Windows 11 is closing the gap on Windows 10
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2024/07/10/windows_11_adoption/
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The figures, [1]published by Statcounter , give an insight into the Windows desktop market share world and provide a helpful insight into how things are going in the absence of official numbers from Microsoft.
Windows 11 appears to have turned a corner and is approaching a 30 percent share of the desktop market, while Windows 10 has declined to just over 66 percent. Yes, Windows 10 still commands a substantial share of the market – more than twice that of Windows 11 – but the gap is now definitely narrowing following two straight months (to June 2024) of increases for Microsoft's latest OS versus declines for the previous generation.
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Should the trend continue or accelerate, there is every chance that Windows 11 will become dominant by the time Windows 10 – for much of the install base at least – reaches end of standard support in October 2025.
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The narrowing gap is not the surge the industry has been hoping for, but instead represents the gradual replacement of aging Windows 10 hardware with something that meets the stricter requirements of Windows 11.
Manufacturers are currently pinning their hopes on AI hype to fuel an acceleration in PC upgrades. However, Microsoft has not helped matters in the immediate term thanks to missteps such as the initial release of [5]Recall .
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The figures come as older versions of Windows 11 edge closer to their end-of-support dates. Windows 11 22H2 – in Home and Pro guise – [7]comes to an end on October 8, 2024, [8]as do the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 11 21H2.
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With a few notable exceptions – [13]Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 , for example – support will come to an end for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. Microsoft will keep security updates coming – for a fee – but the expectation is that existing hardware will need to be replaced. The company has begun dropping nag screens on Windows 10 installations, warning of the upcoming cut-off.
Judging by the figures from Statcounter, it appears that users are finally taking heed and making the move – or finding Windows 11 unavoidable when bidding farewell to their old Windows 10 hardware. ®
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[1] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide
[2] 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=2Zo6wJKXB5@hRSNziCUitogAAAMY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[3] 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=44Zo6wJKXB5@hRSNziCUitogAAAMY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
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[5] https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/14/microsoft_recall_release_delayed/
[6] 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=44Zo6wJKXB5@hRSNziCUitogAAAMY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[7] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-11-home-and-pro
[8] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-11-enterprise-and-education
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/10/july_2024_patch_tuesday/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/09/microsoft_china_apple_google_authentication/
[11] https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/08/it_only_took_41_years/
[12] https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/08/copilot_plus_pc_software_compatibility/
[13] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-2021
[14] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
"use of Windows 11 continues to rise as Windows 10 falls"
Of course it will. Especially since Redmond has done everything it can to kill Windows 1 0. There's only one route left.
Ever since Vista; that has been Borkzilla's history. Gone are the days where users flocked to Windows XP because it was viewed as the Next Best Thing.
Now, the next version of Windows is just That Unavoidable Upgrade To Be Done As Late As Possible.
Might there be a message there, Redmond ?
Re: "use of Windows 11 continues to rise as Windows 10 falls"
>> Gone are the days where users flocked to Windows XP because it was viewed as the Next Best Thing.
That is the key of it: XP SP2 eventually became a very competent operative system, but many people abandoned 2000 or even 98 based on Microsoft hype, just to get burned by the unmitigated dumpster fire that was XP at launch...
It was not enough to make people reconsider their dependency to MS (it seems nothing is enough for that) but at least taught the public at large how full of garbage is MS marketing
Re: at least taught the public at large
The past two decades of Borkzilla history contradicts that statement.
The public at large has learned nothing, and people who are vastly more informed have apparently not learned much.
Windows whatever continues to infiltrate the business world like the virus it is. Can't kill it, can't get rid of it. Like the common cold, it will always be around to grace your network with latest 0-day, curtesy of Borkzilla's absence of quality control.
Re: "use of Windows 11 continues to rise as Windows 10 falls"
"That Unavoidable Upgrade To Be Done As Late As Possible"
And many home users - my sister-in-law for one - continue with their old W7 kit.
I'm still going by "Windows 10 is the last version of Windows"
" I have never seen a situation so dismal that a Windows upgrade couldn't make it worse. "
So goodbye Microsoft to all new Windows versions now, Windows 7 Professional is still so mush easier to use without adverts everywhere while I write.
Hype is a 4-letter word
All those promoting the [insert 4-letter word here] seem to forget that things like AI (it is not proper Artificial but that is for another time) cost $$$$$ £££££ and [insert currency of choice here].
BOTH companies and people are cash strapped and just can't afford something that may not benefit them in the here and now.
FSCK is another 4-letter word that can apply to the AI hype.
Avoid it while you can people and keep your wallets shut tight.
Countdown to the end
At the office we are slowly transitioning as many systems as possible to Mac and Linux. There will be some machines which must run Windows; they will continue to run Win 10, and will be placed on the secure network, beside the other legacy Win 7 and XP systems which we must run in order to use certain ancient, but very expensive, hardware. Those units will have no Internet access and quite limited access to the other parts of the network. It’s not ideal, but that’s what will happen. Once we retire certain hardware (management does NOT want to fork out $150,000, $250,000, or even, in one case, $350,000 to replace hardware that is working.) starts to fail it will be replaced… with something that talks to Mac or Linux if we have any choice at all. Apple kit is more expensive to purchase, but costs less to maintain, and ends up cheaper overall. Around here, anyway. Linux kit usually starts out as Windows kit. Some things are cheaper on Linux. The main advantage is that it’s not from bloody Microsoft.
Re: Countdown to the end
Your lucky, lucky, lucky as one diminutive antipodean once sang
I (We) should be so lucky.
We have just completed a move to 'modern workplace devices' which meant moving from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 - just in time for support to end so will likely be paying a shed load to Microsoft for continued support as we have been for 8.1.
Re: Countdown to the end
Windows 8.1 !!!!!!
Maintaining the musical theme (ish):
"What have you done, what have you done, what have you done to deserve this (Windows 8.1)?"
In other news...
My home migration to Linux Mint is almost complete. Annoyingly, one of the hardest programs to replace is Backblaze. While other remote backup programs are available, and while Backblaze does have its own B2 cloud with Linux CLI integration, the Windows client is pretty unbeatable in terms of both price and usefulness.
Otherwise, however, things are going pretty smoothly.
Re: In other news...
yes that was a significant factor in me deciding to stick with windows for my main OS and use wsl2 for most of my development
Finally being forced into it...
Just got the notice at work that we are beginning our transition to windows 11. The rollout is in stages, so I should be safe for a couple months, but I am actually surprised by how much I am dreading the switch
On the other hand, I switched my home computer to Fedora a little over a year ago. Have not regretted it for a single minute.
finding Windows 11 unavoidable
That about sums it up. As W11 is the only thing now available pre-installed on new kit it's inevitable that it will eventually dominate, regardless of whether it's shit or not. M$ don't care about that as long as the green leaf lettuce keeps rolling in.