Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken

neowin ^ | 11 20 2025 | Sayan Sen

[FlatulusMaximus]

You’ll like it, but it doles take some getting used to. I loaded it on to an older laptop over a year ago, and for the most part it’s fine. (The great thing about it is does not keep requiring you to buy newer machines all the time.) There are some things it doesn’t do as well. Personally, I really like Outlook and some other features of Office. Libre is adequate, but not as good in my estimation.

[daniel1212]

a Microsoft 365 outage that made files unusable;

I don't use Microsoft 365. LibreOffice instead.

got blamed by Nvidia today as the latest Patch Tuesday is leading to performance issues in games.

I don't use Nvidia (Ryzen integrated graphics instead), and do not play computer games.

issues are related to XAML and this impacts all the Shell components like the Start Menu, Taskbar, Explorer, and Windows Settings.

I use Explorer patcher which enables customized W/10 Taskbar and Open Shell for the Start Menu. And have delayed/not upgraded from 23H2 to the latest W/11 version.

Best to wait till bugs are worked out.

[dynachrome]

My cat videos are still good.

[know.your.why]

Ditto that. Win7 is rock stable. No need for anything else yet.

[Notthemomma]

Which Mac processor do you have? One of the newer Apple M’s, or is it an older intel?

[matt04]

Currently a 14” MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro chip. Works fine for all the tasks for my normal work load. If was was doing lots of processor intensive tasks, like Adobe Premiere video editing or running CAD software in Windows I would upgrade but other wise no complaints.

[minnesota_bound]

The first step to recovery is Microsoft realizes they have a problem......
They will have to go to ‘operating system anonymous’ and take the 10 step recovery program.