For nearly six months, from April to October 2024, Microsoft managed to attract new users with Windows 11 to reach nearly 35.6% of the market share. During this time, Windows 10, which represented nearly 70% of the market share in April, lost some to Windows 11, falling to 61% of the market share. This is in any case the data reported by Statcounter. But it seems that the wheel has turned again for Windows 11, which is starting to lose users again.
Windows 10 still far ahead of Windows 11
Microsoft must be looking gloomy. Since November, the trend has indeed reversed again. Microsoft's operating system, released in 2015 and scheduled to end support in October 2025, is holding out. Windows 10 has just regained 0.9% of market share to the detriment of Windows 11, which has lost almost as much (34.94% in total). According to the latest news, Windows 10 represents a total of 61.83% of market share, compared to 34.94% for Windows 11, with the remaining 3% being divided between older versions of Windows.
Could this trend last over time? The question may indeed arise. Because even if Microsoft really wants Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11, the Redmond firm is not really making an effort to move in this direction. For starters, the very many bugs that affected Windows 11 24H2, the last major update of Microsoft's operating system, have undoubtedly contributed to cooling users off.
Above all, Microsoft has persisted in imposing strict specifications to be able to use Windows 11. The company has also planned to put obstacles in the way of users who try to install Windows 11 on an incompatible PC.
Furthermore, Microsoft has been very clear that it will not make any concessions on the requirements required to be able to migrate from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Users who want to upgrade their OS will absolutely have to have a TPM 2.0 compatible machine. Otherwise, Microsoft simply recommends that users who want to upgrade to Windows 11 buy a new PC. Enough to make people grind their teeth.
Those who refuse will then have only two options. The first is to pay for an additional year of support to continue using their PC under Windows 10 in complete safety. The second is to abandon Windows in favor of a Linux distribution or Chrome OS, probably the best option to avoid discharging the approximately 240 million PCs affected by the end of Windows 10 support.
Source: Neowin
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