• Cant be bothered installing Windows 11? Just try it in your brows

    From TechnologyDaily@1337:1/100 to All on Thu Aug 26 12:45:03 2021
    Cant be bothered installing Windows 11? Just try it in your browser instead

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    Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:24:13 +0000

    Description:
    This is the easiest way to try out Windows 11 albeit in a very limited fashion, it has to be said.

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    Windows 11 is, of course, still in preview at the moment, and installing an operating system in testing is a task that most folks wont want to be
    bothered with but theres now another much easier option: simply give the OS
    a quick whirl in your browser.

    Okay, so upfront we should say that in case youre imagining that this is some virtual desktop trickery to allow Windows 11 to run in a browser window,
    well, it isnt anything of the sort. Youre not going to be running Windows 11 in any way, virtually or otherwise, but what you can experience is a website produced by software developer BlueEdge (as highlighted by Toms Hardware ) that offers an interactive demo of how Microsofts incoming operating system works. Windows 11 features and everything you need to know We show you how to uninstall a Windows 10 update And here's how to speed up Windows 10

    Check out the site here and have a play around to your hearts content, but there are unsurprisingly strict limitations on what you can do. Only a small handful of functions and apps are active, but you get a good flavor of whats on offer , and you can, for example, dip into the new Microsoft Store and explore the main panels of the UI (but nothing is active in terms of the actual content).

    BlueEdge provides a good overview of what the desktop and some major apps
    look like, and how everything is organized but note that some parts of the interactive experience still arent finished. For example, click on File Explorer and you get a blank screen informing you that this part of the interface will be coming soon.

    As Toms observes, one interesting point here is that Microsoft obviously
    holds the copyright on the Windows 11 graphics and assets employed here, so whether BlueEdges site might be targeted for takedown on those grounds well, well have to see.

    Obviously, though, Microsoft might feel that it doesnt hurt to help build up
    a bit of hype for the desktop OS, though the company would probably have preferred it if the available on-screen functions were all finished before
    the site went live. Analysis: A hassle-free Windows 11 desktop taster cant be a bad thing

    Assuming Microsoft is happy enough to let this website continue to exist, which as mentioned, only time will tell, its a pretty handy little way of getting a basic idea of what Windows 11 will deliver without having to do anything except click a link.

    Yes, you could watch YouTube videos of folks using the preview version of Windows 11, for example, to get a better and fuller flavor of the OS and all its intricacies, but theres something satisfying about actually being able to see it full-screen on your own monitor and click things interactively.

    Its a neat little shortcut for the many folks who doubtless cant be bothered to go through the process of installing the preview version of Windows 11, which is a considerable hassle of course and involves finding a spare
    machine for starters. (You dont want to be running a beta OS on a PC that you actually use for important tasks or daily work, naturally, as things can most certainly get broken with preview software). These are the best laptops of 2021



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