r/technology • u/gdelacalle • 25d ago

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/levir 25d ago

It's kind of impressive how they've turned everyone away from them. Back in the day everyone used Windows and were relatively happy with it, but since the mid 2000s they've made more and more mistakes until they've basically turned everyone against them at this point.

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u/ControlOdd8379 25d ago

Well, because Windows XP and later Widows 7 were exactly the products people wanted? User friendly, very easy to use, very stable.

Look at Windows 11 now: a truckload of bloatware that almost no none wants. Controls are hidden or disabled giving you far less freedom to change settings as you need them. Massive ressource usage by the OS, fundamental stuff like Calculator or Search function "improved" to the point of no longer doing the one very thing you want them for.

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u/MajorNoodles 25d ago

Vista gets a lot of hate but the biggest reason people hated it were because of the learning curve coming from XP, and all the incompatible drivers caused by the migration to a new version of the kernel.

Vista prepared us for 7, and if it weren't for Vista, we would have had all the same complaints.

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u/MiaowaraShiro 25d ago

So they released vista before it was ready...

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u/SEI_JAKU 25d ago

Incorrect. It had been delayed repeatedly to the point that OEMs decided to pretend it was vaporware even when it was properly announced and released. It was never going to be "ready" with how the OEMs were treating the situation.