Windows 11 is the most satisfying Microsoft operating system yet, according to readers

A neck-and-neck race has seen Windows 11 come out on top.

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A vocal subset of our readers often take to the comments to air grievances aboutWindows 11when OS-related news crops up, with enough frequency to make one wonder: What does Windows Central’s audiencereallythink about our namesake’s current iteration? Is Windows 11 the most satisfying version of the OS yet, as Microsoft has claimed users feel it is?

We asked, andyou responded. As of the time of this writing, 51.66% (966 votes) of respondents agreed that Windows 11 is as satisfying as Windows has ever been. Meanwhile, 48.34% (904 votes) disagreed. Thus, we have a consensus: According to the majority of readers, Windows Central’s opinion of Windows 11 is aligned with the findings ofwhatever metrics Microsoft used.

So there you have it. Anytime you see a negative comment about Windows 11 on this site, understand it either doesn’t represent the person’s overall satisfactionorthat it doesn’t represent how the reader’s peers feel, on the whole, about the latest and uncontestedly greatest operating system Redmond has ever birthed. And if you fall into the majority who are, indeed, impressed by Windows 11, continue to be in awe of Microsoft’s creation. Ride forward atop its rounded edges to a digital paradise the heathens onLinux, macOS, andChrome OSwill never know.

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Robert Carnevale is the News Editor for Windows Central. He’s a big fan of Kinect (it lives on in his heart), Sonic the Hedgehog, and the legendary intersection of those two titans, Sonic Free Riders. He is the author ofCold War 2395. Have a useful tip? Send it to robert.carnevale@futurenet.com.