Loading up Pinball and Minesweeper was a treat, and by logging into my GOG account, I could play games like Shadows of the Empire and Tomb Raider III with ease, as they had support for Windows XP around the time these games were released. Oddly enough, I didn’t mind this, as it kept me from procrastinating from continuing the task at hand.īut the games Windows XP is loaded with helped to scratch that itch.

Loading text was fine, but images, different layouts, and even ads slowed everything down, and the web browser crashed multiple times throughout loading some sites. While this VM had 4GB memory, Windows XP simply can’t handle the modern web. Going to TechRadar’s homepage resulted in a ’Page Cannot be Displayed’ message, so I had to download an older version of Firefox - which worked, giving me access to the internet again. Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft’s web browser that was fully deprecated for its Edge browser back in 2022, was able to work with Google and not much else. I decided to use Windows XP for work - typing up an article and using email to send it to my work email. Six months after a major operating system release, it’s a pretty damning metric.Whichever method you opt for, as soon as you’re at the Windows XP desktop, you’ll be faced with a slight hiccup - connecting to the internet.Īs I was using UTM in macOS, it was a simple matter of selecting ‘Bridge’ in the Network settings, which used my Mac’s WiFi to enable this for the VM. Now for the juicy comparison: while 1.71 percent of machines surveyed with Lansweeper’s methodology were running some version of Windows XP, just 1.44 percent had upgraded to Windows 11. According to the report from April 4th, approximately 80 percent of all Windows machines are running Windows 10, with 2 percent on Windows 8, 5 percent on Windows 7, and a little over 9 percent running various flavors of Windows Server. The data was collected to promote the company’s Windows 11 migration services. These stories are based on the latest report from a company called Lansweeper. Specifically a recent digital survey indicated that Windows XP, an OS released more than two decades ago, still has more users than Windows 11. But a few recent news stories have given a more dire outlook than can actually be justified. Through a combination of the usual consumer hesitation and a real dearth of compelling reasons to upgrade, the latest release just isn’t landing with users the way Windows 10 did. There’s no denying that Windows 11 adoption isn’t where Microsoft would like it to be.

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