Friday, December 3rd 2021
Windows 11 a Flop, Survey Claims Less Than 1% Upgraded, Microsoft Improves Start Menu
Microsoft Windows 11, now nearing its third month since release, is for all intents and purposes, a flop. Market research by Lansweeper, which surveyed over 10 million PCs across the commercial and personal market segments, reports that less than 0.21% of the users it surveyed, had upgraded from Windows 10 to the newer operating system. The upgrade is free of charge. There may be several factors contributing to this lukewarm market response, but one of them is certain to he the steep hardware requirements. Windows 11 requires a trusted platform module (TPM 2.0), which disqualifies PCs older than 2018 for upgrades, unless the user is willing to try out workarounds to the limitation. Another factor could be the clunky user interface (UI), a less functional Start menu than Windows 10, and several UI-related bugs.
According to Lansweeper's data, there could be more people running outdated Windows XP, Vista, Windows 8, etc., than Windows 11, and this poses a great security risk, as these operating systems are no longer supported by Microsoft for regular security updates. Windows 10, on the other hand, is eligible for them until mid-2025—plenty of time for people to upgrade hardware to meet Windows 11 system requirements, or to simply make up their mind on switching over to the new operating system. In related news, Microsoft could give the Windows 11 Start menu a functional update. Test build 22509 introduces the ability to add more pins to the menu, or make room for more recommendations. The UI could see many such minor updates.
Sources:
Tech Radar PRO, HotHardware
According to Lansweeper's data, there could be more people running outdated Windows XP, Vista, Windows 8, etc., than Windows 11, and this poses a great security risk, as these operating systems are no longer supported by Microsoft for regular security updates. Windows 10, on the other hand, is eligible for them until mid-2025—plenty of time for people to upgrade hardware to meet Windows 11 system requirements, or to simply make up their mind on switching over to the new operating system. In related news, Microsoft could give the Windows 11 Start menu a functional update. Test build 22509 introduces the ability to add more pins to the menu, or make room for more recommendations. The UI could see many such minor updates.
393 Comments on Windows 11 a Flop, Survey Claims Less Than 1% Upgraded, Microsoft Improves Start Menu
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Makes me wonder how long we have till Windows 50.
- 1.x
- 2.x
- 3.x
- WFW 3.11
- NT 3.x
- 95
- 98
- SE (what happened to 99?)
- 2000
- Me (because NT became 2000 instead of the sequel to '99)
- XP
- Vista (¿qué significa eso?)
- 7
- 8
- 8.1 (it's like 9, but wrong, just like the OS itself by this point)
- 10 (1507 to 2004)
- 10-(20H2-21H2)
For all we know, Windows 50 is next, or will in fact never arrive as Microsoft change to copying Google and start using sugary treats starting with different letters of the alphabet.10X11-21H2Probably someone already pointed it out but Steam now shows 8.61% running Win 11.
As part of that 8.61% I'll just say, I miss Windows 7.
So, you could probably discard a large swath of office/business computers. Which likely make at least dozens if not hundreds of millions of computers.Can't blame you. All these UI changes feel like reparations and patches and fixes on 8's disaster.
It's not a bad interface imo, at least now, but there are design decisions that can be really irritating.
Corporations will upgrade when they do platform upgrades, but not until Win 11 has been around a year or so (for most of them). Too much pointless liability if there is a security flaw, they're not going to be early adopters.
I'm certain that the vast majority of people simply have no idea Win11 exists. Granted my sample size is tiny and i don't do social media, so I may be completely off target but I doubt it.
But compare the 10 taskbar (with small icons enabled) and the start menu of 10, to what is offered in 11 in which there is way more padding combined with cut functionality.
Maybe you are one of those people who never used the start menu, as I know some just launch from desktop or search, and also maybe you don't multi task much, here is a screen grab of my start menu and taskbar. I know there is padding in 10, but its barely there on the taskbar, and the start menu padding is not as bad as the start window tablet design that 11 has. 11 to me isn't a hybrid its a forced tablet UI on desktop. I just don't understand why Microsoft are incapable of adding customisation, pick desktop or tablet mode, allow compact UI toggle's as well, the same complaints exist for edge, so its clearly a problem within Microsoft where they want all this padding in their software forced on people.
This is also not mentioning the horrific changes to the right click menu and other regressions, its fine to prefer or like 11, but its not just a tweak to 10 UI, its a considerable difference.
I keep things clean and tidy.Agreed, it's needlessly cumbersome and annoying. Easily fixed though.
os are not lifechanging as they used to be and most med to lower users dont want the hassle to upgrade and backup or learn what needs to be done..... also 0 low end users want to upgrade to tech that is still being perfected....
Until then it remains and contents are duplicated.
Now in the most recent Insider build they've moved the Programs and Features panel to Settings. Clicking the Control Panel option simply redirects you to Settings.Weird, I can still see the control panel options there. However, it does prioritize Settings results if the setting you're looking for is available in the Settings app, so you'll likely see those first if you're looking for something such as mouse wheel speed. Power plan on the other hand will show you control panel options first