windows 11 adoption

Dell’s blunt numbers — spoken on a recent earnings call — pulled the curtain back on a messy reality: roughly 500 million PCs that technically meet Windows 11’s requirements are refusing to upgrade, and another 500 million machines are simply too old to run Microsoft’s current desktop OS. Those...

Dell’s own numbers make something plain: the Windows 11 migration is slower and messier than Microsoft hoped, and that slow pace is reshaping OEM planning, PC refresh timing, and the narratives Microsoft is using to sell the next generation of AI-capable machines. Background / Overview The crux...

Dell’s blunt assessment during its Q3 fiscal call — that the move from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is “10–12 points behind” the previous generation’s pace — has crystallized a story the industry has been watching for months: the Windows 11 transition is real, but it’s slower, messier, and more...

Dell’s blunt assessment during its latest earnings call that the transition to Windows 11 is “much slower” than the move from Windows 7 to Windows 10 crystallizes a problem that’s been visible for months: the operating system upgrade cycle that once helped refresh entire fleets of PCs now faces...

Microsoft is hosting its November 20, 2025 Windows Office Hours — a one-hour, chat-based Q&A with product teams covering Windows 11 adoption, device management (Intune, Configuration Manager), deployment automation (Autopilot, Windows 365), and security best practices including Zero Trust — and...

Windows 10 did not fall silent when Microsoft pulled the plug on free mainstream support; instead it remained a large, stubborn presence on desktops worldwide, forcing enterprises and consumers into a pragmatic — and sometimes uncomfortable — set of choices about security, upgrades and migration...

Windows 10 remains stubbornly entrenched among a large slice of PC gamers on Steam even after Microsoft’s official end‑of‑support deadline, leaving developers, anti‑cheat vendors and players to navigate a messy transition where security, compatibility, and hardware requirements collide...

StatCounter’s September snapshot of desktop Windows usage produced a headline-grabbing wrinkle: Windows 11 sits near half of pageview-weighted Windows traffic while Windows 10 declines — and Windows 7, an operating system Microsoft stopped supporting years ago, shows a surprising single‑month...

Windows Office Hours on October 16, 2025 will give IT teams a focused, live chat forum to get direct answers from Microsoft product experts about adopting Windows 11, managing fleets with Microsoft Intune and Configuration Manager, implementing Zero Trust, and moving toward cloud-native...

Windows 11 has finally crossed a psychological and statistical threshold: adoption is accelerating across businesses and consumers, but the path to a full enterprise migration remains rocky as Windows 10’s end-of-support deadline (October 14, 2025) looms and Microsoft offers a costly — and...

A surprising headline claiming a “shock revival” of Windows 7 has spread through the tech press and social feeds as the industry counts down to Windows 10’s end-of-support milestone — but a careful look at the telemetry, vendor positions, and third‑party patching activity shows a far more...

Three weeks is not a long time in the life of a PC, but when that window sits directly ahead of a fixed end-of-support deadline it becomes a hard stop: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security and quality updates on October 14, 2025, and every Windows 10 user now has three practical...

Windows desktop market-share data flipped twice this summer: after StatCounter showed Windows 11 briefly overtaking Windows 10 in July 2025, August’s snapshot reversed some of that gain and put Windows 11 back under the 50% mark while Windows 10 recovered several points—an unexpected wobble with...

Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...

Windows 10’s official support clock is now counting down—and for millions of users the practical question is simple: upgrade to Windows 11 while your machine is still supported, buy new hardware, or pay for temporary coverage. Microsoft will stop providing regular security updates and technical...

Windows 11 has finally edged ahead of Windows 10 in global install share, but millions of PCs — consumer and corporate — will still be running an OS that stops receiving regular security updates on October 14, 2025, raising urgent questions about risk, responsibility and practical migration...

Windows 11’s recent lead over its predecessor proved to be fragile: Statcounter’s August snapshot shows Windows 11 slipping back below the 50% mark while Windows 10 recovered some ground, yet the newer OS still holds a larger share overall after overtaking Windows 10 in July...

StatCounter’s latest tracking shows Windows 11 has climbed to roughly the halfway mark of Windows desktop installs — a milestone that reflects accelerating migration away from Windows 10 as Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline approaches. The headline numbers — what StatCounter...

As of July 2025, Windows 11 has officially surpassed Windows 10 to become Microsoft's most widely used desktop operating system. According to data from StatCounter, Windows 11 now holds a 50.88% share of the Windows desktop market, edging out Windows 10, which has declined to 46.2% . This...

For almost a decade, the battle for desktop dominance has swung between iterations of Microsoft’s renowned operating system releases, but as of early July, a significant milestone has finally arrived: Windows 11 has, for the first time, overtaken Windows 10 in terms of global market share...