According to a recent survey, even retired Windows 7 is more popular in the corporate world than Windows 11.
Long before the release of Windows 11 last October, Microsoft was able to connect the computer community with the operating system With strict hardware requirementsRedmond residents not only demanded the TPM 2.0 security chip, but also ruled out older 8th-gen Intel or AMD Zen 2 processors.
Over time, the company has fallen back somewhat and allowed direct installation through an ISO file on unsupported systems, but the official position is that future updates are not guaranteed on these devices. The operator of the IT management platform Lansweeper has now come up with an interesting survey of the extent to which strict machine requirements are hampering the rollout of Windows 11.
30 million Windows devices from 60,000 companies Investigative research It found that 42.74% of the company’s machines did not have the processor required for Windows 11, and 36% had TPM 2.0 missing or not enabled. 92.85% of workstations met the 4GB memory requirement, which is of course not a very satisfactory development in 2022.
In other words, according to Lansweeper, nearly half of enterprise configurations can’t be upgraded to Windows 11 from scratch due to its out-of-the-box processor. The company believes this seriously hinders adoption of the new platform, which it is trying to back up with other research. In this survey of 27 million PCs, Lansweeper found Windows 11 on only 2.61% of PCs, while Windows 7 that is no longer supported stayed at 3.38%. Windows 10, with a score of 81.87%, tops the popularity rating.
The somewhat good news for Microsoft may be that in April, the same study reported Windows 11 prevalence of only 1.44%. At the same time, it is worth noting that Lansweeper’s results can be said to be particularly pessimistic, because in the June AdDuplex report, the latest operating system is already stole 23.1% From the whole cake, a And on Steam, it’s 24.84% Platform.
