This is also supposed to sync and show documents you’ve opened on other devices, but so far, that has not happened for me. The “Recommended” section of Start is more useful as it has six icons for documents you’ve opened recently. The laptop then asked me to reboot, took a couple more minutes setting up and was done. The downloading portion took only about 20 minutes but the installation itself got stuck at 91 percent for the better part of an hour before it finally crept up to 100 percent. From there, you click the Download button and wait. If you’re already in the Windows Insider program in either the Dev or Beta rings, Windows 11 will be available in your Settings->Update and Security->Windows Insider Program menu.
There are definite positives for power users - the snap features come to mind - but also a lot of areas where you seemingly have to click more to get to the functions you need. The system seems to function competently, doing what it promises, though as a long-time WIndows 10 user, I found some of the UI changes jarring to my workflow as menus become less information dense. So far, the UI looks and feels pretty much as shown during Microsoft’s Windows 11 launch event, though some of the most interesting new features aren’t present yet, namely Android app support and Microsoft Teams integration.
