Many Users’ Computers Lack The Requirements For Windows 11

 

Many Users’ Computers Lack The Requirements For Windows 11

A survey conducted among 30 million computer systems reveals that most of them lack the minimum system requirements for installing Windows 11.

Microsoft introduced the world to Windows 11 in June 2021, followed by a public launch in Oct. 2021. Since the launch, it has been more than six months, but the company has not been able to encourage a significant portion of Windows 1o users to upgrade to the latest operating system. While Microsoft is sending regular upgrade reminders to users and laptop manufacturers like HP and Dell are selling models preloaded with Windows 11, the overall adoption rate of the new operating system is not very good.

At the time of launch, the minimum system requirements of Windows 11 left millions of systems out of the question. After the issue lit up several consumer forums, Microsoft acknowledged it and made an effort to rectify it. However, even after Microsoft lowered the minimum hardware requirements for users, one would still need to install the operating system manually, which is highly unlikely simply because it is a complicated process.

An IT Management firm called Lawsweeper recently published the findings of its Windows 11 Readiness Audit. The firm surveyed about 30 million Windows devices and found out that as of March 2022, only 1.44 percent of the devices are running on Windows 11. Upon converting, the number comes out to be 432K. Surprisingly, one of the obsolete operating systems from Microsoft, Windows XP, is installed on 1.71 percent of the surveyed machines. Windows 7 and Windows 8 have a higher adoption rate than Windows 11, at 4.70 percent and 1.99 percent, respectively. It is essential to mention that the Redmond-based tech giant ended support for Windows XP back in 2014.

 

Majority Of Computer Systems Are Running Windows 10

The report mentions Windows 10 to be the most popular operating system as it powers more than 80 percent of the systems involved in the data collection process. That said, what is the reason behind the low adoption rate of Windows 11? It turns out the Windows 11 system requirements are too high. Lansweeper mentions that "only 44.4 percent of CPUs for workstations tested met the system requirements for upgrading to Windows 11." In addition, stats revealed from the survey also show that about 52.55 percent of the computers did not meet the minimal TPM requirement of Windows 11, which Microsoft advocates as necessary for maintaining the platform's security.

A computer should have 1 GHz or a faster CPU with two or more supported cores, at least 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage to install Windows 11. Further, computers should support Trusted Platform Module version 2.0, UEFI, and Secure Boot capable. Although it is still possible to install Windows 11 on unsupported computers, Microsoft does not guarantee a stable performance. To summarise, the lack of hardware requirements for Windows 11 is one of the main reasons most users are still using Windows 10.

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