Windows boss Panos Panay talks up 'new era of the PC' – translation: An era of new PCs
(2022/01/26)
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In the wake of Microsoft's [1]latest set of financial results, Windows boss Panos Panay today gave an update on what he's dubbed a "new era of the PC."
Or as we see it, an era of new PCs being bought that meet the requirements of Microsoft's latest OS.
Panay [2]boasted of 1.4 billion monthly active devices (a figure less than half that of [3]active Android kit numbers last year) running Redmond's operating systems, though stopped short of revealing what was actually running on what.
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Instead, he said Microsoft had seen "people accepting the upgrade offer to Windows 11 at twice the rate we saw for Windows 10." Assuming, of course, they had hardware to actually handle the requirements of the new operating system.
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"For the launch of Windows 11," said Panay, "we mobilized an entire industry across silicon, OEMs, retailers and other partners to ensure that as many people as possible who wanted a new PC at holiday could purchase one."
How kind. Oddly, Panay did not mention the swathes of silicon happily running Windows 10 that Microsoft had decided were [7]not fit for its latest operating system edition. Despite the fact it had quietly seeded Windows 11 with its Insiders [8]as far back as May 2021 . It was still called Windows 10 back then, of course, and it ran on older hardware.
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There were a good few weeks remaining before the [10]hammer blow of hardware compatibility would fall. But hey: there was an entire industry to mobilize to flog new kit to punters. Panay said the PC market has seen its biggest growth spurt in years, and guess what OS he wants everyone to run?
Incidentally, you can [11]get around the hardware blocks on older kit by manually installing Windows 11, though Microsoft doesn't guarantee support, stability, or security patches for such systems.
As for customers with a suitable PC, it looks like pretty much everyone who wants the Windows 11 upgrade will be able to do so, as Panay said the software was "beginning to enter its final phase of availability."
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As a reminder, the company was extremely keen that users make the move to Windows 10, with [13]files pushed out via Windows Update and [14]nag screens urging users to accept Redmond's finest. Windows 11 has, thus far, been a little more subtle in its approach. Assuming that, when it sniffs your PC, it likes what it smells.
[15]Microsoft revenue up by a fifth as world shuffles through the pandemic into the metaverse
[16]How to polish the bottom line? Microsoft makes it really hard to claim expenses, say staffers
[17]Running Windows 10? Microsoft is preparing to fire up the update engines
[18]Saved by the Bill: What if... Microsoft had killed Windows 95?
Other nuggets in Panay's announcement today were a three-times increase in traffic to the new Microsoft Store (although he did not say if this was one customer getting a few pals to download something from the tumbleweed-strewn digital frontage or something more impressive).
A public preview of Android apps on Windows 11 through the Store should be coming next month, and we'll also see the taskbar improvements and refreshed Notepad and Media Player apps already in the hands of some Windows 11 Insiders. Oh, and there'll be weather on the taskbar too. While it might be chilly in Seattle, it is always sunny at Microsoft's Redmond HQ. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/26/microsoft_expenses_claims/
[2] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/01/26/a-new-era-of-the-pc/
[3] https://twitter.com/Google/status/1394719458921431040
[4] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/oses&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YfHSmXzS2bw-2U448P2VsgAAAFU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
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[7] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/25/windows_11_processor/
[8] https://twitter.com/brandonleblanc/status/1441157319425884162
[9] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/oses&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YfHSmXzS2bw-2U448P2VsgAAAFU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/28/microsoft_windows_11_insider_preview_released/
[11] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/27/windows_11_iso_install/
[12] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/oses&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33YfHSmXzS2bw-2U448P2VsgAAAFU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[13] https://www.theregister.com/2015/09/10/windows_10_forced_download/
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2016/05/26/microsoft_clarifies_upgrade_trick/
[15] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/26/microsoft_q2_2022/
[16] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/26/microsoft_expenses_claims/
[17] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/24/windows_10_updtae_incoming/
[18] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/25/windows_95/
[19] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Or as we see it, an era of new PCs being bought that meet the requirements of Microsoft's latest OS.
Panay [2]boasted of 1.4 billion monthly active devices (a figure less than half that of [3]active Android kit numbers last year) running Redmond's operating systems, though stopped short of revealing what was actually running on what.
[4]
Instead, he said Microsoft had seen "people accepting the upgrade offer to Windows 11 at twice the rate we saw for Windows 10." Assuming, of course, they had hardware to actually handle the requirements of the new operating system.
[5]
[6]
"For the launch of Windows 11," said Panay, "we mobilized an entire industry across silicon, OEMs, retailers and other partners to ensure that as many people as possible who wanted a new PC at holiday could purchase one."
How kind. Oddly, Panay did not mention the swathes of silicon happily running Windows 10 that Microsoft had decided were [7]not fit for its latest operating system edition. Despite the fact it had quietly seeded Windows 11 with its Insiders [8]as far back as May 2021 . It was still called Windows 10 back then, of course, and it ran on older hardware.
[9]
There were a good few weeks remaining before the [10]hammer blow of hardware compatibility would fall. But hey: there was an entire industry to mobilize to flog new kit to punters. Panay said the PC market has seen its biggest growth spurt in years, and guess what OS he wants everyone to run?
Incidentally, you can [11]get around the hardware blocks on older kit by manually installing Windows 11, though Microsoft doesn't guarantee support, stability, or security patches for such systems.
As for customers with a suitable PC, it looks like pretty much everyone who wants the Windows 11 upgrade will be able to do so, as Panay said the software was "beginning to enter its final phase of availability."
[12]
As a reminder, the company was extremely keen that users make the move to Windows 10, with [13]files pushed out via Windows Update and [14]nag screens urging users to accept Redmond's finest. Windows 11 has, thus far, been a little more subtle in its approach. Assuming that, when it sniffs your PC, it likes what it smells.
[15]Microsoft revenue up by a fifth as world shuffles through the pandemic into the metaverse
[16]How to polish the bottom line? Microsoft makes it really hard to claim expenses, say staffers
[17]Running Windows 10? Microsoft is preparing to fire up the update engines
[18]Saved by the Bill: What if... Microsoft had killed Windows 95?
Other nuggets in Panay's announcement today were a three-times increase in traffic to the new Microsoft Store (although he did not say if this was one customer getting a few pals to download something from the tumbleweed-strewn digital frontage or something more impressive).
A public preview of Android apps on Windows 11 through the Store should be coming next month, and we'll also see the taskbar improvements and refreshed Notepad and Media Player apps already in the hands of some Windows 11 Insiders. Oh, and there'll be weather on the taskbar too. While it might be chilly in Seattle, it is always sunny at Microsoft's Redmond HQ. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/26/microsoft_expenses_claims/
[2] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/01/26/a-new-era-of-the-pc/
[3] https://twitter.com/Google/status/1394719458921431040
[4] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/oses&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YfHSmXzS2bw-2U448P2VsgAAAFU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
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[7] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/25/windows_11_processor/
[8] https://twitter.com/brandonleblanc/status/1441157319425884162
[9] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/oses&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YfHSmXzS2bw-2U448P2VsgAAAFU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/28/microsoft_windows_11_insider_preview_released/
[11] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/27/windows_11_iso_install/
[12] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/oses&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33YfHSmXzS2bw-2U448P2VsgAAAFU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[13] https://www.theregister.com/2015/09/10/windows_10_forced_download/
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2016/05/26/microsoft_clarifies_upgrade_trick/
[15] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/26/microsoft_q2_2022/
[16] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/26/microsoft_expenses_claims/
[17] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/24/windows_10_updtae_incoming/
[18] https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/25/windows_95/
[19] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Twice. LOL right!
TheGriz
For the sake of the argument, when their speaking engagement is "word smithed" with terms like "Twice the uptake of Windows 10", well if only 5% of users took to Windows 10, then only 10% are taking up Windows 11. (Making these numbers up, of course) Still it's not really something to brag about now is it?
If they came out and said, well it's like getting a highly curable version of cancer. Screw that you still have cancer, not something to hang your hat on, morons.
Knock knock
elsergiovolador
- Knock knock
- Who's there?
- Windows 11 ready to invade your privacy
- Now you're talking! Oh invade me right now! I have nothing to hide, in fact let me show you this chat I had the other day with my co-worker...
Most PC users in the world.
Was it only me ?
Dwarf
Or did anyone else have the marketing wank-o-meter hit 15 (on a scale of 1-10) in the first 3 paragraphs of the article ?
I'll be happily sitting on the side munching popcorn and watching from a safe distance with the other penguins.
"people accepting the upgrade offer to Windows 11 at twice the rate we saw for Windows 10."
Well duh! For many people an upgrade to Win10 meant junking a reasonable OS (Win7) for a privacy-sucking pos. Having already accepted a screwing from Microsoft, it's hardly surprising that people would be more likely to accept another one for Win11. I mean, it can't be any worse, can it? Can it??