Letters

Four reasons not to upgrade to Windows 11

I admire the enthusiasm you oozed for Windows 11 in Issue 624’s Cover Feature (pictured), but in the interest of balance I feel compelled to give an opposing view.

I’m not against Windows 11. From what I’ve seen, it’s a perfectly adequate operating system, and isn’t the dog’s dinner that Windows 8 was. But it has some flaws – four in fact – that need to be fixed before I’ll consider upgrading.

First, the right-click context menu doesn’t have enough options. You need to click again to see all the options that Windows 10 offers. Second, Microsoft has made it harder to set default programs for specific purposes because you have to include different file and link types. Third, you can’t move the taskbar to the top or side of your screen. And fourth, you can’t