Both are NT 10.0 (for now)... (I guess this initial 21H2 release will remain at 10.0)... But... The jump from 10.0.1904x.xxx and 10.0.22000.xxx is quite large... So I imagine that Windows 11 is really quite different from 10 also on an internal level -- not just in the UI -- right? And well, we can't say it's a rebranded Win10 21H2 because that is part of the same old Vibranium codebase, and build 19044. Or is it just wishful thinking of mine?
The jump from 21390 to 21990 is not large and i doubt they will jump NT 10.0 version soon P.S. are you on a mission to fill Windows 11 forum with a topic daily?
Anyway most of the invisible changes made in the last decade aren't mentioned anywhere For one try to find a MS document that explains the changes made to the deduplication after win8, after win8.1 and after 1607 Try to find what MS changed to the graphic stack after 1507 and after 1803. You notice them maybe after six months or when you have a machine with old drivers that don't work anymore. I'm sure W11 has a good share of changes under the hood, but we will never get a comprehensive changelog.
Every time there is a major Windows 10 update some hardware companies like Intel and Nvidia will release new drivers to support it And this is what also happened with Windows 11 I'm not an expert but I don't think they will need to update their drivers if it's the same thing with just new features and new UI
At this point, there is no significant structural difference between W10 and W11, that would warrant new drivers. The only two reasons hardware companies will release new drivers are 1) many dumdums will scream "where is W11 driver"? So they will release new drivers just to shut them up. 2) The arbitrary hardware requirements like processer, WDDM and secure boot were probably spearheaded by Intel and the likes to push new hardware sales. So, they will be more than happy to release new drivers to push W11 adoption.
It would actually shock me if they were very different internally. Think about what that would mean for the priorities of the company for the last few years where they've been working on these two different versions simultaneously. Would they intentionally hamstring Windows 10 with severe performance flaws beyond just a potential Directx sales feature just to make Windows 11 better? That would be very noticeable. People would have noticed it starting a couple years ago and would refuse to use the newer builds because they couldn't keep up with previous builds. There is an aspect to new operating systems that some people get hung up on. Sometimes they do perform better on newer hardware, but worse on older hardware. This was the case with win8 vs win7. For people who had the absolute latest hardware, Win8 was the best performance you could get. For others who maybe had a slightly older system but upgraded to a newer graphics card, they swore by win7. Neither camp were right or wrong. It just depended on the hardware, but win8 did have something different under the hood. It's different with win11 because win10 has been developed alongside the whole time. With the possible exception of the Directx features like Direct Storage, I can't imagine any real advantage to using win11 over win10. And like the win8 situation before it, it's very picky to get that hardware advantage. Games have to support it. Your system needs to use a NVME SSD with at least 1TB space. For most users, I can't imagine they will EVER use this feature. I almost certainly won't.
Microsoft changed Windows 10 NT version from 6.4 to 10 while it's just a polished Windows 8.1. Dude all versions after Windows Vista are just tweaked versions of Windows Vista. Windows 11 = Windows 10 21H2
So WSL, WSL2, WSL2, vhdx support, native vhd boot, containers, virtualization based security, hybrid boot, DX12, and so on, appeared magically just rubbing a bit Vista? Come on! Stop parrotting stereotypes. Obviously everything is an evolution of Win NT3, then there where smaller and larger steps over time, but no way they will do another revolution, no way MS reinvents the wheel for a second time, maybe they will start to use a heavily customized linux kernel, but that would be a work mostly done by someone else.
One thing that's upgraded (I'm sure there are more) is the upgraded storage stack, and those will (supposedly) require new drivers. DirectStorage (from Xbox Series S/X) will be available in both Win10 and Win11, but the Win10 one (which uses the older storage stack) will not be as fast as the Win11 one. I haven't delved into this much, however. EDIT: Yes, It's my third post ever, even though I've lurked forever, so feel free to ignore me.
Hahaha, yep. Take windows 10 and add an extra click or two for everything you want to get done, not unlike the jump from XP to 7, and 7 to 10. Just more and more obfuscated and clunky. Spaghetti code on top or more spaghetti code.
What's your definition of "on top" ? For me on top means userland (browsers, themes, utilities, GUI refinements) Everything I mentioned above requires kernel drivers and mods. If was that easy I had already backported the deduplication on Win7 or WSL on 10240, but is not.
Emphasize on "Mostly". MS could easily establish the kernel hooks and extensions needed to run the features on Vista. Even if we can't. Doesn't apply to XP and below, it is fundamentally different.
Who said that doesn't apply? The older is the OS that needs a back-port the harder is the work to do, but there isn't really a border between vista and xp. The only great difference between Vista and XP kernel are about the WDDM drivers which are implemented mostly on the kernel level on XP and mostly user level on Vista+ But that was, strictly speaking, a step backward in the name of the stability over performance. NT3 x had user level drivers as well, kernel level drivers were introduced by NT4 (and sold at the time as a huge improvement).
What a load of crap . Everything since win xp is just xp with things plonked on top . And xp uis just win 95 with things improved . They are not new products . Thats easy to see if you use PE editions . The layout iand registry are virtualy the same but without the bloat from later editions .
You have no idea of what you're talking about, isn't it? XP and W95 have in common less than what a diesel and a gasoline car have. But likely you are too young and so you missed a lot of episodes of this "tv series"