📚 More than just a Start menu? There's a lot to Windows 11 yet to come

There's a lot more going on with Windows 11 than just a new Start menu – and we haven't even seen the entire plan yet. It has been a wild 24 hours with an early internal build of Windows 11 (from late May) hitting public forums. Unfortunately, while leaks can be fun to gawk at, the downside is Microsoft doesn't get to show you the whole plan for its next-gen OS. That vacuum of official information has led many to form an opinion on an incomplete picture of Windows 11. One hot take I keep seeing, often from people who have not tried the leaked build, is that Windows 11 is "just a new Start menu" and therefore does not deserve a new version number. This is a terrible take. Here is why. Windows 11 leak: What is there now If all you have seen of the Windows 11 leaks are a few screenshots, it is easy to focus on the new Start menu. No doubt, it is a significant change, as, after all, the Start menu is the identity of Windows. It has been ever since Microsoft declared it with it... ...