1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:08,480 Windows has been a part of our lives for decades now whether we like it or not 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:12,719 since we left humble Windows 3.1 behind we've been on a constant cycle of good 3 00:00:10,639 --> 00:00:22,279 and bad releases of Windows like check this out Windows 95 good 98 bad 98 SE 4 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:25,920 good me bad XP good Vista bad seven good 5 00:00:22,279 --> 00:00:30,199 eight bad 10 good 11 6 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:32,480 huh what will 11 be that's a bit of a 7 00:00:30,199 --> 00:00:37,520 difficult question to answer on one hand it looks a lot like 10 on the other 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:42,000 there are far more changes than we originally thought so today I'm going to 9 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:48,079 take you on my personal tour of the Windows 11 beta and show you everything 10 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:51,239 I think is cool as well as everything 11 00:00:48,079 --> 00:00:53,879 that's not but first let's take a look 12 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and Not only was the performance bad the UI clearly still resembled 22 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:48,920 Windows 10 not So Much Anymore the start 23 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:53,520 menu is significantly more polished now and far from laggy search which has a 24 00:01:51,479 --> 00:01:56,399 dedicated bar in the start menu now is ridiculously quick so no waiting a 25 00:01:55,079 --> 00:02:02,360 second or two for Windows to catch up with what you typed it's pretty much instantaneous 26 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:07,159 the dedicated space for pinned and recommended apps hasn't changed and now 27 00:02:05,119 --> 00:02:10,640 that live tiles are gone it should make pinning apps a lot more straightforward 28 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:15,319 than it used to be in Windows 8 and onward I swear I've seen this menu 29 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:19,120 layout in Linux before though in case you don't like it there are already 30 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:22,519 third party Replacements popping up so don't worry too much about that anyway 31 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:26,319 the all apps button on the top right brings you to an alphabetical listing of 32 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:31,480 all the apps on your system just like the start menu does by default today 33 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:34,519 folders at least for now still seem to 34 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:36,400 work as they do in Windows 10 but 35 00:02:34,519 --> 00:02:41,360 Microsoft says that they're going to be removing folders entirely from the start 36 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:45,519 menu for the final release the taskbar 37 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:47,159 itself yes it's centered however you can 38 00:02:45,519 --> 00:02:52,000 change that by right clicking on it and clicking on taskbar settings though 39 00:02:50,239 --> 00:02:57,040 you'll note that right clicking no longer gives you any window controls 40 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:01,200 task manager or toolbars to play with and you can't change the position that's 41 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:06,519 located on screen either I'm sorry no more vertical taskbar for you Aime you 42 00:03:04,959 --> 00:03:10,480 can also turn on and off the dedicated search button which despite it being the 43 00:03:08,959 --> 00:03:17,200 same thing as the start menu search is actually kind of useful now because it gives you recent search results as you 44 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:18,560 hover over it that's pretty cool you can 45 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:24,000 also turn on and off the integrated teams chat and the widget panel button 46 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:29,439 speaking of the widgets panel that's a thing they made a big deal about it but 47 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,319 frankly I don't see it being all that useful 48 00:03:30,519 --> 00:03:36,840 by default you've got your weather your money your sports and your news but I'd 49 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:41,120 haard to Guess that most people aren't using Microsoft services for those there 50 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:46,080 doesn't seem to be a way to personalize it outside of Microsoft Services there's 51 00:03:43,959 --> 00:03:53,319 no there's no widget store so basically the only way to 52 00:03:49,159 --> 00:03:53,319 manage your Newser interests is to go to 53 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:04,040 MSN your mileage May vary here hopefully 54 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:08,439 Microsoft allows third party widgets to exist here too otherwise I see it being 55 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,720 completely overlooked by almost everyone sort of like that news interest button 56 00:04:10,079 --> 00:04:16,000 that Windows 10 recently got notification center meanwhile has been 57 00:04:13,439 --> 00:04:18,919 significantly updated with a very Apple like view of Stacked Cards that includes 58 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:22,479 the calendar as well as your notifications the controls that used to 59 00:04:20,919 --> 00:04:26,360 live here like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth toggles now live in the same area as the 60 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:32,400 network and audio icons in the system tray which is now called taskbar corner 61 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:36,240 I guess and they similarly slide in as cards including controls for any media 62 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:40,080 that's currently playing like Windows 10 you can choose which quick settings are 63 00:04:37,759 --> 00:04:44,680 visible here if for example you want a keyboard layout 64 00:04:41,479 --> 00:04:46,880 switcher there it is unlike Windows 10 65 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:52,759 right clicking on most objects in the OS the desktop included now brings up a new 66 00:04:50,280 --> 00:05:00,240 glassy context menu with bigger more spaced out items with uh this show more 67 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:03,280 options button here which uh 68 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:05,280 just chose the old Windows context menu 69 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:09,520 uh you can't win them all I guess that's going to be interesting for people with 70 00:05:07,479 --> 00:05:14,199 say seven zip in their right click menu who now are going to have to make 71 00:05:10,759 --> 00:05:16,520 extensive use of this show more options 72 00:05:14,199 --> 00:05:23,199 button have fun with that but hey it's not all bad in folder views there's now 73 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:28,319 an open in Windows terminal item a feature that I you legit use in Linux 74 00:05:25,639 --> 00:05:33,120 all the time it's a nice touch Windows terminal by the way is is a brand new 75 00:05:30,919 --> 00:05:37,000 app it's Hardware accelerated and it can run any kind of command prompt at all in 76 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:41,120 a tabbed interface keeping your workspace yeah a little bit more 77 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:45,120 manageable than it has been in the past where Windows 10 only has Powershell and 78 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:49,960 command prompt and these are available here as well you can add your own here 79 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:56,080 we go we can use any command line we want so if I had bash for example with 80 00:05:53,160 --> 00:06:01,600 subsystem for Linux that would work here too oh and like many Linux terminal 81 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:06,120 emulators it can detect URLs and make them clickable this is all pretty sweet 82 00:06:03,479 --> 00:06:09,800 if you ask me and long overdue File Explorer has been completely redesigned 83 00:06:07,759 --> 00:06:14,199 with a simplified UI that only has the most common features right there on the 84 00:06:11,479 --> 00:06:17,759 top bar it's not a ribbon anymore instead Contex sensitive options like 85 00:06:16,039 --> 00:06:21,800 formatting or optimizing drives and mapping Network shares live in this see 86 00:06:19,919 --> 00:06:26,240 more menu and incidentally map network drive isn't an option in the rightclick 87 00:06:23,479 --> 00:06:30,160 menu anymore much too much suarin there's no rightclick control to 88 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:33,880 customize the top panel either at least not yet but the familiar options window 89 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:37,639 is still there so you can tweak how everything works almost all the options 90 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:44,199 here are the same as in Windows 10 but there's one standout setting decrease 91 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:45,840 space between items AKA compact view you 92 00:06:44,199 --> 00:06:49,759 can also toggle this on the main bars view menu and what this does is restore 93 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:55,560 the old views for lists details and small 94 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:57,800 icons wait old views yep by default 95 00:06:55,560 --> 00:07:01,479 Windows 11 adds extra spacing to these views including on the sidebar 96 00:06:59,879 --> 00:07:05,520 presumably to make touch inputs less frustrating it's an interesting approach 97 00:07:03,639 --> 00:07:10,800 to be sure but it's probably going to annoy you at first unlike our new water 98 00:07:08,319 --> 00:07:15,879 bottle Lids super slick and you get a 50% discount if you buy it with or 99 00:07:13,319 --> 00:07:20,639 already own an LTT water bottle at LT store.com what may also annoy you are 100 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:24,319 the new folder icons seriously they look like they were taken from a random Linux 101 00:07:22,479 --> 00:07:29,639 theme with how mismatched the colors and iconography are not only that but the 102 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:36,280 indicator that a folder contains files is much smaller now being an itsy bitsy 103 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:39,000 sliver of white next to the folders tab 104 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:43,720 sure it looks neater and is more realistic I guess but it's tougher to 105 00:07:41,879 --> 00:07:48,319 make out of the glance because rather than looking for a shape you're now 106 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:53,520 looking for contrast and the icons are already pretty bright so good luck with 107 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:58,680 that not only that but that also means you don't get any icon previews of files 108 00:07:55,560 --> 00:08:00,400 in a folder as you do on Windows 10 I 109 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:04,159 can't say I'm a fan of of that and not all apps got the same makeovers that 110 00:08:02,039 --> 00:08:08,960 Explorer and the terminal have either notepad is still as basic as ever and if 111 00:08:07,479 --> 00:08:14,360 you dig around enough you'll find apps that date back to Windows 3.1 complete 112 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:16,039 with 16 color icons the old school 113 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:19,800 control panel is still hanging out here too if you look for it although unlike 114 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:24,039 the phone dialer they did give it new icons to Microsoft's credit there is 115 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,960 more functionality in the new Settings app than ever before so chances are you 116 00:08:25,759 --> 00:08:31,120 won't need to dig through the old control panel as often as you used to 117 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:34,919 crucial toggles to enable and disable network adapters have been added to the 118 00:08:32,599 --> 00:08:39,000 new Advanced network settings Pane and you can get all the relevant status info 119 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:41,880 here too it still opens up the old school network connections window if you 120 00:08:40,279 --> 00:08:45,880 need to make any changes to the adapters themselves though or do anything fancy 121 00:08:44,279 --> 00:08:51,240 like bridging there are a few other goodies in here like being able to restrict app access to download folders 122 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:55,279 as well as all the existing controls for documents pictures Etc and all of this 123 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:59,839 is laid out in a much easier to navigate selection of submenus than the sometimes 124 00:08:57,519 --> 00:09:04,600 labyrinthine settings menu in Windows 10 it's still there it's just a lot easier 125 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:06,560 to navigate IMO even the system overview 126 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:11,079 that frankly isn't that useful in Windows 10 got an overhaul now showing 127 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:15,399 you the status of Office 365 one drive and Windows update the display section 128 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:18,279 got a significant overhaul too now multiple displays are hidden behind a 129 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:21,320 menu rather than having display Arrangement panel front and center like 130 00:09:19,959 --> 00:09:26,320 if you have a single monitor why do you need it scale and resolution are higher up on the list of most items although I 131 00:09:24,959 --> 00:09:29,519 would prefer the refresh rate to be adjustable here too rather than being 132 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:34,120 hidden under the advanced display settings to be fair I guess for most 133 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:39,360 people that really is an advanced setting so I guess I'll give it a pass 134 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:43,720 HDR though that has its own section that comes before all the others no longer a 135 00:09:41,839 --> 00:09:47,399 little link hidden among all the other stuff the menu itself isn't 136 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:51,640 significantly different but it does include the auto HDR setting which we'll 137 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:54,800 get to later for now if we go back to the advanced display settings pane 138 00:09:53,519 --> 00:09:59,399 you'll see that Microsoft has added lines about the HDR certification and 139 00:09:57,279 --> 00:10:04,320 Peak brightness of your display which is is such a nice quality of life thing for 140 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:07,959 troubleshooting it really feels like HDR is finally becoming a first class 141 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:11,959 feature and it's About Time come on Linux time to pick up the pace it's not 142 00:10:10,279 --> 00:10:17,120 to say that all the settings app changes are good changing your default browser 143 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:21,399 has become significantly more difficult now with the removal of common app types 144 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:26,519 like web browsers mail readers and media players instead now you have to change 145 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:31,320 the Handler for every link type and file type 146 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:31,320 individually which 147 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:38,560 Microsoft buddy listen this used to be a 148 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:42,160 criticism of Linux why do you want to make it a criticism of Windows where the 149 00:10:40,519 --> 00:10:46,040 logical conclusion is that you're doing it so that people will finally give up 150 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:50,440 and use Edge it's all well and good that you want to give people more granular 151 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:54,920 control but as userfriendly as this UI is I don't want to spend 5 minutes 152 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:59,279 adjusting all of these settings every time I switch to using a new app can you 153 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:02,360 imagine what the new set is default browser prompts are going to look 154 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:11,639 like speaking of imagining how things look well using Windows 11 one of the 155 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:16,079 things you'll notice is that even apps that aren't designed around Windows 11's 156 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:19,480 rounded Corners design well they've got rounded Corners even things with custom 157 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:24,440 skins like steam this hasn't been a problem for me 158 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:27,760 yet but I guess we'll have to see if it reacts poorly to certain types of 159 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:31,240 Windows like skinned media players for example 160 00:11:29,399 --> 00:11:34,920 what people still use those right Windows 11 is less consistent with other 161 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:39,160 Design Elements though it's still jarring to be in dark mode and load up a 162 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:43,360 classic app like notepad or device manager and see that it's still using 163 00:11:41,079 --> 00:11:46,519 the old school Windows UI where even the title bar doesn't fit the new look at 164 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:50,399 least touch users should appreciate how much easier it is to drag stuff around 165 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:54,800 thanks to the larger touch targets as well as the new touchscreen gestures and 166 00:11:52,079 --> 00:11:58,720 better auto rotation with SNAP Windows the new touch keyboard resembles most 167 00:11:56,959 --> 00:12:02,920 mobile keyboards in both standard and small mode right down to the Emoji and 168 00:12:00,639 --> 00:12:07,040 tener GIF button interestingly there's also classic emotes in camoji here 169 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:11,920 though while categorized these aren't searchable like Emoji are man these 170 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:15,560 classic asy emoticons bring back memories oh well what's 171 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:20,639 this Holy balls this video's gone on for 172 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:24,920 how long and I've only talked about the new UI see what I mean about lots of 173 00:12:23,199 --> 00:12:29,959 superficial changes coming together to make something much more substantial the 174 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:34,320 crazy part is I'm not even done yet at virtual desktops got a lot of love and 175 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:38,600 you can set them up almost as completely different workspaces with unique 176 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:42,320 wallpaper and snap louts but what are snap layouts these let you create window 177 00:12:40,839 --> 00:12:47,000 layouts like how you've been able to do since Windows 7 but with far more 178 00:12:44,519 --> 00:12:50,839 flexibility than we've seen to date and thanks to the snap groups feature these 179 00:12:48,839 --> 00:12:54,320 layouts can be saved and restored when you connect an external display for 180 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:58,399 example snap groups keep these layouts in a single place on the taskbar so it 181 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:01,360 can be minimized and maximized wholesale you can kick this P process off by 182 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:05,120 either dragging your window to the side of the screen as usual or by hovering 183 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:09,959 over a Windows maximize button and selecting a layout you need a 1920 pixel 184 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:13,600 wide display in order to access these triple snap layouts but overall this 185 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:19,279 whole feature set is a serious Improvement for not just laptop users 186 00:13:16,199 --> 00:13:21,880 but anyone whose desktop layout randomly 187 00:13:19,279 --> 00:13:26,920 shifts when their monitors go to sleep like mine my workstation monitors do 188 00:13:24,079 --> 00:13:30,600 that to me all the time I use a program called czer to shuffle Windows around 189 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:33,160 but this could mean I no longer need it now all I need is alt dragging 190 00:13:31,839 --> 00:13:39,120 integrated into Windows I Can Dream right overall though 191 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:42,680 the UI feels much smoother and more responsive than Windows 10 and a lot of 192 00:13:40,959 --> 00:13:47,440 that probably boils down to faster smoother animations particularly in 193 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:51,959 modern UI apps but even something as small as launching file explorer feels 194 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:55,600 more responsive than it does on Windows 10 and aside from potential 195 00:13:54,040 --> 00:14:00,720 optimizations under the hood and what Microsoft calls a new storage stack mys 196 00:13:59,079 --> 00:14:04,480 ipon is that Windows 11 is leaning on its heavier RAM requirement in order to 197 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:09,000 more aggressively cash recently and frequently used programs I don't have 198 00:14:06,959 --> 00:14:13,120 any solid proof of this however now let's talk new features running Android 199 00:14:11,399 --> 00:14:16,880 apps is the big one many people are looking forward to but unfortunately 200 00:14:14,959 --> 00:14:22,000 I've got nothing to tell you about them cuz they haven't been enabled in Windows 201 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:24,759 11 yet not even by downloading the APK 202 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:28,120 files manually I I did try the Microsoft store looks pretty much like it does in 203 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:31,959 Windows 10 right now so presumably once that gets updated we'll be able to get a 204 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:35,639 peek at how this all will work for now we'll just have to hurry up and wait I 205 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:39,399 suppose the other big headliner feature is direct storage although it's no 206 00:14:37,519 --> 00:14:43,440 longer Windows 11 exclusive direct storage basically accelerates the 207 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:48,040 loading of textures and assets into your graphics cards memory without having to 208 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:53,519 bother with the CPU at all so the CPU is free to do its own thing it makes things 209 00:14:50,279 --> 00:14:55,959 a lot faster or at least it should we 210 00:14:53,519 --> 00:14:59,480 just don't know yet what it will supposedly be in Windows 11 is faster 211 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:03,360 than it will be on Windows Windows 10 as a result of that new storage stack 212 00:15:01,519 --> 00:15:06,440 although again how this works in practice is anyone's guess because we 213 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:10,160 don't have a baseline for how it runs on Windows 10 yet either once game 214 00:15:08,639 --> 00:15:15,079 supported we'll be checking it out so make sure you get subscribed so you don't miss it there are some features we 215 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:19,720 can test today and the big one is auto HDR this debuted on the Xbox serieses 216 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:24,240 and as the name suggests this requires an HDR Monitor and can automatically 217 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:28,720 generate HDR metadata for SDR games running DirectX 11 or 12 it works by 218 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:32,199 generating a heat map for high intensity pixel and translating that into extra 219 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:37,440 brightness data that can be displayed as though it were HDR the effect is 220 00:15:35,079 --> 00:15:40,839 honestly shockingly good it doesn't Crush blacks or blow out whites and it 221 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:44,199 doesn't feel like the color space is artificially extended like in some 222 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:48,600 scenes the HDR effect doesn't look any different from SDR at all but in others 223 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:53,600 the difference is night and day and this is going to be what makes people keep HDR enabled instead of toggling it on 224 00:15:51,759 --> 00:15:57,880 and off all the time it's not quite on the same level of native HDR supporting 225 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:01,759 games but it's it's pretty dang impressive nonetheless 226 00:15:59,519 --> 00:16:06,040 this split screen effect by the way is unique to the beta version of Windows 11 227 00:16:04,079 --> 00:16:09,440 and it's hidden behind a registry key frankly I think they should put a toggle 228 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:13,319 in the HDR settings page so people can test their games and displays but what 229 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:17,680 do I know Windows 11 is expected to launch sometime in the holiday season 230 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:21,800 current rumors suggest October and when it does you've got a bit of prep work to 231 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:25,399 do before you can upgrade we've already done a dedicated video on how to install 232 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:28,720 Windows 11 but the short version is that you'll need to enable your systems 233 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:33,360 trusted platform module either physical or built into your firmware and you'll 234 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:36,560 need to enable secure boot without these prerequisites the official installation 235 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:40,399 methods won't allow you to proceed because these features together allow 236 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:44,480 for a significant security Improvement this security which can be enabled in 237 00:16:42,519 --> 00:16:48,720 Windows 10 as well by enabling your TPM and secure boot is also why Microsoft 238 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:53,800 isn't officially supporting Intel's kbl link or AMD's ryzen 1000 processors 239 00:16:51,959 --> 00:16:56,680 those CPUs lack the instructions necessary to do this security and 240 00:16:55,240 --> 00:17:00,399 Hardware meaning you'll take a performance hit here are the full 241 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,799 official system requirements in case you were curious we've marked everything 242 00:17:02,079 --> 00:17:07,559 that can be worked around with an asterisk the upgrade is going to be free 243 00:17:05,919 --> 00:17:11,559 for all current Windows 10 users just like Windows 10 was free for Windows 7 244 00:17:09,199 --> 00:17:15,839 and 8 users but we still don't know if it'll cost anything for New builds if it 245 00:17:14,039 --> 00:17:21,120 does presumably it'll be the same price as Windows 10 right now which is 109 for 246 00:17:17,959 --> 00:17:24,120 home and 149 for pro but should you 247 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:25,439 upgrade if you've got a very recent PC 248 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:30,600 and you can't bear the thought of leaving Windows chances are yes but if 249 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:35,360 not or if you just don't want to until the bugs are ironed out Windows 10 is 250 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:38,679 going to stick around until October 2025 which should give you plenty of time to 251 00:17:36,919 --> 00:17:42,480 weigh your options and plenty of time for this segue to our sponsor Micro 252 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:46,760 Center thanks Microcenter for sponsoring this video you can get the best prices 253 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:50,400 and selection on anything Tech at any one of microcenter's 25 locations across 254 00:17:48,919 --> 00:17:54,960 the United States if you use microcenter's custom PC Builder you can 255 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:58,880 spec out the best PC at any price point and once you're done in the PC Builder 256 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:02,799 just add your computer and setup to the the Microcenter custom build showcase 257 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:07,280 which is a great place for people to gather and discuss each other's builds 258 00:18:04,679 --> 00:18:11,679 and get inspiration for their next PC so don't wait head to the link in the video 259 00:18:09,159 --> 00:18:16,200 description to check out Microcenter and get a coupon code for a free pair of 260 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:19,880 wireless bluetooth headphones thanks for watching guys go check out our recent 261 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:23,240 video on how to install Windows 11 for a little more on those workarounds I 262 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:27,280 mentioned and uh see some of these changes for yourself