Microsoft has lastly crossed an necessary 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 almost 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 most popular OS for PC gaming in September, however general adoption had nonetheless been lagging behind Home windows 10 till now. Leaked information in October 2023 additionally revealed Home windows 11 was used by more than 400 million devices on the time, a slower adoption tempo than Home windows 10 — which took only a 12 months to succeed in 400 million units in comparison with Home windows 11’s two 12 months interval.
A part of the sluggish adoption is right down to Home windows 11’s {hardware} necessities. Whereas Microsoft supplied a free improve to Home windows 10 customers, millions of machines have been left behind as a result of stricter CPU and safety necessities. Microsoft has been attempting to persuade the house owners of those machines to improve their {hardware} in an effort to get Home windows 11, generally with a full-screen prompt.
Home windows 10 is because of attain finish of assist on October 14th, and Microsoft not too long ago revealed it could give away a free year of extra security updates to customers in the event that they had been keen to allow Home windows Backup and sync their Paperwork folder to OneDrive. In the event you don’t need to do that, you’ll need to pay $30 for a 12 months of updates, or redeem 1,000 Microsoft Reward factors.