The operating system is a special type of software that manages the various different resources that are combined together in a computer that is hardware and software. The main role of the operating system is to provide seamless interaction between the hardware and the software through the graphical user interface so that the user is able to perform various different functions and tasks.
One of the major operating system dominant companies is Microsoft. Their product Microsoft Windows is a great operating system that allows the user to various different functionalities through the graphical user interface (GUI). It was basically developed to take over the MS dos operating system and provide a much better user-friendly system software that supports a much better interaction between the system and the user. In the main course of the Windows operating system development, Microsoft has released different versions of the Windows operating system.
Hierarchy for windows operating system updates
The following is the list of various different versions of GUI based Windows operating system that has been released from time to time by Microsoft:-
- The first GUI based windows operating system is Windows 1.0.
- Later on, it was upgraded to a newer version Windows 2.0.
- The following windows operating system update was to Windows 3.0x.
- Windows 95 came in the year 1995.
- Further, the next version of Windows was Windows 98.
- Another upgrade is Windows ME.
- Followed by ME the next upgrade is to Windows NT.
- The next upgrade is to Windows 2000.
- Later came to windows XP that gave a new definition to user experience and GUI.
- The next version of windows is called Windows Vista.
- Another improved UI windows upgrade was Windows 7.
- The following upgrade after Windows 7 was Windows 8.
- Windows 10 was further released and is the currently working Windows operating system.
After this, next to Windows upgrade in the lineup Windows 11.
Windows 11 is quite an anticipated upgrade for the users. A lot of users are extremely excited about the latest update of Windows. It has been announced that the update will be available at the end of 2021. A lot of additional features have been added to the Windows 11 operating system. There are major design changes and the most fascinating fact about the UI update is that a new design approach has been chosen which is the fluent design system. Once the latest version of the windows 11 operating system is deployed you can easily get access to the Windows 11 ISO file.
System requirements for Windows 11
Since every system upgrade brings more functionality and features, therefore, more processing is required for the system to work in optimum capacity. Hence, every version of Windows has a specific system requirement that needs to be fulfilled before the latest version of the Windows operating system is installed on the computer. The following list will give the idea of system specification requirements for the Windows 11 operating system:-
- The minimum requirement for the processor is 1 GHz clock speed with a minimum double course having a 64-bit architecture processor.
- It has been advised that the RAM capacity of the system should be at least 4 GB.
- The storage space required for the installation of the Windows 11 operating system is 64GB.
The above-mentioned specifications are enough for the operating system to work at an optimum level. Whereas, the better specifications you will have, the better the windows 11 operating system will work. The date of the announcement for the windows 11 operating system was on 24th June 2021.
Although a lot of features have been added to the Windows 11 operating system, there are some features that have been discontinued in the windows 11 operating system. The following is the list of various features that have been removed from the Windows 11 operating system:-
- The Microsoft virtual assistant known as Cortana is not included in the taskbar.
- In the older versions of the Windows operating system, quick status could be seen from the lock screen.
- Another feature that has been discontinued is the task view and tablet mode.
- File explorer earlier has a share option which now has been removed.
- Instead of living tiles in the start menu, the widgets ate being displayed separately.
- The start menu was usually placed on the left side of the taskbar whereas it has been moved from there and has been brought to the center.
- The previous design approach for the user interface has been changed and now it is using the fluent design system.
- In the earlier versions the system feel of the UI (user interface) had glossy and blur design UI (user interface), whereas, as of now it is different.
Therefore, a lot of features have been changed and in accordance to those new changes and up gradations have been done. The majority of the features that have been changed didn’t have much importance. Thus, it is pretty good that Microsoft has brought necessary changes into the latest update of the Windows operating system.
In order to support the Windows 11 installation, Windows 11 ISO file is required. The entire installation process is handled by the Windows11 ISO file and it is very important and crucial for the correct installation of the operating system. All the updates that have been added to the Windows operating system are basically done through the ISO file. There ISO file holds the information for the extraction of the windows 11 operating system packages that are required for the complete installation of the Windows 11 operating system. Hence, you should make sure that you have the right ISO file if you are not doing an update to the windows via the OTA(over the air) method. Thus, windows 11 is going to be a game-changer in the field of operating systems and will definitely bring a boom in the IT industry.
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