Posted on 07/31/2015 10:43:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Some 14 million people installed the Windows 10 operating system in the first 24 hours following its release, Microsoft said, calling the response "overwhelmingly positive."
The company said its new operating system aimed at computers, mobile devices and other gadgets got off to a strong start toward its goal of reaching one billion devices.
"We're humbled and grateful to see the response to Windows 10," corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi said in a blog post late Thursday.
"We have seen unprecedented demand for Windows 10, with reviews and customer feedback overwhelmingly positive around the globe."
The stakes are high for Microsoft as it pushes out the new operating system for both traditional computers and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.
The company is hoping the new system can help it gain traction in mobile, where it lags behind Google Android and Apple iOS, and in emerging technologies for computing.
Windows 10 -- Microsoft skipped directly from Windows 8, which got a lackluster response -- is being offered as a free upgrade for most devices, making it possible to be available quickly on billions of devices.
It will allow for voice, pen and gesture input, and in some cases biometric identification for improved security.
Mehdi said the company is rolling out the software in phases to make the transition easier.
"Our top priority has been ensuring that everyone has a great upgrade experience, so, we are carefully rolling out Windows 10 in phases, delivering Windows 10 first to our Windows Insiders," he said.
"While we now have more than 14 million devices running Windows 10, we still have many more upgrades to go before we catch up to each of you that reserved your upgrade."
In one sour note, the chief executive of Mozilla, which makes the Firefox Web browser, complained that Windows 10 imposes the new Edge browser as the default option, overriding choices made by users.
"The update experience appears to have been designed to throw away the choice your customers have made about the Internet experience they want, and replace it with the Internet experience Microsoft wants them to have," Mozilla CEO Chris Beard said in an open letter to his Microsoft counterpart Satya Nadella.
Beard said the new operating system makes it more complicated to choose a competing browser such as Firefox.
"It now takes more than twice the number of mouse clicks, scrolling through content and some technical sophistication for people to reassert the choices they had previously made in earlier versions of Windows," Beard said.
"It's confusing, hard to navigate and easy to get lost."
Beard urged Microsoft to "respect people's right to choice and control of their online experience by making it easier, more obvious and intuitive for people to maintain the choices they have already made through the upgrade experience."
The proprietary software used at my work won’t be compatible with Win 10 for a few months, so I’ll have to stick with 8.1 until then
My Dell running Windows 8 upgraded already. My other two devices running Windows 7 are still waiting.
My desktop has updated...no surprises yet.
I am not planning to “upgrade”
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No no... I already read on the MacUserNews site that Windows 10 is a colossal failure and a major embarrassment for Microsoft. Stop trying to spread your propaganda.
(But, seriously, who installs on release unless it’s on a walled-garden box? I guess there has to be some suckers to help work out the kinks for the rest of us.)
RE: I guess there has to be some suckers to help work out the kinks for the rest of us.
14 MILLION !! That’s a large number of suckers out there on day one ...
Who knows how many MORE there will be...
My experience was terrible. First attempt to upgrade went all the way they the process but left me with 8.1. Second attempt got me to a desktop that crashed and left me at the auto fix screens. Nothing worked. Had to go through restore. Third attempt got me to a working desktop that uses lousy default graphics drivers and no audio
Not impressed.
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I have several Windows 7 Professional machines that I am going to upgrade eventually, but I think I will let a few million other users finish beta testing it first. I have a few XP machines left that I would love to try Windows 10 out on, but MS is not supporting upgrades from XP.
I have used every version of Windows since 3.1. Windows NT, 2000, XP and 7 were all definite improvements. Windows 95, 98 and 8, not so much (though 8.1 was a big improvement over 8). Vista was an abject failure.
First: Given the very large installed base of Windows 7 & 8, 14 million upgrades is OK.
Second: The upgrade is Free to the Win 7 & 8 base, so again OK.
Given the long free beta of Win10, I hope for MS’ sake that this upgrade goes smoothly. I LOVE COMPETITION and watching an upgrade war between Apple & MS brings joy to my heart!
Good thinking. Note there are no figures quoted for reversions to the previous O/S. I know of one, me, back to that abysmal failure of 8.1. I’m moving to APPLE eventually as my devices fail barring major changes to their mission. “If it ain’t broke...”
By the way, the installation was flawless but the resulting O/S resembled the aftermath of a hand grenade having been thrown into the works. I’m not into expending time and resources trying to find that which allowed me to get work done. Confusing to say the least. Still going with the tiles eh?
Let me guess: The unprecedented demand was 100% Windows 8 users?
I’m in no hurry. I’ll wait until Black Friday, buy a new laptop with 10 installed. If I like it I’ll move stuff over from the old laptop. If I don’t, I’ll donate it.
I haven’t had any issues at all. Works just fine.
Even though I am retired, I do not want to spend a lot of time learning how ribbon menus, for example, are supposed to make computer life easier. I load up an old Word or Excel 97 and have the job done before I could even find a certain feature in the newer ribbon menus.
MS should have just made XP capable of using more memory. That is one of the few advantages I found with Win7. Win7 did have easier home network connectivity than XP. Other than that, I have most of the glitz and glamor turned off in Win7. I use software for productivity.
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