Windows 11X is a proof of concept that shows us What could the next generation of Windows look like? in the opinion of the designer AR 4789 that already left us others for previous operating systems.
As you know, Microsoft developed Windows 10X with devices in mind with new form factors such as the foldable Surface Neo and in general as a major update to Windows 10 that would bring new features and interface. It was definitely cancelled, but some of its features were used for the launch of Windows 11.
Windows 11 Mix recommended sections with other questionable ones. A year and a half after its introduction, it still lacks promised features, a plugged-in interface, hardware requirements that not all computers meet, and an endless stream of problematic updates that don’t help adoption. For this reason, many users are still on Windows 10 and in recent months there has been talk of the development of a Windows 12 that recovers the missing functions, finishes implementing the Fluent Design design language and achieves greater cohesion throughout the visual section.
Windows 11X, cool, but a concept
There are many official and third-party ideas of what the next Windows should look like. The one at hand takes Windows 11 and improves its existing features without radical revisions, although you can see a rounded taskbar, which is supposedly coming officially to Windows 12. One of the changes we see in the start menuwhich changes the recommended section for Windows widgets, improving the dedicated space it currently occupies, although the concept also allows them to be moved to the desktop.
There is also a unified notification center with quick settings, quick actions for notifications, a compact file browser and a faster search function. Of course, it includes a dark mode that many users use.
Another noteworthy change is the return of tablet mode long forgotten with a full-screen Start menu and apps. It also includes optimizations for dual-screen devices (the initial goal of Windows 10X), although the cancellation of the Surface Neo and lukewarm sales of the Surface Duo don’t point to Microsoft going down that path for the next Windows.
The developer also envisions a version that works properly on older PCs without mandatory requirements like TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot. Little to add that we have not already said about it. Microsoft’s management has been chaotic and those requirements can be skipped without much difficulty. And as we always say with these “concepts”. It is not easy to transfer images and videos to a real program. But if they serve as inspiration… Here we leave you the video.
