Let's discuss about Windows Setup (offline) - what would you wish for? - Panther 2.0

Great news! Starting with Windows Insider / Windows Server Insider build 26040, we can enjoy an revamed UX for Windows Setup, as announced in aka.ms/wip26040

So let's explore. Takeaway, it is not yet the revolutionary attempt we are discussing here in this thread, but overall I am excited to see we will receive some UX modifications in years.

Key facts:
- Win11 online setup design language
- consistent Win11 animations (rotating circle)
- UX improvements, especially on disk management

welcome screen / regional settings

keyboard method still automatically derives from former page's settings

All new UX for options that make the previous one more accessible
You can still revert to the old UX.

licensing and key still required (except Azure Edition and Azure Stack HCI)

OS image selection
just for demo I am preferring Desktop Experience, as I would like to see the OOBE. Usually I would prefer the Core option without Desktop Experience for most scenarios.

consisten Windows 11 animations

The ineviteable fineprint. Still worth a read. There are interesting edge scenario CPU licensing terms for OEM and CPU as long not covered via SA.

This is new one

Improved disk partitioning UX. Move or shrink isn't there still.
yet some features are new, like bring disk online without using Shift+F10 and diskpart.

another new window. All's set requesting to confirm what's going to happen.

The installation progress now matches the UX like an inplace upgrade

new onboarding screen after first boot. Previously this was a "getting ready / install devices"

That's all folks! 🙂