“The new Start menu is said to respond up to 60 percent faster. Microsoft is even considering removing all advertising from the Start menu.” Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3126651/microsofts-secret-windows-k2-project-aims-to-fix-what-users-hate-most.html
Not a chance. I subscribe to (pay for) Microsoft 365. They’ve recently (for a week now) implemented an advert in the title bar of all their Apps inviting me to upgrade.
Co-pilot has been removed from the ribbon and now floats.
The relentless intrusion never ceases to disgust me.
Oh, and the Start Menu implemented a demented version of a phone floating alongside the Start Menu and shoved every app you’ve never wanted into the Start Menu. I feel lucky, I found a way to shred every useless piece of crap.
Microsoft Marketing obviously took PC World staff out for drinks.
so reliable that a restart is only required once a month
And they think that’s something to be proud of? I ran my Debian desktop for years until one day when I was leaving for a holiday, I decided to shut the machine down and give it a rest. Closest to reboot there ever is is to log out of the desktop session after graphics driver update.