Windows 11 market share falls despite Microsoft ad blitz
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Only 10 months left until Windows 10 end of support and people still seem to prefer it

Despite Microsoft’s push to get customers onto Windows 11, growth in the market share of the software giant’s latest operating system has stalled, while Windows 10 has made modest gains, according to fresh figures from Statcounter.

This is not the news Microsoft wanted to hear. After half a year of growth, the line for Windows 11 global desktop market share has taken a slight downturn, according to the website usage monitor, going from 35.6 percent in October to 34.9 percent in November. Windows 10, on the other hand, managed to grow its share of that market by just under a percentage point to 61.8 percent.

The dip in usage comes just as Microsoft has been forcing full-screen ads onto the machines of customers running Windows 10 to encourage them to upgrade. The stats also revealed a small drop in the market share of its Edge browser, despite relentlessly plugging the application in the operating system.

  • Codilingus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Just adding that 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is also super solid and great for gaming, no bullshit installed, just Edge + Defender. I disable Edge- instead of uninstalling- with a tool that just breaks it, since Edge always gets installed again eventually.

    I got it from that same site, been problem free for months now. I only went with 11since my 5800X3D is still fairly new.

    Edit: Fine, no bullshit other than Edge + Defender.

    • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      21 days ago

      Does this version of Windows 11 feel as snappy as normal Windows 10? And do the fans randomly flare up like on my installation of normal Windows 11?

      • SailorMoss@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        21 days ago

        Maybe it’s all in my head, but I tried it a while back and it felt less snappy than clean windows 10 but more snappy than stock windows 11. It also retains a lot of the annoyances of stock windows 11.

        Unfortunately I can’t use it because I have a WMR VR headset and it’s unsupported on the IoT and LTSC.

        There’s a YouTube channel called memories tech tips and he’s developing a script that you can add to your ISO that will have a similar effect to the LTSC. That in combination with Chris Titus techs ultimate windows utility after first boot makes setting things up much easier.

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
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          20 days ago

          Unsupported hardware

          Arcane incantations to get your system to look like a system

          Still bloated

          At this point, I’m assuming you don’t like yourself very much.

          • SailorMoss@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            11 days ago

            Well, I would like to switch to Linux but my VR headset is holding me back. Linux does have its own annoyances. I would probably still have to virtualize windows because of productivity software I need.

            I also use an engineering sample CPU so uhhh… I’ve learned to stop worrying and love the jank.