Posted on 12/12/2024 11:14:49 AM PST by dayglored
Despite Microsoft's push to get customers onto Windows 11, growth in the market share of the software giant's latest operating system has stalled, while Windows 10 has made modest gains, according to fresh figures from Statcounter.
This is not the news Microsoft wanted to hear. After half a year of growth, the line for Windows 11 global desktop market share has taken a slight downturn, according to the website usage monitor, going from 35.6 percent in October to 34.9 percent in November. Windows 10, on the other hand, managed to grow its share of that market by just under a percentage point to 61.8 percent.
The drop was more pronounced in Microsoft's home market of the United States. Americans are now less than keen on the IT titan's flagship operating system, at least if you judge by the figures, resulting in a fall in the US of more than 3 percent in market share, while Windows 10 grew by a similar amount.
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If I have to replace a PC, why not see what Apple has to offer?
I'm thinking of doing a Linux dual boot, but have no Linux experience.
Here's a question: If I set up a dual boot, and boot from Linux, do I have to reinstall all my app programs (Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.), or can Linux run apps already installed on Win 11, and work with those apps' Data folders?
Same here - a WIN7-Pro for development and one for in-house networking - not attached to web. Add in a WIN10 miscellaneous machine and a WIN10 ‘honey pot’ and a few laptops. Win10/11 are bloated and slow compared to just about any Linux system. The Linux boxes run on 4Gb and 8Gb machines. My wife’s Win10 desktop has 8Gb and she complains weekly about the response time for program loads and internet research. The only quick Win10 box that I have is 32Gb horse. It seems that Win10/11 want more and more RAM with each update.
Windoze suks ...
Part of the issue is the hardware requirements for 11. Many recent PC’s less than 5 years old cannot run 11. As we get closer to W10 end of life those will probably get reduced a bit.
I have one W11 PC that won’t update to version 24H2 because the system reserved partition is full, and so far I have not been able to increase it or delete anything in it.
I’ve had Win 11 for about two years now and it has been rock solid. I have no complaints. The problem, as others have pointed out, is that it doesn’t run on older machines.
I am posting this from my Win 7 box. I have a couple of XP machines and one with Win 98 (to run some ancient but irreplaceable non-windows software that refuses to run on a virtual machine).
Sorry, I don’t know.
I was going to research how to do it on You Tube.
There is an English guy under the screen name of Explaining Computers who is my go to on messing with computers.
He talks slow in the King’s English and for old guy like me is a pleasure to listen to.
11 is train wreck. I don’t really use my pc anymore, just have it at work.
You will have to install the programs that you want on the Linux OS.
Just add Control Panel to your start icons.
“None are upgradable to 11.”
Cleaning out my didk drawer a few days ago I found the Windows 8.1 I installed on my computer build over ten years ago. Free upgrades all the way to 11 running on it now.
I have windows 11. It’s quick.
Running 11 on a ten years old system.
Windows 11 is not slow.
For 30 bucks you can extend Windows 10 with updates for 1 year.
I have 3 Win does 7 computers.
A few months ago I bought refurbished Win 10 laptop and desktop. I tried to like them, but I don’t. That obtrusive Edge thing makes me crazy.
Glad I held in to the Windows 7 machines.
“Windows Vista - THE worst OS ever”
That’s what I thought back when I had an HP laptop with Vista.
Then I tried to use my husband’s Windows 10 and I fell back in live with Vista. Of course, 7 is the best IMO.
Windows 11 version 21H2 reached its end of service as of October 8, 2024...for the exact reason you stated. Insufficient hardware.
They offer a way out, but it looks like you have to jump thru hoops to get it.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/windows
turns out, if you have the “Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available” turned on in Windows update and you are not on an enterprise system, they push the update to you.
Not sure what the big deal is, my Windows 11 boots up in less than 10 seconds ready to use with Opera open and many tabs no less. And this machine will be as slow as cold molasses in a couple years, such is life.
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