Windows 11 cost: Is it free, or do you have to pay to download and upgrade?
Windows 11 looks very modern in comparison to its predecessor. It scraps the sharp edges and straight lines found throughout Windows 10, switching to softer curves and rounded corners. Every app and system icon has been re-engineered from the ground-up so that everything looks apiece – something that definitely isn’t the case if you delve deep enough in the File Explorer or Control Panel in Windows 10 where some system icons from the late 90s still linger.
There’s also a panel of interactive widgets that can be swiped over whatever you’re doing on-screen. These small widgets can track share prices, show headlines from news websites, present the forecast for the next few days, and more. You can also swipe to fill the entire display with these widgets, which replace the Live Tiles that were found inside the Start Menu on Windows 10 and showcased some information from inside the app on the icon itself – saving you from a click if you wanted to quickly check the weather.
But it’s the Start Menu that is the biggest change in Windows 11.
With Windows 11, Microsoft has decided to centre the Start Menu on the taskbar that runs along the bottom of the screen. The rounded corners found everywhere else on the operating system have also made the cut on the new Start Menu which springs up in the middle of your screen when clicked. A grid of 18 pinned apps make up the top half of the new Start Menu design, while the bottom is taken up with Recommendations from Microsoft.
So, let’s get down to brass tax… what is all this going to cost?
