- Microsoft published a new article with Windows 11 tips that doubles as a product to update the new operating system
- The problem is that there is a disconcerting selection of ‘strong’ points highlighted
- There are some good reasons to update Windows 11, but this document presents any of them.
In case you have not noticed (unlikely), Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to be updated to Windows 11, if possible and their PC meets the specifications requirements for the newest operating system, and we have just reached the wind of another attempt to boost people to make that jump.
This is a new article on the “Learning Center” portal of Microsoft noticed by Neowin, which is called “7 tips to make the most of Windows 11”, and it is an effort to persuade Windows 10 holdouts.
Microsoft begins the piece: “Then, you have heard the buzz on Windows 11, but is it worth the update? From productivity tools to elegant designs, Windows 11 is full of features that make life easier. If you are still in Windows 10, now it is a good time to make the change, especially with the Windows 10 support that ends in October 2025.”
Essentially, the idea seems that it is a list of tips that doubled as Windows 11 strong points. Then, farter, let’s take a look at this collection and see what we do of it.
The initial council is ‘to make the start menu yours’ and notes that it is easy to customize this menu. Microsoft informs us: “You can hold your favorite applications, reorganize mosaics or even change the size of everything to adapt to your environment.” In fact, it can, but highlighting the start menu is a strange choice here, since it is a piece of Windows 11 with which many people are not so happy for one reason or another.
In addition, customization is relatively limited in some aspects. For example, do you want to get rid of the ‘recommendations’ section? It cannot, but to be fair, this ability could be incoming in an important redesign for the start menu, so Microsoft seems to be listening to comments, fortunately.
Then we have a couple of tips for niche characteristics. The second point is to use SNAP designs, which consist of multiple ‘breaking’ or tight applications together to allow them to see simultaneously through the screen of its monitor. They are a good idea, but really something you will use, or you will not, and there are many people in the last category. The third advice, to use virtual desks to maintain, for example, your working life and your separate personal desk, is something that most Windows users will never approach.
Then they tell us that widgets are great: HMM, some people can enjoy them, but again, they are more minority, although a characteristic with which Microsoft seems little obsessed, and remind us that you can use focus sessions for better productivity (once again, most people will not).
Council six indicates that you can use Windows Hello to log in (it can also in Windows 10, although to be fair, the function is improved in Windows 11), and Microsoft’s final council is to use the dark mode (again, this is present in Windows 10, although the implementation is better in the newest operating system once again).
ANALYSIS: Some strange options in fact
In general, this represents a strange collection of tips and possible reasons to get on the Windows 11 train. Certainly, there are more convincing arguments to take the step with the newest operating system of Microsoft, including better security under the home to start and a softer general performance compared to Windows 10.
In fact, there are some interesting features for PC players, such as Auto HDR mode, or directorage to considerably accelerate games (where it is compatible, and that will eventually be a much wider range of titles).
Or what about some of the excellent accessibility functions that Windows 11 has introduced? Or the new characteristics of AI that have been written (some of which are only for co -pilot+ pcs, certainly, but not all).
Microsoft’s article fails miserably in terms of meat here to persuade people to tighten the update trigger, and even rather falls when it comes to pointing out the Windows 11 bits that you really need to know for those who have just install the operating system and need some initial advice to help find their way.
Of course, with the end of the life of Windows 10 now very large, you will have to examine the realities of a Windows 11 update in a short time, anyway, that or the alternatives such as paying to maintain the support of Windows 10 for another year until October 2026.
