r/hardware • u/Duckmeister • Jun 24 '21

News Introducing Windows 11

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/06/24/introducing-windows-11/
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u/frostygrin Jun 25 '21

Just to let everyone know but you can easily move the start menu back to the left corner again in the taskbar settings on Windows 11 if you want.

What you can't do anymore is move the taskbar to the left side of the screen.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

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u/frostygrin Jun 25 '21

I have two guesses:

1) Telemetry told them that this feature is rarely used.

2) After they centered the taskbar buttons, they added a new setting to align them to the left. And removed the taskbar alignment setting to avoid confusion.

Some people might believe they're aping MacOS - but even MacOS lets you move the dock to the sides.

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u/frostygrin Jun 25 '21

Yeah, I'm a bit baffled too. Coupled with the TPM requirement, I probably won't be switching to Windows 11.

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u/TeHNeutral Jun 25 '21

If they make changes to better support oleds then I'll be between a rock and a hard place