Windows 11: It’s way more than an operating system - Thanh Nguyen

Thứ Hai, 23 tháng 8, 2021

Windows 11: It’s way more than an operating system

Windows 11 is intended as the replacement for the renowned 6-year-old Windows 10, and will be offered as a free update for Microsoft’s individual customers. It costs us little (if any) to have access to Windows 11, but the brand new operating system’s influence on the entire tech world is times larger that of any other free-of-charge software products.


Renovating gaming experience

What do you expect from Windows 11, given you are a gamer? New gaming elements, better gaming apps and communities, or a precursor to renovations?


Direct Storage and AutoHDR are only two among a host of new gaming-support features that can satisfy the community’s ongoing demands for fresh experiences. AutoHDR can already be found on Xbox series, allowing the users to turn high dynamic range on during gaming and thus effectively enhancing the overall visual qualities of the games. DirectStorage, meanwhile, involves both GPU and SSD in the asset-loading process, minimizing the CPU workload and promising way less time waiting and tapping our fingers on the table. Xbox apps will also be integrated into Windows 11, and this is more than good news to console-PC cross-players.


Windows 11 does not have to struggle to combine with Nvidia and AMD’s new graphics features (such as Fidelity FX Super Resolution) to provide optical aids, and every transition effect or frame in games will be taken good care of.



A war declaration to Apple?


In the era of competition and cross-impact, a new software product of Microsoft can have a far-reaching effect on other incorporations, including Apple. While the infamous Apple-developer commission strife barely shows any signs of coming to an end, Microsoft is clearly striving to shorten the bridge between themselves and the app makers.


Microsoft even promotes the use of third-party payment gateways by allowing developers to keep all their revenues if they can integrate a proprietary charging system into their games. This paves the way for a more open, motivated developer community with less dependence on the platform providers and more projected money on the way, and this is also something Apple will not resort to in the foreseeable future.


It is clear that Microsoft wants to attract more developers to their platforms. At the same time, this open move would impose pressure on Apple and Google, who take a notorious 30% cut on every transaction on AppStore and Google Play Store. Microsoft is already the most generous store provider in the market, as they only charge 15% app fee, 12% game fee, and now 0% under particular conditions.



Windows-Android vs. iOS-macOS?

Such popular mobile apps as Tiktok or Instagram will run natively on Windows 11. Although most people would claim themselves as browser users (which belittles the revolution Microsoft is trying to achieve), Microsoft has proven to be proactive to the age of ecosystems. More spaces for creativity would be there for app developers, opportunities for Android app makers to reach 1.3 billion active users of Microsoft are now open, and after Windows 7, every PC user’s excitement is now fuelled again.


As Intel Bridge is used to run Android apps, Microsoft won’t have to negotiate with Android developers to transfer their apps to Windows. In other words, they don’t have to make adjustments to their code at all, while Intel and Microsoft would take the burden. More importantly, the Microsoft Store welcomes apps built on mostly any frameworks, from Win32, UWP, Java, .NET to Progressive Web Apps. Satya Nadella and his teams are aiming to create a fair app store, placing a premium on user equality and the maximization of dev’s benefits. And this strengthens the very Microsoft brand.


The question is: Considering all this, what would Apple do?


If Apple gives in to their complainants (which they are very unlikely to do), this would open up an avenue for other compromises in the future. This would lead Apple to an unwanted situation: Apple will be redefined by the market. Meanwhile, Apple is basically one who wants to bring definitions to the world and not to be redefined. Hence, Apple may possibly retain their policies, but broaden their competitive advantages and make “friends” in other ways. Specifically, messages about security or massive financial incentives for partners would be even more strongly conveyed, in line with the emergence of their other superior services and benefits for all parties involved.



And when it comes to security…


Microsoft has promised to provide us with a faster boot time, a more sensitive Windows Hello, a smoother web-browsing experience with less energy used. However, feature improvements are, admittedly, simply norms.


An enhancement in security features on Windows is what is really and honestly expected by many PC users. Microsoft, in return, has seriously developed encryption and malware prevention elements and will make them default features on Windows 11. All separate apps and features would be put in a single package and run in the background when the PC is turned on, and this promises a better security premise without forcing the PC to sacrifice its performance and user experience. Windows 11 will win over business users this way, given that neither Microsoft nor Apple has a clear advantage in this consumer segment. Also, transition from Windows 10 to 11 would be smoother than ever with Endpoint Manager and Windows Update for Business.


1-click on a taskbar icon, and you can join any meetings you want on Teams. Snap Layouts offers mostly every plausible screen splitting and positioning option, while Snap Groups would change the way we use laptops. And now, security features. Microsoft is simultaneously exhibiting their creativity power and really placing concentration on improving the UX.



Conclusion


The Microsoft – Businesses – Users circle would derive significant benefits from the support of Windows 11, which boosts working productivity, gaming experience, introduces satisfying commission policies and security features. If your PC does not support UEFI, Secure Boot or Trusted Platform Module ver 2.0, considering update your hardware in 5 years to enjoy the likely-to-be-successful Windows 11.


After all, it’s free of charge.


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