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Posted on 11/20/2021 10:31:28 PM PST by dayglored
Dayglored comment: Remember, this is about Corporate Business computers, most of which are managed by corporate IT groups and the uptake of new software, especially a new operating system, is glacially slow, often only happening when new hardware is purchased. Even so, 0.21% is notably low. The uptake on consumer/personal/home computers is, of course, much faster because consumers buy new computers much more often, and are much more likely to upgrade to the latest-and-greatest OS.
Microsoft's Windows 11 adventure is going swimmingly. IT asset management outfit Lansweeper has published the results of a 10 million PC survey that gives the new operating system a 0.21 per cent market share.
That is a good deal less than the 3.62 per cent of Windows XP and a nose ahead of the reviled Windows Vista. It is also not great news as the OS enters its second month of general availability.
App advertising biz AdDuplex put the figure nearer five per cent, although its survey was far smaller at 60,000 Windows 10 and 11 PCs. AdDuplex's data is also based on the approximately 5,000 Windows Store apps running its SDK.
Lansweeper's research comes from 10 million Windows devices, presumably in the business world, of which the IT asset management platform reckoned less than 45 per cent could take the update to Windows 11, thanks to Microsoft's stringent hardware requirements.
It is also worth bearing in mind that the Windows 11 rollout will take place over a number of months as Microsoft keeps an eye on what breaks and what doesn't. Users with compatible PCs running Windows Update could well receive a message promising the update is on the way at some point in the future. Or telling them that Windows 11 won't work on their kit.
That said, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that users are staying away in droves for the time being, and enterprises are highly unlikely to go near the code until a year or more after release.
Plus, the Lansweeper data threw up some statistics that could be more concerning than the snails-pace adoption of Windows 11.
Windows XP accounted for 3.62 per cent of PCs in the survey and Windows 7 was a hair under 6 per cent. Both are out of support, although Microsoft will keep security patches coming for the latter – at a price.
Even more disturbing are those mystery beige boxes in the server room that nobody likes to talk about. Windows Server 2008 accounted for 0.57 per cent of the PCs in the report despite also being well out of mainstream support. Even Windows Server 2003 was still hanging on in there.
With almost one in 10 Windows devices running end-of-life software, opportunities for miscreants abound.
Roel Decneut, chief marketing officer at Lansweeper, stated the obvious: "The situation poses a significant cybersecurity risk... Although the majority of users are on newer operating systems, the billions of active Windows devices worldwide means there could still be millions of people using devices that are insecure and open to attack.
"Plus, a large number of these outdated systems are predicted to be running on enterprise devices, which means it's not just personal information that's on the line."
We asked Lansweeper other questions about its research but have yet to receive a response.
Speaking about the discrepancy between his firm's figures and those of Lansweeper, AdDuplex CEO Alan Mendelevič pointed out that enterprises tended to be much slower on the uptake of new operating systems.
He told The Register: "Our data is highly skewed towards the consumer PCs (much more likely to upgrade at the first opportunity)."
"At any rate," he observed, "0.21 per cent seems extremely low overall. But could be totally reasonable if it's just from the managed company PCs."
We have asked Microsoft to comment. ®
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Win7 on this rig.
Bought used ~8 yr. ago, loaded with same.
I just upgraded Win7 to 10. I’ll probably upgrade to 11 right before 12 comes out but only under protest.
i think it also suffered from the fact that it needed powerful computers to even run it at first- i think they have fixed that though?
I’ve been using Win11 since it was released. It really is just Win10 with a fresh coat of paint. I can’t imagine why any enterprise would jump to upgrade.
somewhat misleading.
MS is doing a rolling roll-out of the free W11 upgrade. It’s not supposed to be complete until mid-2022 so the numbers will be down.
I have W-11 and so far, no complaints. Not sure why I needed a hardware upgrade.
Seems like it’s giving a look and feel of a smartphone.
Right-click context menu is different - yet, if you select more options the traditional context menu is displayed. It seems to be that way for most functions to include the start page contents.
Now I have to figure out if I want to move stuff from my W-10 box to my Win-11 box.
XP? Still using lye soap and wiping their butts with corn cobs too? Hand churning butter maybe?
Pretty sure XP was cleared by Mennonites to be old enough for them to use now.
Running 11 on an older HP Elitebook. Works just fine.
Finding or changing option in windows XP was a snap. It sucks in windows 10 big time. And no matter how you set things windows 10 does what every it wants anyways. I can’t even get it wake up from sleep without having to hit enter a bunch of times to get through all the screens. Even after changing deep settings it will not obey. And I as I said... Finding crap is really hard. And it has a thousand privacy settings. to many to even understand. If some are turned off then some features simply won’t work. The updates always cause problems too. It is no wonder some people refuse to leave XP or windows 7. Sadly there are reasons why many people have to upgrade from a software or hardware standpoint.
And it was too late to write that. It is full of writing errors.
Microsoft stock is up 60% in the last 12 months:
>> It’s not supposed to be complete until mid-2022 so the numbers will be down.
Not only that, but big enterprises don’t just role out new OS’s at the drop of the hat - they take many, many months - even years- of testing and trials making sure everything (the enterprise apps) still works properly - last thing big companies want is 50,000 users calling their help desk with problems.
Can you give me the dummy notes how you upgraded to 10? I’m running 8.1 but I need 10 (at least) to upgrade my Photoshop to a current version.
Too early to claim success when only 1/5 of 1% of PC users have the OS.
Bought a new PC in Oct. that had Win10. Took about 20 hours over three days to get set up. No instructions, owners manual, etc.
After set up, the damn screen would just go black with no warning (happened 3 times). About 10 seconds later, a msg would appear telling me not to turn off the ‘puter, because they were updating with some Win 11 features!
I would bet money Windows 11 isn't pushing the price of Microsoft stock up but Microsoft being in bed with the current socialist administration is what is pushing the price of it's stock up.
Come on man, ‘98 SE is the bomb. Make my own soap and corn cobs work great when pre-soaked in water. As an added bonus, they can be thrown at various trespassers.
I would bet money Windows 11 isn't pushing the price of Microsoft stock up but Microsoft being in bed with the government and or non-computer related parts of our economy that is pushing it's price up.
More FUD from the anti-MS folks.
Wanna know why XP is still around? Because the kernel is so full of holes that old software, esp. in manufacturing, has not or will not be rewritten to the higher security standards in modern operating systems.
In my security practice, I’ve seen XP machines running backend healthcare processes that would make most thoughtful people fear for the safety of their personal information. An Internet-connected XP machine, even fully patched WITH antivirus, can be compromised in less than 2 minutes. Let that sink in for those of you still clinging to XP with your cold, dead hands.
Microsoft’s stock price is dictated almost solely on their cloud adoption and Office365. Operating systems account for a very small portion of their annual revenue.
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