Posted on 02/22/2017 9:42:39 AM PST by dayglored
![]() |
![]() |
---|
I’m curious. Is 10 available in any way for free?
Windows 10 is a virus that shows up unannounced and unwanted. I could never find a way to delete it so I just minimized it and use chrome. It was awful.
Windows 10 adoption rate is stagnating
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/windows-10-adoption-rate-is-stagnating.html
http://www.myce.com/news/microsoft-no-longer-succeeds-attracting-new-windows-10-users-81448
https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=11&qpcustomb=0
It seems that Microsoft is having a hard time retrieving more new users on Windows 10. The operating system install base has been stuck on 400 million for four months now. Ever since Microsoft ended its free upgrade campaign, that install base remained roughly the same. The company earlier this week announced that it has 400 million active Windows 10 users reports myce.com:
The slow growth is related to the the end of the free Windows 10 upgrade period and the disappointing sales of Windows smartphones. It’s therefore very unlikely that Microsoft will achieve its goal of 1 billion Windows 10 users by 2018.
“We’re very happy with the progress but due to the shifted focus of our smartphone hardware business it will take us longer to achieve the goal of 1 billion active devices by 2018”, according to a Microsoft spokesman.
Windows 10’s market share has grown by 2% to 3% after the free upgrade period ended, about a fifth of the 10% monthly growth when users could still upgrade for free.
Not any more. That stopped last July.
I would be suspicious of any alleged "free" copies these days, as they are probably either hacked/infected, or won't "Activate" after installation.
Win10 adoption is in trouble, and they know it. They'll be lucky to make a billion installs by 2020 at this rate.
But in Jan 2020 Win7 stops getting security updates. That will force a lot of business and professional users to switch to Win10 if they haven't already.
Hopefully, by then Win10 will have evolved into a useful environment to get actual work done, as opposed to watching streaming media and checking one's Facebook and Twitter feeds.
ummm ...
Not saying it's a great growth rate, but in the past half-year (July '16 to Jan. '17), Win10 share of desktops is up 19.7%, per the table you provided (from 21.13% to 25.30%). If it goes at this pace for the next half-year, they'll have 30.3%.
Just sayin' ...
what is the blue screen of death issue? I tried windows 10 for a good while but never experienced a BSOD
[[ But in Jan 2020 Win7 stops getting security updates. That will force a lot of business and professional users to switch to Win10 if they haven’t already. ]]
At which point they will no doubt declare “Sales are skyrocketting- people love windows 10”
Even for free, it’s overpriced. Just my humble opinion.
When 7 dies I’ll probably switch my office to Linux, and run 10 in a VM for the purpose of supporting my clients who use Win.
MS jumped on the suck-train with Win8, and they’re still full speed ahead IMNSHO. They go after the lowest common denominator, which is people who like to use one finger to navigate the web. Stack on top of that their shameless theft of demographic and usage data, and they should be fined out of business.
Thanks for all your threads, dayglored.
Preventing dust accumulation, indeed!
The update cycle will now turn into the “upgrade” cycle with little grace period for application. There will no longer be an ability to selectively apply patches - you’ve got to take the entire upgrade. According to the linked article, this will occur every 6 months.
When imaging workstations via SCCM, it might be a good time to start layering your images and update the base OS with an ISO when released to the public. Then you’ll always have the latest, “upgraded” base OS for subsequent imaging work. Job security! Thanks MS!!
http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-as-a-service-means-big-painful-changes-for-it-pros/?ref=yfp
what is the blue screen of death issue? I tried windows 10 for a good while but never experienced a BSOD
************
I believe it’s TEAL now.
I’m actually looking forward to it. The update is supposed to contain usb audio class 2.0 which means I wouldn’t have to install custom drivers for every audio device I have.
lol, ok- but what is the screen of death issue? Is it prevalent or something?
Not really any more so than in 7 or 8.1. The BSOD mention was because in the Insider preview versions, they've changed the BSOD color from blue to green.
Official releases will still use the classic blue.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.