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.
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Microsoft want to record everything about you and your habits as data to sell. They don't give a damn about you and will only change when forced to by a government, or fined millions a day for non-compliance.
Even then, you as a US citizen may not benefit from consumer-friendly changes enforced by the EU commission - just look at Windows N and KN to comply with EU and SK rulings against Microsoft. Not only did Microsoft continue to push the full-fat versions of Windows out (along with all their monopolistic, preference-ignoring bullshit that lost them the cases against the EU and SK governments), they merely offered the option to use a compliant version that wasn't 'ram our bullshit down your throat' variants in those regions.
As someone who installed a ton of Windows N, I regret that decision; Microsoft insidiously cut out a lot more of the underlying framework than they were told to, crippling the OS beyond what the ruling mandated and made use of third-party apps far more difficult than the regular version where you could just switch your browser/player/viewer back to what you preferred every 6 months after Microsoft briefly hijacked your PC and reset all your choices. What they did with Windows N was complied, spitefully and vengefully to the letter of the law whilst completely refusing to comply with the spirit of the law. The only people who they satisfied with those versions were the lawyers!
Not even with an eleven foot pole...
Truth be told, I'm not even sure heterogeneous cores can be figured out by the OS alone, on a desktop, period. I'm waiting for Linux 5.19 to see if that fares any better.
As always... anything driver or OS related... if it ain't broken, don't fix it... heck don't even look at it. It was clear as day 11 was a shitshow, a similar 'upgrade' that 8 was over 7... (no not 8.1). Its MS taking way too many cues from the market and running with it, getting it ran over like roadkill by pretty much everyone, and then coming to their senses again for the next iteration. No, MS, we don't want an Apple interface, because then we'd buy Apple. No, we don't need a million connectivity options in desktop OSes. No, we don't need a Store with specially contained apps. GTFO. All is well and it was since 7. Just do your Azure business and rip off Enterprise. They have our money.
It's one of those switches that most would probably say there wasn't anything special about 10 so why not use 11
Personally 11 is less special seeing all the new nonsense to deal with and the crap pile looks like it's going to get taller.
Just my iphone drives me bonkers sometimes so I'd never use a closed garden os like mac 24/7... and it looks like ms is going that direction.
I mean, look at how miserably Win11 failed at the attempt to reduce the number of supported CPUs.
CPU's depend on bios updates to get unflagged don't they
No bios update/ no 11 unless jump through hoops that is.