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Building new system - want to END UP with Windows 11
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It's actually a conspiracy by the mouse manufacturers. (Does MS still sell mice? They haven't made one I've liked in many years.)
IMHO, MS is going back to their Windows 8 state of mind. They think everyone is using touchscreens on small tablets and laptops, so they changed the UI.
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Just connect the CPU fan to the CPU_Fan connector on the motherboard and no other connector. Many times the system will not boot unless a fan isn't connect to that outlet. The others can be used for case fans, etc.
My old desktop stopped booting when the CPU fan stopped working. I could only boot into the BIOS. No one local had the right fan and ordering online took a month or more. Luckily, I found a fan on an old desktop I saved for parts.
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Windows 11 Canary Channel Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz 16 MB DDR 4-2666 Windows 11 Canary Channel PC/Desktop PowerSpec G156 Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz AsusTeK Prime B360M-A 16 MB DDR 4-2666 23" Speptre HDMI 75Hz 1920x1080 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe Logitek K270 Logitek M185 Firefox, Edge and Edge Canary Windows Defender
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IMHO, MS is going back to their Windows 8 state of mind. They think everyone is using touchscreens on small tablets and laptops, so they changed the UI.
Look on the bright side. No more Windows Phone.
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Look on the bright side. No more Windows Phone.
Hey, my first Smart Phone was a Windows phone and I loved it. I wish they would have continued development.
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Look on the bright side. No more Windows Phone.
I actually liked my old Windows Phone. I liked it more than all of my Android phones combined. If MS didn't drop support, I would still be using a Windows phone.
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Look on the bright side. No more Windows Phone.
I forgot to add: Even though I loved my Windows Phone I hated running Windows 8 and had mixed feelings about running Windows 8.1 on my desktops and laptops. IMHO they were only good for small mobile devices.
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Windows 11 Canary Channel Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz 16 MB DDR 4-2666 Windows 11 Canary Channel PC/Desktop PowerSpec G156 Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz AsusTeK Prime B360M-A 16 MB DDR 4-2666 23" Speptre HDMI 75Hz 1920x1080 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe Logitek K270 Logitek M185 Firefox, Edge and Edge Canary Windows Defender
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Hey, my first Smart Phone was a Windows phone and I loved it. I wish they would have continued development.
I didn't mean to denigrate Windows Phone.
However, I prefer that development for a tiny screen be separate from that for a large screen.
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I didn't mean to denigrate Windows Phone.
IMHO that was the biggest problem win Windows 8 and 8.1. They weren't designed for devices with large screens and/or didn't have a touchscreen. On the phone and I would imagine a tablet it was perfect.
Windows 11 Pro 25H2 Intel Core i7-10700K 16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI Windows 11 Pro 25H2 PC/Desktop PowerSpec B746 Intel Core i7-10700K ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/ax 16GB (8GB PC4-19200 DDR4 SDRAM x2) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI Realtek Audio #1. LG ULTRAWIDE 34" #2. AOC Q32G2WG3 32" #1. 3440 X 1440 #2. 1920 x 1080 NVMe WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 1TB 750 Watts (62.5A) PowerSpec/Lian Li ATX 205 Logitech K270 Logitech M185 Microsoft Edge and Firefox Webroot SecureAnywhere CE 26.1
Windows 11 Canary Channel Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz 16 MB DDR 4-2666 Windows 11 Canary Channel PC/Desktop PowerSpec G156 Intel Core i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz AsusTeK Prime B360M-A 16 MB DDR 4-2666 23" Speptre HDMI 75Hz 1920x1080 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe Logitek K270 Logitek M185 Firefox, Edge and Edge Canary Windows Defender
I found the learning curve for 11 to be pretty short. You can add virtually anything to the task bar to speed up your work and there is room for a bunch of icons. For example I put the settings routine on the taskbar. It makes access a one click proposition.
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