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Windows inertia is still very real

17 October 2025

Windows users are a strange bunch.

When new versions of a product are released, complete with exciting new features, improved performance and a raft of other benefits, you would expect users to be keen as beans to upgrade.

This is how it works with software such as Davinci Resolve, the video editing software I use on a daily basis. Every time a new version (even a beta version) is announced, users rush to download it and upgrade.

So what is it about Windows users that makes so many of them swim against the tide?

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