{"id":14966,"date":"2025-09-22T13:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14966"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:33:43","slug":"windows-11-finally-gets-over-50-installs-then-instantly-retreats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14966","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 finally gets over 50% installs, then instantly retreats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 4 years, Windows 11 installations <a href=\"https:\/\/gs.statcounter.com\/os-version-market-share\/windows\/desktop\/worldwide\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gs.statcounter.com\/os-version-market-share\/windows\/desktop\/worldwide\">finally reached an adoption rate of just over 50%<\/a> &#8211; likely due to dire sounding announcements about the end of Windows 10 support. And just one month later, install rate immediately starts a retreat and Windows 10 sees an increase of installs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OS wars are long since over, but it is obvious some folks at Microsoft clearly haven&#8217;t learned, or just don&#8217;t care, about disappointing your customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gs.statcounter.com\/os-version-market-share\/windows\/desktop\/worldwide\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" data-attachment-id=\"14967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=14967\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?fit=1549%2C1132&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1549,1132\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chbart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?fit=640%2C468&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?resize=640%2C468&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?resize=1024%2C748&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?resize=768%2C561&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?resize=1536%2C1122&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?resize=369%2C270&amp;ssl=1 369w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?w=1549&amp;ssl=1 1549w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/chbart.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gs.statcounter.com\/os-version-market-share\/windows\/desktop\/worldwide\">https:\/\/gs.statcounter.com\/os-version-market-share\/windows\/desktop\/worldwide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/hwsurvey\/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam\">https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/hwsurvey\/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 4 years, Windows 11 installations finally reached an adoption rate of just over 50% &#8211; likely due to dire sounding announcements about the end of Windows 10 support. And just one month later, install rate immediately starts a retreat and Windows 10 sees an increase of installs. The OS wars are long since over, but it is obvious some folks at Microsoft clearly haven&#8217;t learned, or just don&#8217;t care, about disappointing your customers. 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