How is the last supported Windows operating system doing after Microsoft ended support for its predecessor Windows 10 a month ago? Not so good, at least according to Dell CEO Jeffrey Clarke.
Clarke revealed several information during the company’s latest earnings call. One of them being that Dell believes that there are 500 million Windows 10 PCs out there in the world that can’t be upgraded to Windows 11 officially. While most could be upgraded by bypassing Microsoft’s artificially introduced system requirements, only a small fraction will because of the technical process that is involved and the consequences.
Another 500 million PCs that run Windows 10 can be upgraded, but have not yet. That leaves about 500 million PCs that run Windows 11 already, according to Dell.
However, this is not the only bombshell that Clarke dropped during the call. He also revealed that the transition from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is much slower than the transition from Windows 8 to Windows 10.
The transition is lagging behind, which affects Dell’s growth in the sector. Dell reported a revenue of $12.1 billion for its Client Solutions Group, which bundles commercial client and consumer PC sales. Here, Dell reported a slight uptick in commercial client revenue to $10.1 billion and a declining revenue of $2 billion in consumer PCs.
The Infrastructure Solutions Group made more than up for that though. Its revenue was $14.1 billion, which is a 24 percent increase compared to the last year and the sevenths consecutive quarter with double-digit growth. AI is the main driver of the revenue increase of this group.
To sum it up: Windows 10 users seem to hold on to their PCs, even if they could upgrade them to Windows 10. For now, PCs remain supported with security updates if ESU is enabled for the device.
Now You: Windows 10 or Windows 11, what is your preference? Or something else? Maybe you made the switch to Linux already?
I am staying on windows 10 for the 1 of the systems in my family. Went to linux on the 2 other systems.
The win 10 system waiting to see if MS makes win 12 without the AI, copilot, and the advanced data havesting other stuff inbedded in it. I cannot see any reason for replaceing win 10 for win 11. Replacing perfectly working computers is just crazy.
I switched to Linux Mint 8 (?) years ago. I have a copy of Win 10 on a separate drive for 4 programs that won’t run on Linux. I’m on a desktop, not laptop, so a separate drive is just easier than a VM. I could move to 11, but see no reason to. I still have a copy of 7 on a separate drive as well.
The users of the 500 million Windows 10 PCs out there in the world that can’t be upgraded to Windows 11 don’t know how lucky they are.
The users of the 500 million PCs that run Windows 10 that could can be upgraded, but have not yet, don’t know how smart they are if that is their choice, how smart they can become or remain if laziness is the reason.
Whatever the category, the reasons, users free of Windows 11 not only are safe of the worst technically problematic, privacy intrusive browser ever built but as well of having to deal with an agentic, ai ncreasingly agentic browser facing complaints worldwide.
PC manufactures: We don’t want to pay for win11. People are not buying enough new computer hardware. Microsoft what if we force people to upgrade? You install win 11, we give THE PEOPLE a kind of ultimatum?
Now all Microsoft has to do is use some of their own black money (whatever they call it) hire some terrorist hackers to send out some win 10 viruses that scare the remainder to either upgrade to win11 or buy a new computer altogether. Look at what they get away with already, is this really that far fetched? Why are so many governments beginning to move to Linux? Cost, privacy? They are one of many mal intended in bed with the government? I’m old enough to remember all the anti Soviet Union slogan about big brother standing behind your couch metaphorically. Today we call this USA western progress. Everything we browse in web, watch on TV etc is monitored. This monitoring shows what people are thinking and what you fear is used to determine what well be done with our money(usually keep military industrial complex in power) To think apple and Microsoft, Dell, HP, whoever do not work together because they are competitors is naïve at best. That would be like saying sports figures who compete against one another do not unite to grow the sport outside of competition.