Windows 11 Finally Dethrones Windows 10 On The Desktop, What Now?

Windows 11 is now the most popular operating system on the desktop, according to the latest market share figures at Statcounter. It took the first week of July for Windows 11 to reach that point, after coming up just short of overtaking Windows 10 at the end of June when it trailed its predecessor by a mere 1.06% (when narrowing the focus to strictly Windows builds). The new market share high comes on the heels of Microsoft rolling out its Windows 11 24H2 update.

As of this moment, however, Windows 11 accounts for 52% of all Windows installations on the desktop (presumably including desktop towers, mini PCs, laptops, and 2-in-1 devices), versus 44.59% of Windows systems still clinging to Windows 10. So, what was a slightly greater than 1% gap in Windows 10's favor has turned into a 7.41% lead in favor of Windows 11 in ...