Just a few weeks before Windows 10's "dead" ended, players finally couldn't stand it.More and more Steam users have turned to Windows 11 in the past month.It has to be said that this means that many people have persisted for many years and waited for the new system to improve before finally deciding to upgrade.
The latest Steam hardware survey was released, and it can be seen that the share of Windows 11 users has increased by 2.65%.Currently, 63.04% of respondents are using Windows 11, compared with 60.39% last month.Meanwhile, Windows 10's share fell by 2.9%.But you will find that these two numbers are not exactly in line with each other - this may mean that some users have switched to other operating system platforms, mainly Linux.However, Linux has only increased by 0.04% in the past month, and there is obviously no "explosion".
The bigger possibility is that the approach of Steam hardware investigation itself is not perfect.This survey is far from being an accurate portrayal of Steam users—in the words of Captain Barbosa in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, it is more like a "guide" than actual data.However, it can still roughly reflect the trends of the player group.Among many Linux distributions, Arch accounts for the highest proportion, at 0.29%.This is not surprising, after all, Valve's own SteamOS is built on Arch.The second place is Linux Mint, followed by Ubuntu, again Ubuntu, and then Linux Mint.
As for macOS, its share rose by 0.14%, which is actually larger than Linux's growth.Is this because the graphics performance of the latest Apple chips is stronger than expected, or is it just statistical error?
Overall, Linux accounts for 2.68% of Steam users, macOS is 1.91%, while Windows still dominates the entire market with a share of 95.40%.
Next month's Steam hardware survey will be more eye-catching, as Microsoft will officially stop supporting Windows 10 later this month.Of course, users can still extend support by one year by registering security updates in settings.But as the policy gradually shrinks, more players are expected to have to turn to Windows 11.
Many users have not upgraded Windows 11 for different reasons.First of all, it brings more "cumbersome things" from Microsoft, which can be completely understood by many people not like.Secondly, the system requirements are more stringent than Windows 10, such as a CPU that supports TPM.Although most processors have been supported in recent years, they may still be a barrier to upgrade to a small number of users.
