Posted on 02/06/2016 5:40:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
It may have taken awhile, but the market is finally showing Windows 10 some love. Six months after its debut, the latest Microsoft operating system has climbed its way up to the number two spot among desktop environments, according to data from Net Market Share. With 11.85 percent of the market, Windows 10 has finally surpassed third place Windows XP, which still holds 11.42 percent of the desktop market.
Neither Windows 10 nor XP comes close to the most popular operating system in the world, which remains Windows 7 with a whopping 52.47 percent of the desktop market. Microsoft ended support for Windows XP in April 2014.
Big Push for Windows 10 Adoption
Windows 10 appears to finally be getting some traction with users, increasing its share from just 9.96 percent of the market in December. Microsoft has been eager to get users to upgrade to the latest system, following the disastrous reception Windows 8 received when it first hit the market.
The redesigned user interface of Windows pushed many Microsoft clients to roll back to the stable and popular Windows 7. After several attempts to address the issues with Windows 8, the company finally decided to forge ahead with the next OS.
Microsoft has made it a priority to get users to adopt Windows 10, making the unprecedented choice to offer the latest OS as a free upgrade for existing Windows 7 and 8 users. While Apple routinely pushes new operating systems to its clients at no charge, this is the first time Microsoft has done so.
Redmond appears to be so eager to migrate users over to the latest operating system that it has been sending regular notifications to users of Windows 7 and 8 reminding them of the free upgrade option. Recently, the company announced that it would soon be relabeling the upgrade as "recommended" instead of "optional."
Plenty of Windows 8 Machines Out There
But despite the poor demand for Windows 8, January was the first month in which Windows 10 outperformed the latest version of its predecessor, Windows 8.1, in the market. Holiday sales of new computers equipped with the latest OS likely pushed it over the top, although the combined might of Windows 8 and 8.1 still represent a larger share of the market.
Still, Microsoft's aggressive strategy to push users to upgrade their machines seems to be paying off in the form of Windows 10's steadily increasing share. Nevertheless, the new kid on the block still remains far behind the exceptionally popular Windows 7, which took the title of most popular OS from Windows XP in 2012 and has never relinquished it.
Windows 7 will likely continue to be the most popular system for some time, thanks to users' fierce loyalty to the dependable system and its widely installed base. Like XP, which still commands an enormous share even after almost 15 years after its debut, Windows 7 is expected to maintain its position for some time to come.
In my golden years, change has become more and more difficult, lol.
Switched Thursday from 7. Smooth transition, and flawless sync to my phone.
” ...... but I’m leaning toward leaving them alone.”
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I wish I had. I had just gotten used to the 8.1. I don’t know but, for whatever reason, I find 10 to be more unstable. I have a lot more crashes.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
“I’ll probably keep Windows 7 on our desktop until it drops dead.”
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Same here. I have a great 10 year old car and I’m keeping that too.
Both do what I want them to do.
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2nd place at gunpoint doesn’t count. Claiming everyone wants windows 10 is like giving a girl roofies and then bragging that she totally wanted you last night.
Windows 10 is non consensual.
LOL. Well stated!
First O/S to do so by force/coercion.
Windows 10 is computer date rape.
Good analogy.
If you are not socket savvy, you have no clue what Win 10 is reporting about you. It’s bad, honestly, it’s real bad.
I tried Windows 10 and I did not like it. It caused me a lot of trouble and I ended up having to reload the entire system from the factory install backup discs. At least I now have a good clean Windows 7 system again. I probably was going to have to reload the system at some point so I am not begrudging Microsoft for trying to give me a free replacement system.
Had 7 on my 5+yr old laptop and 10 on the new one and zero problems with either. Happy happy joy joy remembering the fun flogging win3.1 and 95 along on a daily basis sometimes!
I upgraded an 8 year old w7 dell 32 bit laptop and a 3 year old W 8.1 64 bit dell laptop. Had a few problems with each until I did a W10 clean install on each. Both are pretty much flawless and quick after the clean install.
Bill Cosby inspired Computer Date Rape?
I expect to get flamed but my MACS startup and just work and do what I want without constant software updates and security issues.
Outstanding.
Endless popups and disguised downloads and tricks to get you to install.
A free OS that barely is doing better then Windows XP......
My darned PC keeps giving me that “install W-10 now” icon, but hearing all the horror stories (and seeing few positive ones) about it makes me very hesitant.
1. What is "socket savvy"?
2. How do I get that way?
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