How is Windows 11 being adopted by users fast?

The answer is apparently “hardly at all” to “slowly,” based on which group of data you look at.

New data from computer monitoring software provider AdDuplex indicates that Windows 11 uptake has already reached nearly 9%; that true number, however, contrasts sharply with a figure released by another vendor that showed the brand new platform with a significantly less than 1% adoption rate.

It’s been nearly 8 weeks since Microsoft launched Windows 11. System survey data, released by AdDuplex yesterday , showed Windows 11 adoption at 8.9% (with .03% of this figure related to Windows Insider program users).

Two weeks ago, {IT asset management company Lansweeper  pegged Windows 11 adoption at only 0.21% of PC users involved in its own software-based survey.

{The principal} reasons Windows 11 isn’t seeing higher adoption rates “{tend} {because of the} harsh requirements {set up} to upgrade to Windows 11 and {too little} urgency since Windows 10 {continues to be} supported until 2025,” Esben Dochy, technical product evangelist for Lansweeper, wrote {within an} email {answer} Computerworld.

{An upgrade to Windows 11 {will demand} {something} with 64-bit processors,|An upgrade to Windows 11 {will demand} a operational system with 64-bit processors,} 4GB of memory, 64GB of storage, UEFI secure boot and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) v2.0.

Lansweeper

Lansweeper Windows 11 update data

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Lansweeper gleans its Windows adoption data from {a lot more than} 10 million devices running on business and home networks.|

Lansweeper gleans its Windows adoption data from {a lot more than} 10 million devices running on home and business networks.} AdDuplex bases its data on about 60,000 Windows 10 or 11 PCs running its monitoring software.

Discrepancies among data for OS adoption {isn’t} unusual, {in accordance with} Steve Kleynhans, a vice president of research at Gartner. {Sample sizes {are usually} smaller and small percentages are sensitive to any changes.|Sample sizes are smaller and small percentages are sensitive to any changes typically.} {“It’s {vital that you} take all numbers with a grain of salt,|“It’s {vital that you} take all true numbers with a grain of salt,}” Kleynhans said.

Anecdotally, he said, Windows 11 is faring better in its early release days than Windows 10 did six {years back}.

{The most recent} release of Windows 10 (21H2), {that was} rolled {from} Nov. 16, {has already reached} 3.7% adoption, {in accordance with} AdDuplex. ({You can find} two Windows versions named 21H2 {available on the market} now. One is from the Windows 10 branch, {another} is Windows 11.)

This is the {first-time} in “modern history” when an “older” version of the OS (Windows 10 21H2) entered {the marketplace} later {when compared to a} newer one (Windows 11 21H2), AdDuplex noted on its website.

If Lansweeper’s data is accurate, more PCs are running {OR WINDOWS 7} (3.62%) and Windows 8 (0.95%) than are running Windows 11.

{Because of its} part, Microsoft said in a {post} that Windows 11 adoption has yielded mostly positive user feedback. {As a total result,} {{the business} is advancing the pace of the rollout faster than it had anticipated,|the ongoing company is advancing the pace of the rollout faster than it had anticipated,} “and [is] now making the Windows 11 upgrade more broadly {open to} eligible Windows 10 devices,” John Cable, {vice president of program management for Windows Delivery and Servicing,} wrote in his blog in Nov. 16.

{So even,} Lansweeper’s data points to a drip, {not just a} flood, of uptake, with several reasons cited for the less-than-robust uptake of Windows 11 in enterprises.

For one, {Microsoft has said {it’ll} {continue steadily to} support Windows 10 through 2025,|Microsoft has said it shall {continue steadily to} support Windows 10 through 2025,} offering a {a lot longer} runway for corporate upgrades to Windows 11. {Which allows} organizations to take their time {planning}, and testing, {the brand new} platform.

{Windows 11 {can be} a less comprehensive update {in comparison to} Windows 10,|Windows 11 {is really a} less comprehensive update {in comparison to} windows 10 also,} {in accordance with} Kleynhans. And, {with little {to gain|to get} from moving quickly currently,} {organizations don’t have {reasonable} {to set up} the upgrade {immediately}.|organizations have {reasonable} {to set up} the upgrade {immediately} don’t.}

Adware

Adware windows 10 and 11 adoption data

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It’s likely {the only real} users deploying Windows 11 today are {doing this} outside the approval {of these} IT shops,|today are {doing this} outside the approval {of these} IT shops

It’s likely {the only real} users deploying Windows 11,} Kleynhans added.

“I don’t think you’re {likely to} see enterprises doing anything substantial with Windows 11 until 2023,” Kleynhans said. “They’re thinking they’d {prefer to} let it simmer {for some time}, and {allow} quirks and issues work themselves out.”

{The principal} change to Windows 11 {may be the} {interface} (UI). Gone in {the brand new} OS are Microsoft’s Start menu tiles; {they’ve been replaced by icons that look {similar to} the UI on a smartphone or tablet.|they’ve been replaced by icons that look {similar to} the UI on a tablet or smartphone.} {Windows 11 also reduced {the amount of} dialog boxes {which are} prevalent on Windows 10.|Windows 11 also reduced {the real} {amount of} dialog boxes {which are} prevalent on windows 10.}

{“{In so far as i} hate to admit it,|much {when i} hate to admit it “As,} because I {similar to} tiles, …{these were} a failed experiment,” Kleynhans said. “{I believe} {heading back} to something that’s more {in keeping with} what people {are accustomed to} on their ({cellular devices}) will play well.”

Over the next {couple of years}, Microsoft will {continue steadily to} add more significant features to Windows 11 {and also} {make use of the} latest hardware, creating more differentiation from its predecessor.

Microsoft also likely felt pressure to launch Windows 11 {as the} PC marketplace was calling for an upgrade {that could} make better {usage of} new hardware, and the release was well timed for {the vacation} season, Kleynhans noted.

{For instance}, Windows 11 can {utilize} {the brand new} speeds and battery {top features of} Intel’s new Alder Lake processors. “I don’t think {it is possible to} say there {is a} better or worse {time and energy to} launch,” Kleynhans said.

Lansweeper also noted in a blog that only 44.4% of current CPUs for workstations {meet up with the} system requirements for upgrading to Windows 11; 55.6% {didn’t}.

While the {most} systems Lansweeper measures passed the RAM test (91%), {no more than} {1 / 2 of} the workstation Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) tested met {certain requirements} for Windows 11, while over 19% failed. And 28% {weren’t} TPM compatible or {didn’t} have it enabled, {in accordance with} Lansweeper.

If enterprises {desire to} start adopting Windows 11, {they have to} figure out which {of these} existing devices {can handle} upgrading, Dochy advised. “{We’ve} a requirements audit {they can} use {to determine} how many {of these} devices are even {with the capacity of} moving to Windows 11. {From on there,} they can start {developing a} migration {arrange for} the {year ahead}(s),” he added.