Windows 10's usage share ascent routs Windows 7's ascension six years ago

MIS Asia ^ | 08/19/2015 | Gregg Keizer (Computerworld (US)

[SeekAndFind]

ALSO SEE HERE:

Microsoft aims for 1 billion devices running Windows 10

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I’ll wait for the reviews. I’m running Win7 and I’m very satisfied with it.

[Abby4116]

Windows 7 was not a free upgrade.

[bert]

I have Win 10

I can tell no difference when operating with the traditional shell. It might be snappier and has Edge

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Right. I like Windows 10 but it was a free upgrade for a lot of people. Are they counting everyone downloading it for free in these numbers????????

[Smokin' Joe]

I’m still running XP.

[Nep Nep]

that’s only because you needed to be tech savvy to avoid it

[Nep Nep]

Unlike the traditional shell, Win 10 is reporting every last thing you do to Microsoft.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Are they counting everyone downloading it for free in these numbers?

They don't have to charge. With all the information Win 10 is getting off your PC, all they have to do is wait for the NSA to come calling and they will get a fair price for it. Think of the irony. The feds use your money to buy your private info from Microsoft.

[Kirkwood]

Shows you that Win 8/8.1 was far worse than Vista.

[Fungi]

Don't tell anyone I am still using Vista. Getting a new computer soon, very soon. Down below six gig on the hard drive. The value fluctuates so much, I don't know how much space there is left—perhaps a subtle clue by windows to get a new computer.

[Kirkwood]

I downloaded 4 versions, but haven’t installed any of them yet.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Well Whoop-de-freaking-doo. They’re giving it away.

For now.

I bet the business model is that they take hold of your computer with the “free” “upgrade” and then essentially hold it hostage requiring annual “subscription” fees. From them, I’d expect no less.

[GeronL]

Spyware

[bicyclerepair]

Linux Mint here. 17.2, latest/greatest. I keep up.

Sweetest OS I have ever used. With a single proc, it does circles around all my windoze boxes that have dual proc. Same ram in all.

Of course I don’t have a printer attached to it. Just use Linux for lightning instant web surfing and e-mail etc. Print from the XP box. Work on Win7 pc. And keep an OSX mac around for kicks.

[montag813]

Well duh...it’s FREE

[Dalberg-Acton]

I loaded Windows XP in VM Ware player and made the registry hack so MS would send it the latest updates.
Sure is fast. Sure uses a lot less memory.
Uses about 200 megabytes of RAM versus 2 gigabytes used by Windows 7. An unpatched install of Windows 2000 Pro uses 35 megabytes of RAM and is freakishly fast compared to everything that came after.
Where was I going with this post?

[Smokin' Joe]

Move picture and ‘keeper’ files to thumb drives (very cheap storage) and make some room. That would help in the short term, and if you want you could get a passport or book drive or similar and move anywhere from 500 gigs to a couple of terrabytes. Still pretty affordable, and if it is stuff you want to archive, you should be able to access it with the new machine as well.

[Cry if I Wanna]

can tell no difference when operating with the traditional shell. It might be snappier and has Edge.

Edge doesn't bog down like IE and it's fast. But I still like Firefox better. And Chrome.