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#2729939 17-Jun-2021 07:39

michaelmurfy:

Well I've installed it on one of my older Lenovo's - this seems too good to actually be a leak after playing around with it for some time.

- All drivers installed from Windows Update.
- Windows update actually ran updates on it.
- Automatically activated with a digital license (Windows 7)
- Seems stable...?!

This doesn't feel like a dev build. It has quite a bit of polish to it.

FWIW the "leaked" is a production signed build not a flight/dev build so it's more like a Release Candidate. Either an OEM leaked it (understandable for them to have a near finished version this close to announcement) or it was a marketing play to get (what seems like every tech outlet ) talking about it.

https://oofhours.com/2021/06/15/digging-into-windows-11/ is a good read.

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#2730009 17-Jun-2021 10:08

Another nightmare to teach end users a new GUI they will be unwilling to learn..or wait until something like start11 rolls out to give them a familiar option.

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#2730018 17-Jun-2021 10:29

But will the updates continue to break things? (Of course they will!)

Will they continue to roll out updates to fix the just installed update? (Of course you will!)

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#2730142 17-Jun-2021 13:47

Probably leaked it themselves to gauge the reaction from people.

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#2730172 17-Jun-2021 14:25

michaelmurfy:

This doesn't feel like a dev build. It has quite a bit of polish to it.

That's interesting, a friend of mine did a similar thing and listed many things that look like they are missing entirely, mirroring the comments by Thurrot that it's nowhere ready for release... (So, in Microsoft terms, RTM :))

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#2730179 17-Jun-2021 14:37

I thought all Windows versions leaked

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#2730180 17-Jun-2021 14:38

MikeB4:

I thought all Windows versions leaked

It's called the windows 'insider' program :)

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#2730184 17-Jun-2021 14:45

The insider programme I did that for a few years but got treatment for it. I am clean now. 😇

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#2730199 17-Jun-2021 15:13

Wow, so literally no option to sign in without an MS account any longer? That blows!

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#2730206 17-Jun-2021 15:25

networkn:

Wow, so literally no option to sign in without an MS account any longer? That blows!

You can (and I did). "Other Options" when the sign-in prompt shows up then click "Offline Account".

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#2730331 17-Jun-2021 18:04

Pretty unimpressed to be honest.
Touted as the biggest update ever. Really ??

Seems just like a skinned windows 10, maybe it is.

At least it does not come with all the bloatware and what is there you can just uninstall from the start menu.

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#2730333 17-Jun-2021 18:06

JaseNZ:

Touted as the biggest update ever. Really ??

In gigabytes, perhaps.

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#2730334 17-Jun-2021 18:09

michaelmurfy:

networkn:

Wow, so literally no option to sign in without an MS account any longer? That blows!

You can (and I did). "Other Options" when the sign-in prompt shows up then click "Offline Account".

Thanks for clarifying, I was going off a review I read. I haven't tried to download or install it yet, and likely won't at this stage.