Windows 11's 'special' developer edition looks like another marketing misfire
Windows 11's "special" developer edition looks like another marketing misfire
Microsoft's new Windows 11 'Developer Edition' is being criticized as a marketing gimmick rather than a genuine tool for developers. The edition appears to offer little more than pre-installed developer tools and a dark theme, failing to address the real needs of developers. Critics argue it's a missed opportunity to provide a streamlined, optimized experience for coding, and instead feels like a superficial rebranding.
The Developer Edition is just a marketing ploy to make Windows 11 look more appealing to developers, without actually delivering any meaningful improvements.
- tempodox
> If Project Zenith is a "distraction-free Windows experience," does that imply that everyone else is using nerfed experiences with needless distractions?
Yes.
- ptrl600
Do they mean like, a version of Windows where I don't have to go into folder options and click "show file extensions"?
- martheen
When I read the headline of the announcement article, I thought it would be in the spirit of https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-drive/, instead it's just advertising a series of device that most devs won't ever buy.
Devs might be bad at marketing to general public, but if the target market are devs, run the ads through them first. Even if they're in a building with no dev at all, surely one can be reached through an internal email.
- abirch
I refuse to use windows at home. I'll use it at work, but it's either Xubuntu or MacOS at home. I couldn't be happier.
- internet2000
So what is it, concretely? Default settings and bundled software? Like Lenovo bloatware but from Microsoft?