However, Microsoft has repeatedly shifted such deadlines in the past. However, Microsoft reacted to the traditional blackmail characteristic of software companies support for the popular Windows 10 will end in October 2025. Lansweeper said that if PCs are upgraded at today’s pace, all business computers will only be compatible with Windows 11 by 2026. The figures have a slight improvement compared to last year’s a similar study, but they are not clearly enough for Microsoft.

In other words, many PCs older than three or four years remain overboard.Ī Lansweeper study involving 60,000 organizations found that less than 60% of computers have automatic updates available, which could greatly hinder the spread of the operating system. One of the biggest hurdles is the official number of Intel CPUs, and one of the higher requirements for the official allowed installation is limited to 8th Gen Intel or later and the next generation corresponding components. Even though you can upgrade to version 11 for free, many devices don’t comply with strict system requirements. It’s installed on more than 80 percent of the PCs (we talk only about systems that are compatible with Windows). The undisputed leader is still Windows 10. In other words, Windows 11 hasn’t yet surpassed at least the number of windows 7 – first introduced in 2009, yet which remained no longer supported in 2009, as are the user versions of which no more than a seven-year period – while the old OS has still the same install cost today. According to data from 27 million devices running Windows OS at the end of September, Windows 11 is very useful at only 33%, since we are talking about user versions, and 25% of business computers. This figure was so modest as a business.Ī year after the official release, Windows 11 is nowhere near the same number of people as Microsoft would expect it to be. In an astronomical study by Lansweeper, only 3 % of computer users have installed it since the launch of Windows 11.

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