OK Since 22000.100 is now on the Beta_Channel, what do you think will show up on the Dev_Channel starting next Week ?
They will probably switch to co_refresh branch, which will be the next major build of Windows 11 which will be released next year.
Saying something before is not the same as officially announcing "NOW SWITCH CHANNELS......!" some days ahead in time. And my post includes it because they did that today.
dev will be 22h1 builds, beta will be 22000.xxx and release preview will be 21h2 windows 10 enablement and continuing 21h1 cu's most likely
No, you only can switch when MSFT says you can. Dev channel was "smooth" lately because they did some more development in it on the same build, now back to "normal" with "buggy" releases in the dev channel.
Why? 22000.100 is an already solid build for daily usage except some minor UI/UX quirks they're already fixing fast with regular weekly CUs. It's already better than 10 on almost any aspect. By this pace it will be a very polished OS on D1/GA in October, who cares if the kernel stays at 10.0 initally or if some hidden window which nobody will see will still have the Windows 10 name in it...
So we are probably indeed switching away to newer, buggier builds on the Dev Channel. Back to Timebombed greatness?
It's as fast as Windows 10 (or slightly faster) on my Dell XPS 9310 2-in-1, but it's far visually improved and more coherent everywhere, including very pleasing translucency effects resembling Vista and still my laptop is more quiet and colder with the same daily usage. Settings app is leaps and bound better compared to Win10 settings, much better organized and featured and I now can finally imagine it replacing the old Control Panel at some point. The new touch keyboard is a big upgrade compared to before, especially when split. The new full screen touch gestures which resemble default trackpad gestures are super useful and also a big upgrade compared to old Tablet Mode usage. New sounds are super cool Installing CUs via (production) Windows Update seems a lot faster now. And I'm still missing the new Store, the new Teams, Android apps and a lot of other things. Current bugs are really minor compared to a real Dev build, but are still squashed fast and weekly. 22000 is in fact the final build of Win11 without the GA CU instead, as I stated for weeks now, and it just shows.
What did they "improve" to achieve that (just placebo)? All is just by impression and taste, nothing is actually better factual. Very likely because they are still small. I think there were more people expecting 22000 to stick after it getting actual updates. Not going to argue about this, but in the core it's still 10 with just a new GUI and not really (non touch screen) pc minded.
I've never been an insider for Windows 10. My experience so far with Windows 11 has been very pleasant and bug free. Would you recommend switching to Beta channel, or remain in Dev?
I would switch immediately or just clean install 22000.100 creating a personal ISO from UUPdump.net and without being Insider. You would just land on final Windows 11 build and still get all the CUs they are releasing weekly up to official launch in October and beyond.
If you stay on Dev_Channel, you will find each New Build will expire. You will have to continue upgrading to New Builds. Also if on Dev_Channel you can't go back to Beta_Channel. Clean install only. Microsoft does not allow going backwards.