In fact, Lansweeper estimates that less than 45% of devices are capable of being upgraded. “Although we can’t track previous adoption rates of Windows operating systems, it is fair to say that Windows 11 upgrades aren’t going as fast as Microsoft had hoped, especially within the business environment,” said Roel Decneut, chief marketing officer at Lansweeper.ĭecneut said the low adoption of Windows 11 may be due the complexity of upgrading and the fact that many devices do not meet the minimum hardware specification required for an automatic update.

The low adoption rate shows there are over 20 times more systems running unsupported versions of Windows compared with the new OS.Įven during the peak season around Christmas 2021, when people often upgrade to new devices, Lansweeper noticed an increase of only 0.3% in take-up of Windows 11.

While the majority of devices checked (81%) run Windows 10, Lansweeper’s analysis found that 5.8% of machines are running the unsupported Windows 7 operating system, and 4.6% continue to run Windows 8 unsupported.ĭespite the new Windows 11 operating system being available for three months, take-up has been extremely slow.

Windows 11 on unsupported hardware