The launch of Windows 11 was weighed down by two very important keys. The first was increased minimum requirements against Windows 10, a decision that generated strong controversy and that caused many relatively new computers, and still very powerful, to be left out of the list of officially supported hardware. The second key was requirement to have a TPM chipa requirement that also meant that a large number of PCs and laptops could not meet the minimum requirements.
These two keys, together with the problems that Windows 11 has been showing, both in terms of performance and stability after the arrival of various updates with serious problemshave not done any good to the adoption rate of this operating system, which still has today a low adoption rate compared to Windows 10, both on consumer PCs and business computers, although it seems that little by little this is starting to change.
Steve Kleynhans, vice president of research for Digital Workplace Infrastructure and Operations at Gartner, has confirmed that the adoption rate of Windows 11 is starting to grow, and that the arrival of the update 22H2 would have been key in this sense, because:
“Many companies have started, or plan to start, pilot programs to jump to Windows 11 this month, and they plan to move new purchases to Windows 11 in the coming months once they feel comfortable. Upgrades to existing systems will likely take even longer, as there won’t be a big need until later in 2024, when Windows 10 end of life starts to get closer.”
This leaves us with a very important piece of information, and that is that companies are beginning to prepare to make the leap to Windows 11 because they are aware that the end of Windows 10 is near, and they do not want to rush the deadline too much. I remind you that said operating system will run out of support as of October 14, 2025, that is, within two years and nine months.
When Windows 10 ends support, Windows 10 will continue to work, but it will no longer receive security updates or bug fixes, and it will only be a matter of time before it becomes a problem for any business that decides to continue using it. You may also experience compatibility limitations with certain major applications.
