Microsoft’s OS “Windows 11” was officially released in October 2021, and the first major update was released in September 2022. However, the results of the newly released “Population rate of each version of Windows” reveal that the penetration rate of Windows 11 is lower than that of Windows 7.
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The pie chart below shows the penetration rate of each version of Windows derived by analyzing regarding 30 million Windows-equipped devices by ‘Lansweeper’, which develops IT asset management systems. Checking the pie chart, you can see that the penetration rate of Windows 11 is 2.61%, which is lower than the penetration rate of Windows 7 (3.38%), which was declared end of support in 2020. Windows 10 (81.87%) has the highest penetration rate, and it can be seen that more than 80% of users continue to use Windows 10.
Lansweeper also published similar survey results in April 2022, and as of April, the penetration rate of Windows 11 was lower than the penetration rate of Windows XP. Although the penetration rate of Windows 11 is still below 10%, it seems that the market share is steadily expanding.
The graph below shows the transition of the penetration rate of Windows 11 among general consumers (orange) and business users (blue). The rate of penetration among general consumers has been expanding rapidly since January 2022, but the rate of expansion slows down from around April 2022, and by September 2022, it has stabilized at the same rate as that of business users. increase.
In Windows 11, “TPM 2.0” which protects the system at the hardware level in addition to “64-bit compatible processor or System on a Chip (SoC) with 2 cores or more at 1 GHz or more” and “memory of 4 GB or more” as a mandatory installation requirement is required to be installed. However, Lansweeper’s analysis found that only 57.26 of the workstation’s CPU requirements were met. It is also clear that 64.57% of all workstations meet the TPM conditions, 20.77% are incompatible or disabled, and 14.66% do not have a TPM.
