[VERGE] Windows 11 is now used by 400 million devices, leaked Microsoft data shows

This is the best summary I could come up with:

All signs have pointed towards a slower adoption of Windows 11 than its predecessor and this leaked data backs up the assumption.

Microsoft shifted the minimum system requirements in order to focus on raising the security threshold in Windows 11, with modern chips capable of enabling memory integrity security features that rely on virtualization and Microsoft’s Virtual Machine Platform (VMP).

If Microsoft isn’t able to convince more businesses and consumers to switch to Windows 11 (or whatever comes next) by 2025, then it seems likely that the company will need to extend that support cutoff date.

Intel recently teased a “Windows refresh” for 2024 which it hopes will boost its revenues.

The teaser came months after references to Windows 12 were leaked from internal Intel documents.

“As we start to develop future versions of Windows we’ll think about other places where AI should play a natural role in terms of the experience,” said Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s head of consumer marketing, in an interview with The Verge earlier this year.

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I wouldn't touch it with a 20 ft pole