New report claims Windows 11 adoptions haven’t even eclipsed Windows XP market share
If these numbers are to be believed, Windows 11 adoption isn’t speeding along.
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Different research gathers different results, so take these findings from Lansweeper with the same grain of salt you’d take any other figures. If Lansweeper’s stats are on the money, then it seemsWindows 11adoption is slow going.
For contrast, back in January 2022, AdDuplex claimed Windows 11 had eaten16% of Windows 10’s lunchas of that month. While AdDuplex’s chart didn’t provide a breakdown of every Windows operating system’s market share, the fact that Windows 10 is dominant in most major markets means 16% of it would translate to a higher overall percentage of total PC users than what Lansweeper’s report claims. According to the latter, Windows 11 has only captured 1.44% of the market as of April 2022.
That figure is derived from a scan of 10 million PCs, whichLansweeper claimsare 20% enterprise devices and 80% consumer. Furthermore, the IT asset management software provider’s findings also show a breakdown of how most other Windows OSes are doing in the market.
Based on the figures at hand, Windows 11 has yet to even beat out Windows XP, which remains a fan-favorite OS incertain parts of the world. Still, beloved or otherwise, XP isoldand the idea that Windows 11, with itsinsane marketing stuntsand rapid growth in places likePC gaming, hasn’t yet beaten the elder OS… it’s quite the claim.
Lansweeper predicted as much back when it stated Windows 11 would prove a challenge forenterprise devices. And more recent studies have more or less agreed thatenterprise adoption isn’t speeding along. But the fact that Lansweeper states this study’s results are primarily consumer derived leaves room for debate given other sources' Windows 11 reporting.
“Although the rate of adoption is increasing bit by bit, it’s obvious that Windows 11 upgrades aren’t going as fast as Microsoft had hoped, especially within the business environment,” said Roel Decneut, Chief Strategy Officer at Lansweeper. “Many organisations have been put off from having to buy new machines that meet these conditions, while others are simply happy with the current existence of Windows 10 which continues to be supported until 2025.”
Perhaps there’s truth to some of these claims, hence why Microsoft keeps pushing people toproperly adopt the OS.
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