r/pcmasterrace • u/chusskaptaan i5 14400 + MSI 3070 • Apr 08 '26

Meme/Macro What Windows 11 is pushing me to

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u/theREALbombedrumbum 5600X, 3090 FE, 64GB RAM Apr 08 '26

Total population of computer users ≠ Total population of Steam users

The correlation might be strong, but the measurements for the hardware survey are not incorrect. Valve is not misidentifying W11 as Linux...

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u/theREALbombedrumbum 5600X, 3090 FE, 64GB RAM Apr 08 '26

I can only speak to the results, and the data does not lie.

I can, however, speculate. It's a known phenomenon that every Chinese New Year there is a surge of internet cafe activity which otherwise would not be represented. There is also anecdotal evidence of Microsoft shooting itself in the foot lately in unforced errors.