Remaining week, I wrote a few survey I’m the use of to ask PC users about their plans for Windows 11. With the 22H2 unlock simply across the nook — and with Home windows 11 now a yr previous — the working assumption has been that many can be waiting to transport ahead with deployment.
As I’ve mentioned earlier than, that is an unscientific survey, simply an try at getting a really feel for everybody’s plans. I didn’t prohibit who may just solution questions, nor attempt to determine bias. (The survey remains to be open should you’d love to weigh in on what kind of Home windows 10 or 11 subjects you’re involved in.)
For the reason that Home windows 11 has upper {hardware} necessities, it’s no wonder maximum respondents (69.1%) are nonetheless the use of Home windows 10 on their methods. Every other 16.3% p.c run Home windows 11, slightly below 5% use Home windows 7, and 1.8% nonetheless run Home windows 8.1 (!). A smattering of respondents are on Macs (2.4%), Linux (3.5%), or one thing else (1.7%) — normally dual-boot Home windows/Linux methods.
I used to be stunned to search out greater than part the respondents (51.3%) have already got {hardware} that might give a boost to Home windows 11. Slightly below 40% both would not have a Depended on Platform Module, a excellent sufficient video card, or a processor that may give a boost to Home windows 11. And 9% mentioned they have got no plans to transport to Home windows 11 in any respect.
(At house, I’ve just one machine out of 4 that’s Home windows 11-ready; they’re merely previous machines, despite the fact that all of them now have SSD drives — a should on this technology of Home windows.)
So far as when customers await upgrading to Home windows 11, the solutions are muddled; 43.5% merely aren’t certain. I believed the arriving this autumn of Home windows 11 22H2 can be a key unlock for individuals who plan to improve, but simply 3.6% be expecting to take action. Every other 2.8% mentioned they might improve in six months, and 10.5% plan to take action inside a yr.
The overwhelming majority, 66.17%, plan to stick at the OS they’re operating now, with 12.1% announcing they’re most effective trying out Home windows 11 and three.8% comparing different platforms. Slightly below 18% are the use of Home windows 11 always.)
As for what excites Home windows customers about Home windows 11, the phrase salad that emerged had “higher safety” as a standout. However now not a lot else looked as if it would catch person consideration.
Susan BradleyWhat excites customers maximum about Home windows 11?
As one respondent mentioned: “The quick solution: Not anything. In reality, like the general public, I have lengthy since stopped being ‘excited’ about the rest my computer systems do. They are equipment, to assist me write, arrange and keep up a correspondence, and ANY time spent having to determine the brand new ‘options’ that Microsoft (or Apple, or Google) crams down my throat is time clear of doing the rest productive or playing existence. ‘Pleasure’ over new working methods is for geeks and is an more and more odious burden on the remainder of us.”
I additionally incorporated an open-ended query about what customers wish to see modified in Home windows 11. Of those that replied, many lamented the made over Get started menu, and an inconsistent UI throughout quite a lot of menu methods. As one individual wrote: “The Home windows 11 report explorer made pointless adjustments that labored nice in Home windows 10. I exploit replica, paste, lower, delete, rename, and refresh extra incessantly than the common person. I in finding the icon replacements, and the additional step required to refresh adjustments in Home windows 11 to be a waste of overtime on my phase. And for my part, I in finding the Settings app variations in Home windows 11 require that I necessarily undergo all of the app to make adjustments to fit me. I didn’t have to try this within the Home windows 10 Settings app.”
Microsoft is aiming to make the UI extra streamlined. However I’ve heard from many long-term Home windows customers that having to relearn menus and clicks slows them down when looking to lower and paste. (There are a number of documented ways and tools to convey many of those options again to Home windows 11.) And the truth that customers who like to transport issues round and customise their desktop can longer achieve this with out hacks and third-party equipment is almost definitely the most important roadblock to Home windows 11 adoption. It’s going to be attention-grabbing to look whether or not Microsoft listens to its core customers and brings again some skill to customise the platform.
If you wish to learn what others have mentioned about Home windows 11, the whole survey effects are available here.
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