Meanwhile, DirectStorage is designed to get you into games faster with speedier loading times (as long as you’re playing games from a supported NVMe SSD), while Auto HDR increases colour vividness (for games on DirectX 11 or higher) as long as you have a compatible HDR monitor. Windows 11 builds on this for future-focused gamers.įor starters, there’s DirectX 12 Ultimate, which has the potential to make games even prettier with higher frame rates. Windows 10 gamers have enjoyed decent OS love care of a bigger focus on games in the Windows Store, the DirectX 12 graphics API (which is capable of some high frame rates), the Xbox Console Companion app for streaming from an in-home Xbox One (or above) console, and the downloadable Xbox app. In Windows 11, you need to right click on the Windows button to do this. The only major gripe is how the right-click is handled, both for context-sensitive menus (the menu options are far too limited) and convenience factors, like being able to right-click anywhere on the taskbar in Windows 10 for a big list of options. What likely won’t bother Windows traditionalists is that app corners, menus and File Explorer windows have been rounded off in Windows 11 rather than the typical square look of Windows 10.Īpart from that, Windows 11 looks very similar to Windows 10 in a good, familiar way.

The good news is if a Start button in the centre is too much to handle, you can shift it back to the left-hand traditional view. Dark mode is also part of Windows 11 (and it feels incredibly easy on the eyes). Live Tiles are gone in favour of a snapshot view of pinned apps, recently accessed files as well as the option to restart or shutdown. It also cleans up the entire tray area, removing the toolbar items in the far right. Initially, this design logic was intended for the cancelled Windows 10X, meant to make the interface easier to navigate for dual-screen devices.

Windows 11 takes a MacOS-like approach to its position with a Start button in the middle of the screen and apps around it. For what feels like the longest time, Windows operating systems have had a taskbar down the bottom that has a Start button on the left.

Windows 11 pro and home