Advice Request Transparency effects. Do you use it or not and why?

[amirr]

In Windows 11, do you have this on, or you like using Windows 11 without it?

 

[oldschool]

Nope. I'm oldschool. Don't care for them and they use resources.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Yes, like the eye candy

 

[Pixelman]

No. I try to minimize effects as much as possible for better performance.
Doing it since win7.

 

[amirr]

@oldschool and @MrFellow Thanks I did not know that it will consume recourses. Thanks for the info.
@Gandalf_The_Grey Yes, indeed I love it, but did turn it off.

 

[Sorrento]

I use it as can make desk look a little better however I do change things as regards desktop quite often - Don't seem to make much difference to performance?

 

[Pixelman]

I use it as can make desk look a little better however I do change things as regards desktop quite often - Don't seem to make much difference to performance?

It depends, if you have a high end or low end machine. The difference is I think then noticeable.

 

[amirr]

@MrFellow and @Sorrento if you guys, based on the info in the screenshot below, confirm that its ok to enable Transparency effect in my unsupported PC, I then will enable it again. Thank you very much.

 

[Antimalware18]

Yes, but I use a different app for transparency for the Taskbar, the reasons being I dont like how transparency works in win10/11 I much preffered Vista/7 era transparency.

 

[Pixelman]

@MrFellow and @Sorrento if you guys, based on the info in the screenshot below, confirm that its ok to enable Transparency effect in my unsupported PC, I then will enable it again. Thank you very much.

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I think you are good to go. I myself would enable it if that was my pc.
Try, see how it works.

Transparency is just a small piece of the "running smoother" puzzle.

Restart your pc from time to time, disable unnecessary startup apps, Uninstall unnecessary programs, etc. You get the idea.

 

[amirr]

@MrFellow Do you think that using Windows 11's Spotlight feature is also ok for me?

 

[Pixelman]

@MrFellow Do you think that using Windows 11's Spotlight feature is also ok for me?

I dont know, I still use Win10, and in Win10 I have it disabled.

Personally, I don't care about "eye candy" features. I need my PC to be simple, stable and practical, that's it.

I think it's best to try and see it for yourself for few days. As I mentioned earlier, that is just a small piece of the whole performance puzzle.

 

[amirr]

Nice video:

 

[amirr]

Update: I also turned OFF animations. Its faster and less distracting for me, now.