Feedback on Windows 11

Yeah - I'm done..

I took the time and pain of switching to Windows 11, if for no other reason that I was planning to buy a new machine and figured it would be a good idea to learn Win11 now because all new machines will have Win11.  Glad I did that becuase now I know what Win11 is all about - and I REALLY don't like it. 

I've been using Win11 for about year and the departure from Win10 is more dramatic than advertised. Features and functions behave differently, well-known apps are still there but hard to find yet still required to do some tasks.  For example, I am typing this VERY slowly. Why?  Because I had to dial back the keyboard settings to the slowest setting otherwise words would have long strings of repeated characters, like ttttttttttttthhisssssssssss.  Control Panel is the only path to reduce the repeat and delay options, yet you won't find it in Settings.

Through trial and error I beleive this keyboard problem is caused by "Efficiency Mode" in the task manager. I use the same setup on a Win10 machine (same keyboard, software, docking station, etc.) and I do not experience this issue.  Further investigation shows that Efficiency Mode can be disabled temporarily and only for specific sessions - despite Microsoft's claim otherwise.  So, I cannot permanently disable Efficiency Mode to see if that is in fact the source.

Win11 is not designed for me. It is designed for Microsoft so that everyone can have a browser that cannot be deleted or removed (Edge).  I don't use Edge and it is corporate behavior like this that makes me REFUSE to use Edge as my browser.  It was my hope that Win11 would be the OS based on Edge and plays nicely with other apps and meets my needs as well or better than Win10.  Greatly, greatly, disappointed.