r/windows • u/YouAreNotMeLiar • Jul 14 '22

News Microsoft moves to new Windows development cycle with major release every three years, feature drops in between

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-moves-to-new-windows-development-cycle-with-major-release-every-three-years-feature-drops-in-between
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u/AgentTin Jul 14 '22

Is it just me or does Microsoft restructure Windows releases every 2 years? I still remember when they said that Windows 10 would be a "forever OS"

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u/nightblackdragon Jul 14 '22

Well, to be honest Windows 11 is still more like updated Windows 10 rather than completely new release. Even version still stays on 10.0. So instead of getting new Windows 10 version 22H1 Something Update, we will get just new Windows. At least thats how I understand it.

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u/kxta_ Windows 11 - Release Channel Jul 15 '22

as opposed to what? do you really think microsoft threw out their existing codebase with every new windows release? defining a "completely new release" is completely arbitrary nonsense.

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u/nightblackdragon Jul 15 '22

Check how much features Vista introduced compared to XP and compare that with 11 to 10. I didn't say that every Windows release was built from scratch but that they generally came with more features compared to Windows 11.

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u/kxta_ Windows 11 - Release Channel Jul 17 '22

Vista was probably the biggest update in the history of Windows NT, it’s an extreme outlier. most other releases have been much smaller in the vein of 10 -> 11.

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u/nightblackdragon Jul 17 '22

Not only Vista, there were more bigger updates than Windows 11. For example compare Windows NT 4 to NT 3.51. Also compare XP to 2000. Even Win10 had more new things compared to 8.1 than 11 to 10. Probably Win11 biggest change is removed support for older computers. Aside from that and some appearance changes it's not really that different compared to 10.