- Microsoft has published a new article featuring Windows 11 advice which serves as a product to go to the new operating system
- The problem is that there is a confusing selection of “strong” points highlighted
- There are good reasons to go to Windows 11, but none of them is presented by this document
If you had not noticed it (unlikely), Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to take place at Windows 11 – if possible and their PC meets the specification requirements for the new operating system – and we have just taken the wind of another attempt to produce people to make this jump.
This is a new article on the “Learning Center” portal of Microsoft noticed by Neowin which is called “7 tips to make the most of Windows 11”, and is an effort to persuade Windows 10 Holdouts.
Microsoft starts the room: “So you heard the buzz on Windows 11, but this is up to upgrade? From productivity tools to elegant conceptions, Windows 11 is filled with features that make your life easier. If you are still on Windows 10, it’s the right time to change – in particular with the management of Windows 10 end in October 2025.”
Essentially, the idea seems to be that it is a list of advice that serves as strong points of Windows 11. So, go, let’s take a look at this collection and see what we do with it.
The initial advice consists in “making the start menu yours” and it underlines that it is easy to personalize the said menu. Microsoft informs us: “You can pin your favorite applications, reorganize tiles or even resize it all to adapt to your atmosphere.” You can indeed, but highlighting the start -up menu is a strange choice here, because it is a piece of Windows 11, many people are not so satisfied for one reason or another.
In addition, personalization is relatively limited in certain respects. For example, do you want to get rid of the “Recommendations” section? You cannot – but to be fair, this capacity could be entered into a major overhaul for the start menu, so Microsoft seems to listen to the comments, fortunately.
Then we have some tips for rather niche features. The second point is to use the SNAP arrangements, which consist of several “broken” or adjusted applications together to allow them to be visualized simultaneously on your monitor screen. It’s a good idea, but really something you will use, or you won’t do it – and there are a lot of people in this last category. The third tip, to use virtual desktop computers to keep your professional life and your personal office separately, is something that the majority of Windows users never get closer.
Then, we are told that the widgets are great – HMM, some people could take advantage of it, but again, they are more minority, although a Microsoft functionality seems unfortunately obsessed with – and we remember that you can use development sessions for better productivity (once again, most people will not, however).
TIP Six underlines that you can use Windows Hello for connection (you can also on Windows 10, although to be fair, the feature is improved on Windows 11), and Microsoft’s final advice is to use the DARK mode (again, this is present on Windows 10, although the implementation is better on the more recent operating system).
Analysis: some strange choices indeed
Overall, this represents a strange collection of advice and possible reasons to get on the Windows 11 train. There are certainly more convincing arguments to take the plunge with the new Microsoft operating system, including better safety under the hood to start, and overall overall performance compared to Windows 10.
Indeed, there are neat features for PC players, such as HDR Auto mode, or directs to significantly accelerate games (where it is taken care of, and it will ultimately be a much wider range of titles).
Or what about some of the major accessibility features that Windows 11 introduced? Or the new AI features that have been written (some of which are for Copilot + PCS only, certainly, but not all).
Microsoft’s article fails miserably in terms of meat here to persuade people to pull the upgrade trigger, and even enough when it comes to pointing the pieces of Windows 11 that you really have to know for those who have just installed the operating system and who need initial advice to help find their way.
Of course, with the end of life of Windows 10 which is now very large, you will have to examine the realities of an upgrade of Windows 11 before anyway – or the alternatives such as paying to maintain the management of Windows 10 for a year to October 2026.
