Microsoft has lastly crossed an essential milestone for Home windows 11, months forward of Home windows 10’s finish of assist cutoff date. Stat Counter, noticed by Windows Central, now lists Home windows 11 as essentially the most used desktop working system practically 4 years after its launch, with 52 p.c of the market, in comparison with 44.59 p.c for Home windows 10.
Home windows 11 grew to become the preferred OS for PC gaming in September, however general adoption had nonetheless been lagging behind Home windows 10 till now. Leaked knowledge in October 2023 additionally revealed Home windows 11 was utilized by greater than 400 million gadgets on the time, a slower adoption tempo than Home windows 10 — which took only a yr to achieve 400 million gadgets in comparison with Home windows 11’s two yr interval.
A part of the gradual adoption is right down to Home windows 11’s {hardware} necessities. Whereas Microsoft supplied a free improve to Home windows 10 customers, thousands and thousands of machines have been left behind as a consequence of stricter CPU and safety necessities. Microsoft has been making an attempt to persuade the homeowners of those machines to improve their {hardware} in an effort to get Home windows 11, generally with a full-screen immediate.
Home windows 10 is because of attain finish of assist on October 14th, and Microsoft just lately revealed it might give away a free yr of additional safety updates to shoppers in the event that they had been keen to allow Home windows Backup and sync their Paperwork folder to OneDrive. Should you don’t wish to do that, you’ll must pay $30 for a yr of updates, or redeem 1,000 Microsoft Reward factors.