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Which Windows11 do you feel is the most stable as of 12/2024?


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TonyG

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I've been a developer for over 40 years, have built my own systems, and am familiar with the Windows ecosystem.
I'm currently running W10/22H2 and W11/21H2 and my systems are qualified for upgrade.

To those who "doom scroll", the daily news (and republication of old news with a new date) would have us believe Windows 10 is a nightmare of ongoing security issues, Windows 11 upgrades may result in failure to boot and other random issues ... and yet users are being pushed to W11 anyway. There is some truth and some exaggeration in any such public commentary. The problem is that consequences and choices aren't clear for the average user or even company admins.

Looking more closely it seems to me that W11/23H2 is pretty stable, and 24H2 issues might only affect a small number of devices.

In this poll I'm hoping to get a general feel-good sense of the state of Windows 11.

There are always individual anecdotes of issues and success. The world isn't perfect. Please don't vent your anger on a specific version based only on your own experience - or praise a platform because that's the only one you know. I'm looking for broader insight.

This will help me and I hope others to decide if and where they're going to move.

Thanks!
 

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MSI/Creator 15 A10SFS
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MS-16V2
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32GB
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I've been a developer for over 40 years, have built my own systems, and am familiar with the Windows ecosystem.
I'm currently running W10/22H2 and W11/21H2 and my systems are qualified for upgrade.

To those who "doom scroll", the daily news (and republication of old news with a new date) would have us believe Windows 10 is a nightmare of ongoing security issues, Windows 11 upgrades may result in failure to boot and other random issues ... and yet users are being pushed to W11 anyway. There is some truth and some exaggeration in any such public commentary. The problem is that consequences and choices aren't clear for the average user or even company admins.

Looking more closely it seems to me that W11/23H2 is pretty stable, and 24H2 issues might only affect a small number of devices.

In this poll I'm hoping to get a general feel-good sense of the state of Windows 11.

There are always individual anecdotes of issues and success. The world isn't perfect. Please don't vent your anger on a specific version based only on your own experience - or praise a platform because that's the only one you know. I'm looking for broader insight.

This will help me and I hope others to decide if and where they're going to move.

Thanks!
By and large, 24H2 is quite stable but has a few minor bugs but nothing that significant. The FE 3 dots bug is easily fixed with vivetool.

To put things in context, it took W10 about 3 years before significant issues such as freezing, lagging etc were fully sorted.

Of course, we still get posts about performance but in most cases, the poster is still using an HDD, and changing to an SSD (plus upgrading RAM to minimum 8GB) sorts most issues.
 

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Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ16 GB solderedIntegrated Intel Iris XE
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Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
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Laptop
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ASUS Zenbook 14
CPU
I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
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Yep, Laptop has one.
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16 GB soldered
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Integrated Intel Iris XE
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Realtek built in
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laptop OLED screen
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2880x1800 touchscreen
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Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
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Yep, got one
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Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
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Built in UK keybd
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Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
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900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
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Edge
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Defender
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TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
Most of the growing pains are all gone from 23H2 so it's become quite stable. 24H2 is still in the middle of it's growing pains but I imagine it will get there eventually.
 

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    Windows 11 25H2Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX (24-Core)64GB DDR5 6400MT/sNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and Intel UHD Graphics
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    Windows 11 25H2
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware 18 Area-51
    CPU
    Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX (24-Core)
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    Alienware
    Memory
    64GB DDR5 6400MT/s
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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and Intel UHD Graphics
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    Onboard, Realtek high-performance Audio chips (ALC3329 & ALC1708))
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    300HZ 18-inch QHD 500 nit Comfort View+
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen 5 SSD
    Case
    Magnesium Alloy
    Cooling
    Advanced Cryo-Tech Quad-Fan Cooling system & large vapor chamber
    Keyboard
    Cherry MX ultra low profile mechanical keyboard with per key AlienFX RGB lighting
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 4
    Browser
    Vivaldi (main), Firefox, Chrome, Edge
    Antivirus
    MS Defender and Malwarebytes Free
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    Windows 11 25H2Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (12 Core) ARM bas...16GB LPDDR5Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
    Operating System
    Windows 11 25H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Laptop 7
    CPU
    Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (12 Core) ARM based CPU
    Motherboard
    Microsoft Corp.
    Memory
    16GB LPDDR5
    Graphics card(s)
    Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
    Sound Card
    Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos spatial sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    120 Hz 13.8-inch 600 nit PixelSense Flow touchscreen
    Screen Resolution
    2304x1536
    Hard Drives
    1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD
    Case
    Anodized Aluminum
    Cooling
    Traditional active cooling fan system
    Keyboard
    Mechanical QWERTY, backlit when in use
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 4 and Surface Arc Mouse
    Browser
    Vivaldi (main), Firefox, Chrome, Edge
    Antivirus
    MS Defender and Malwarebytes Free
23H2 run fine on 2 HP all in ones. upgrade to 24H2 failed on both but a clean install went fine.
SFC /scannow is now working
disk clean-up is still playing up
the explorer 3 dot menu issue fixed itself
all MS software is uninstalled and replaced with other tried and trusted software.

no major problems just a few niggles which i have sorted.
apart from that all running fine with the latest updates.

best of luck, Steve ..
 

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    Windows 11 HomeRyzen 7 5825u64GB DDR4 3200Ryzen 7 5825u
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    Windows 11 Home
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    PC/Desktop
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    HP 24" AiO
    CPU
    Ryzen 7 5825u
    Motherboard
    HP
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    64GB DDR4 3200
    Graphics Card(s)
    Ryzen 7 5825u
    Sound Card
    RealTek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" HP AiO
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 @60 Hz
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    1TB WD Blue SN580 M2 SSD Partitioned.
    2x 1TB USB HDD External Backup/Storage.
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    90W external power brick
    Case
    24" All in One
    Cooling
    Default Air Cooling
    Keyboard
    HP WiFi UK extended
    Mouse
    HP WiFi 3 Button
    Internet Speed
    1GB full fibre
    Browser
    Edge & Firefox
    Antivirus
    AVG Internet Security/Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Mainly Open Source Software
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    Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTSi5 7200u16GB DDR4Intel
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    Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
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    Laptop
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    Dell 13" Latitude 2017
    CPU
    i5 7200u
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    16GB DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel
    Sound Card
    Intel
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    13" Dell Laptop
    Hard Drives
    250GB Crucial 2.5" SSD
    Mouse
    Generic WiFi 3 button
    Internet Speed
    WiFi only
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    ClamAV TK
    Other Info
    Mainly Open Source Software
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