I got a new laptop a month ago to use as a backup but also for my Deep Space Astro. It's an HP, with an i5 and a 512sd. It's not blazing fast, but for $500 it serves it's purpose and is fast enough.
The issue though is Windows 11 which came installed on it. Wow... I am so glad I have kept saying No to the free Windows 11 popups that keep coming up on my main laptop, the MSI gaming laptop with a 17.3" screen.
I have only used the new laptop a little so far, but here are my issues.
1. It stacks all of your open windows (of the same type) in the task bar. With Windows 10, it also did that, but you could easily just toggle the option off. I like to see each of my open windows at the bottom. If I have 4 instances of Edge open on the internet, I like seeing all 4 of them individually in the task bar so I can click on which one I want. In Windows 11 they are all stacked, so you have to first mouse over the Edge window in the task bar, then above the task bar, thumbnails of each open Edge is shown, and then you have to look close to see which one it is you want and then move the mouse over it and click. They same for Windows File Explorer (which I use constantly) also. It's a real pain, not intuitive and really slows you down. Now... there is a FIX to this, but it involves editing the Registry, etc, so I haven't messed with it yet.
2. Just simple Copy and Paste. Fortunately you can still do Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, etc. But if you use the Mouse and the popup window when you left click in File Explorer on a folder or file, they have removed the words Copy, Paste, etc. They are now icons at the bottom of the popup. It does say "Copy as Path" in the Popup, but not sure what that would really mean, or why I would want it. I just want to be able to copy an object whether its a folder or file. And then, just a few minutes ago I was copy and pasting on the new Windows 11 laptop some files from an external drive as I continue to get it set up. I had already clicked on a folder and Copy and Pasted it onto the C Drive. So now I went back to the external drive, clicked on another folder to Copy it, and clicked on the Copy Icon at the bottom of the popup window, and it actually started to Paste in the folder I had already copied to the C drive. Maybe it thought I wanted to "Copy" that first folder to now this other folder? Ugh.... so I stopped it, had to delete the unwanted folder, and then used the Short Cut keys to do it.
A couple of simple things I guess, but they are really bugging me. I totally get upgrading software for security and enhancement, but to remove core abilities that have been part of a software for 30 years is just a really bad move.
Jim
The issue though is Windows 11 which came installed on it. Wow... I am so glad I have kept saying No to the free Windows 11 popups that keep coming up on my main laptop, the MSI gaming laptop with a 17.3" screen.
I have only used the new laptop a little so far, but here are my issues.
1. It stacks all of your open windows (of the same type) in the task bar. With Windows 10, it also did that, but you could easily just toggle the option off. I like to see each of my open windows at the bottom. If I have 4 instances of Edge open on the internet, I like seeing all 4 of them individually in the task bar so I can click on which one I want. In Windows 11 they are all stacked, so you have to first mouse over the Edge window in the task bar, then above the task bar, thumbnails of each open Edge is shown, and then you have to look close to see which one it is you want and then move the mouse over it and click. They same for Windows File Explorer (which I use constantly) also. It's a real pain, not intuitive and really slows you down. Now... there is a FIX to this, but it involves editing the Registry, etc, so I haven't messed with it yet.
2. Just simple Copy and Paste. Fortunately you can still do Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, etc. But if you use the Mouse and the popup window when you left click in File Explorer on a folder or file, they have removed the words Copy, Paste, etc. They are now icons at the bottom of the popup. It does say "Copy as Path" in the Popup, but not sure what that would really mean, or why I would want it. I just want to be able to copy an object whether its a folder or file. And then, just a few minutes ago I was copy and pasting on the new Windows 11 laptop some files from an external drive as I continue to get it set up. I had already clicked on a folder and Copy and Pasted it onto the C Drive. So now I went back to the external drive, clicked on another folder to Copy it, and clicked on the Copy Icon at the bottom of the popup window, and it actually started to Paste in the folder I had already copied to the C drive. Maybe it thought I wanted to "Copy" that first folder to now this other folder? Ugh.... so I stopped it, had to delete the unwanted folder, and then used the Short Cut keys to do it.
A couple of simple things I guess, but they are really bugging me. I totally get upgrading software for security and enhancement, but to remove core abilities that have been part of a software for 30 years is just a really bad move.
Jim
