Windows 11 Has Reached 1 Billion Users Faster Than Windows 10 (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/29/1611252/windows-11-has-reached-1-billion-users-faster-than-windows-10
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/869889/microsoft-windows-11-1-billion-users
> Windows 11 now has [1]one billion users . Microsoft hit the milestone during the recent holiday quarter, meaning Windows 11 has managed to reach one billion users faster than Windows 10 did nearly six years ago.
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> "Windows reached a big milestone, 1 billion Windows 11 users," said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the company's fiscal Q2, 2026 earnings call. "Up over 45 percent year-over-year." The growth of Windows 11 over the past quarter will be related to Microsoft's end of support for Windows 10, which also helped increase Microsoft's Windows OEM revenues.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/869889/microsoft-windows-11-1-billion-users
What does that actually mean? (Score:5, Insightful)
Windows 11 would have virtually no users if it wasn't for Microsoft and hardware manufacturers colluding to force people into upgrades.
Wide adoption doesn't mean it's popular when it isn't voluntary.
=Smidge=
Re: (Score:2)
No and also no.
It's just Windows 10 with a new number added.
Re: (Score:2)
It's Windows 10 with a webpage as start bar and a bunch of bugs introduced with vibe coding (and a better memory manager somehow)
45% jump in earnings, or in windows installs? (Score:3)
Do they mean a 45% increase in installs, or a 45% increase in the quarter-over-quarter upgrade rate?
I.e., did they really gain almost a half a billion installs in 3 months? That's hard to imagine even considering the deprecation of Windows 10.
But if they went from 10,000 users a month to 14,500 users a month that is MUCH different story.
Amazing What Can Be Accomplished (Score:4, Insightful)
By forcing your customers to upgrade by means of: Dark patterns, threats, coercion, arbitrary expiration dates, and on and on.
Congratulations, Satya! We love you.
Re: Amazing What Can Be Accomplished (Score:2)
Name a commercial OS that doesn't also do this?
That's because Windows 8 was so good (Score:2)
No one wanted to switch to 10.
Re: (Score:2)
Back then everybody was on Windows 7. The Windows 8 users upgraded immediately.
Meaningless numbers (Score:2)
Because the actual numbers do not look good. Apparently, more people are going back to Win10 than the other way round now. With the way Win11 keeps crashing on me (on two different computers that were entirely fine under Win11), I am tempted too.
The spin on this is adorable (Score:2)
These numbers were released as part of an earnings call that drove the stock down more than 10%. It's taking the market with it today, it's a really, really bad day for Microsoft.
These numbers aren't really what did it but . . . still though.
Does anyone have precise numbers? I'm pretty sure Windows 8 was supported a full year longer into the Windows 10 cycle than Windows 11 was into Windows 10's. The adoption rate is not at all impressive considering that . . . though if they wanted to take credit for the s
Not impressed (Score:2)
It's like Fidel Castro bragging about receiving 100% of the vote.
Coersion (Score:2)
My dog's favorite treat is knee caps.
Spelling? (Score:2)
> "Windows reached a big milestone..."
Shouldn't that be "millstone", as in the debilitating weight of spyware, rentware, adware, bloatware, and AI hallucinations hanging around the necks of Windows 11 users?
End of Support (Score:5, Insightful)
It's amazing how fast something can happen when forced...
Re: End of Support (Score:2)
When one doesn't have tpm2 or whatever it's called...
My t5500 doesn't mind...