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12% Sloooooooowwwwwwllllllyyyyyyyy installing Windows on the forums
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22! Got ninja'd. 23!
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Will we ever make it past the number one? Find out next time on MLP Forums Z!
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I'm honestly surprised I did not read this post until just now when I should be sleeping. Honestly, I welcome the planned changes. I've seen this place change a lot over the years since signing up for it all the way back in 2014, but, its pretty much always remained a place I enjoy going to, even more so in 2023 as I miss the community feeling you get with forums like this, which no modern, big tech website has really managed to replicate. Don't actually have much to say about the Debate Pit, never really used it but I guess I'll check it out if/whenever it comes back. Probably with a hazmat suit on. As for NSFW, I'll admit, I can go there at times and have looked at that kind of thing occasionally, and I do have accounts on sites that host such things, but I think I've already been pretty good at not posting that kind of thing here, including avoiding using the word "sexy", where it'd be seriously inappropriate, but I definitely noticed fan clubs here do tend to get sexualised depictions of said characters and I was admittedly concerned the fan club I recently created wasn't going to get approved because the two characters it focuses on are prone to getting that kind of art according to Derpibooru search results, but rest assured I will keep it PG as I have already been doing, and I'm sure we can admire those two without breaking sitewide rules. Haven't really seen anything that breaks the rules on that thing outside of fan clubs from my experience. While I don't personally mind that sort of thing, I fully understand not wanting it here, and having a separate, more mature site makes sense to me. A part of me would even go as far as saying maybe the Debate Pit would be better suited for the planned mature spinoff of this site? When the time comes, I'll be sure to request access to this mature Poniverse website and see what its like. Yeah, I noticed the forums do feel quite different from the previous years I've been active here. New staff and what honestly feels like a friendlier overall atmosphere (and I already felt welcome here in the past). Maybe its because I've been away from any small online community for so long, but, it does honestly feel refreshing coming here.
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So here is my current desktop, on my main PC. Its very cluttered and I don't plan on keeping it this way, this is just how it looks now, after doing the Windows 11 upgrade. Art: Twilight can't be late by Yakovlev-Vad on DeviantArt.
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Finally managed to upgrade my main PC to Windows 11. Turns out I had to download the upgrade assistant from Microsoft's website...
...So far, Windows 11 feels pretty meh, and I already managed to break it.
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My laptop that I use to run dedicated game servers on came with W11 and I already dislike it. Constantly some random background tasks, that bump CPU usage by 30-40% -- some office updaters that do whatever they want as they please, some widgets doing something (?) and the like - all the stuff I never ever run, nor plan to use. I check the system tray - nothing there, yet there's tons of stuff I didn't ask for happening in the background. I'm slowly hunting these tasks, disabling/blocking them one by one.
Seems like this system wasn't designed for performance (I know, I know, it's nothing new as far as Windows goes, it's not Linux), it's free real estate going on there. Apparently all microsoft is expecting you to do on W11 is to play games in Excel and write reviews in Word. Want to play games? Wait look at this epic office update you definitely want to have installed ASAP regardless of what you're currently doing. Widgets you don't even see occasionally eating lots of CPU for no reason? What a cool feature! Really, it strongly focuses on business aspects and openly states so right from the start when you configure your system on its first boot.
I put the server on and close the lid - I don't want any random tasks going on, I just want it to focus on the server, but microsoft go brrrr. Hopefully it calms down with time...
There are some cool niche features and improvements compared to W10, but many more downgrades, horrible design choices and more unwanted stuff installed on it. W11 generally feels more unstable.
Anyway, I prefer W10 and I'll stick to it on my main machine.
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QuoteI started using Windows 11 a while ago too... And I've already had to disable several absolutely brilliant features Microsoft came up with
My first thought using the system yesterday, with all the bloat and opt-out/hidden telemetry stuff. In fact that's kind of how I caused the breakage as apparently I needed the Microsoft Store to run Canvas, an infinite canvas app I plan on using in the early stages of ideas I have for animations and fanart. Haven't found an open source alternative of that app that fits my specific use case unfortunately. Managed to get that 'fixed', but I do not like how store apps are not independent from the store itself.
Unrelated but I don't think I'll ever get used to the new Start menu.
Quote(the new print screen method and snap windows come to mind instantly)
Wasn't even aware of the "improved" print screen. Tried it now and it feels like they tried to copy ShareX without thinking about what made that program work so well. Not sure I'll ever need the new Window snapping. Didn't mind the original snap in Windows 7, but this extended version of it feels like it should be optional.
QuoteI prefer MacOS to Windows
I still have yet to try modern MacOS (though I think I've got the money for a Macbook now, just lacking a use case that can't be met with just a Windows/Linux combo) and I still don't blame you. For any faults it may have, at least it has to feel like a premium product since its from Apple.
QuoteThere are some cool niche features and improvements compared to W10, but many more downgrades, horrible design choices and more unwanted stuff installed on it. W11 generally feels more unstable
Yeah. I remember when I was hyped for Windows 11 back when that leaked beta came out. Granted, much of that hype was superficial as I seemed to only care about the new. frosted glass, possibly copying KDE and MacOS a bit theme. Then stuff like the TPM requirement and Microsoft's usual shenanigans happened.
And yeah, actually using the system, I have noticed its a little bit less stable than 10 was in some areas. Some programs take longer to load, there is a noticeable lag at times, and if you turn the File Explorer shortcut on and try to launch it in Start, it will throw an error saying the application isn't found. Does not happen when launching the explorer from your documents, downloads or home folder though. :/
I hoped for Windows 7 2.0 and instead, Windows 11 feels like the worst aspects of 10 have been doubled down on.
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14! All the Twilights and I picked an Izzy emoji.
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I gotta admit, I think Roseluck looks gorgeous in her dress in the "Life is a Runway" music video. Kinda surprised there isn't more fanart of her in it. Vector created by Lunarina on Derpibooru -
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I gave Windows everything it wants in order to upgrade my main machine to Windows 11, which on my system required a BIOS update for firmware-based TPM support and Windows still doesn't want to let me upgrade to Windows 11. :/ This, and stuff like this is why I'm seriously reconsidering Linux!
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9 birthday presents!
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4 Four Four Four Four Happy, character limit?
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Its Sharklight Sparkle!
