. Windows Subsystem for Linux — a great tool if you have to use Windows but regularly need to do some light-duty Linux work — has received several big updates, including GUI support.
Windows 11 supports Android apps via the Windows Subsystem for Android, and Microsoft recently made the feature available in dozens of new countries.
And those are just a few examples — the discrepancy has grown steadily since Windows 11’s release.

Is It Time to Switch from Windows 10 to Windows 11?​

NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel are all releasing brand new hardware in the last few months of 2022 or early 2023. We’re getting new GPUs from both AMD and NVIDIA, new CPUs from both AMD and Intel, plus a glut of motherboards to go with them.

The new round of CPUs and motherboards is especially important when it comes to updating to Windows 11 — all of AMD’s and Intel’s new offerings will have both TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot , which were the major sticking points for most people. AMD and Intel don’t expect to have nearly the supply issues with this release as they have in the past few years, so it should be fairly easy to upgrade your motherboard and CPU at a reasonable price.
Windows 10 is also rapidly approaching its retirement date, and the growth of the feature gap between Windows 10 and Windows 11 is only likely to increase as we get closer to the October 2025 deadline.

So, is it time to upgrade? When Windows 11 first came out, it was a pretty hard sell for most people. However, Microsoft has fixed most of the complaints people had about it, it doesn’t hurt gaming performance, and it will continue to receive interesting new features for years. That combination makes the transition to Windows 11 a lot more appealing, and the latest update tips it over the edge.
Besides, who can resist the sleek new Task Manager in dark mode?
 
Just makes you wonder why didn't they do some focus groups with real users before shoving these initial versions in our face. 10 went through the same process and you think they would learn. No offense but coders have little feel for what the feel the real world is looking for. Even 7 had some growing pains but there was some massive changes to the mechanics of the operating system, not so with 10 and 11. 10 had to be dumbed down and refined before enterprise would adopt it, I doubt they will be rushing to 11 any time soon.
 
Nah. Not for me. I am waiting for this insider Windows Server 2022 to become full flag. Ordinary Win 11 don't work well for me.
 
It's better than Windows 10, though if you like Windows 10 (which I don't, I hate it) it's obviously not worth or safe to upgrade to..
 
It's better than Windows 10. Not for me. Flashy and made up but sluggish. Every hair bothers him. But on unsupported hardware it works great. But Windows Server 2022 that is another level. :cool:
 
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