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Microsoft plans 100% native Windows 11 apps in major shift away from web wrappers (www.techspot.com)
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[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder which of the 17 native Windows UI frameworks they will use.

[–] memphis@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago

They will make a new one

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So they are going back to windows 7? Thats great news! For someone, probably. As for me I've moved to linux and I plan to stay a while.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I recently had to use a windows 7 VM at work, and I had completely forgotten just how fast that OS was. I can boot that VM, do what I have to, and shut it down again in the time it takes a windows 11 VM to figure out that it exists. I moved my personal stuff off windows, and I really wish it were possible for my work laptop.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you running these on an Etch-a-Sketch? I have a Win11 VM setup on my Linux Mint laptop using QEMU/KVM and it goes from powered off to desktop in 24 seconds. I could probably make it faster if I cared to do any tuning but sub 30 seconds is more than fast enough for what I need.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

Sub 30 seconds is fine, but it's annoying when the windows 7 VM shows that sub 10 seconds used to be possible.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To little too late, we’re all on our way out

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 weeks ago

You may be, but business isn't. And this is what business wants.

Keep mind a business may have tens of thousands of machines and users.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

Wonder if they will add back the Win95 task manager, as apparently it still works nowadays and is much lighter.

[–] a_good_hunter@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

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