Posted on 08/19/2015 4:20:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Microsoft's Windows 10 has easily surpassed the global usage share ascension of Windows 7 six years ago, putting it on track to become the company's most successful OS introduction ever.
Windows 10's usage share neared 6.6 percent on Sunday, data from analytics vendor StatCounter showed. That was a 23 percent increase over what the OS logged the Sunday prior, continuing the unbroken stretch of double-digit-or-more, week-over-week increases since Windows 10's July 29 debut.
The operating system's usage share increase has comfortably exceeded that of its closest rival, Windows 7, during the latter's first 18 days of availability in the fall of 2009. Windows 7's high-water mark during that stretch was 3.8 percent by StatCounter's count.
StatCounter estimates what Computerworld has dubbed "usage share" by tallying page views, making the Irish metric firm's numbers a signal of activity on the Internet rather than of users. Windows 7's uptake as measured by StatCounter was quicker off the mark than was Windows 10's, a fact that should not come as a surprise, since the former was released as a paid upgrade that users had been eagerly buying in the run-up to its October 22, 2009, official launch.
Microsoft treated Windows 10 differently, choosing to not only give away the upgrade to hundreds of millions of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, but delivering that upgrade to customer subsets over time, part of an effort to minimize stress on the Redmond, Wash. company's content distribution network and allow it to track problems, then presumably fix them, before triggering upgrade notifications for the next "wave."
By the fourth day after its introduction, Windows 10's usage share had topped that of Windows 7 at the same point in its post-debut schedule. Windows 10 has not relinquished the lead since then.
I have Windows 7 at home and love it, but still running XP at work. The boss isn't very tech savy even though most of our business is run by computer and doesn't understand why I keep begging to upgrade.
I tried this two days ago and it still works and MS will still update your XP machine.
The OS jump will be a big one. With 7 being squeezed out, and the newer systems designed to look like an overgrown phone, in an environment where touch screens aren't a good idea, I'm just not looking forward to the change.
The place I used to work just ended XP (April) and went to win7. The IT guy is stubborn to say the least.
He and I both love Linux. But it has its limits. It is fast as #311. Using half the hardware, Linux Mint does circles around windows. Imagine if the hardware was on par.
Yes I’m a computer geek.
You mean free like Apple’s OS X upgrades have been for years and like most versions of Linux?
Don’t know where it was going, but interesting.
Just think how quickly the market penetration would mount for other products if they, too, were also given away for free. Why, it’s revolutionary!
I just installed Win10. It offers settings that allow you to opt-out of MS data collection. Again, you must select/configure to "opt-out".
On a related subject, I love the 3rd party AdBlocker Plus Add-on because it blocks targeted ads on Chrome, Explorer, Firefox and other browsers. Unfortunately, Win10's "Edge" browser does not integrate any Add-On, so be prepared for nuisance ads with Edge. Edge's prevention of Add-ons will likely be lifted in the future. For now, I unpinned "Edge" and am running Explorer 11 under Win10 as my default browser.
That is simple: WIN7 was an OS while WIN10 is a virus.
I will go back to XP next week. There are too many features of expensive applications that don't work correctly under WIN7. I upgraded about a month ago, but now I will go back. Those applications are too expensive for me to replace.
Why did Microsoft change the behavior of common dialog boxes?
Keep telling yourself that.
OS X upgrades have been free for years as have been various iterations of Linux. They still haven’t been able to compete with Windows market share/install base.
This must mean that 8 sucked worse than Vista.
Wish I still had XP.
Good catch. I was thinking the same thing. We’re giving it away and look at the suckers just eating it up.
If it’s free the product is you.
I will, thank you.
I do know for sure that Microsoft, in their arrogance and disregard for their users, did change the behavior of several common dialog boxes. That very adversely affects the behavior of expensive software that is crucial to my livelihood.
I heard that even with the opt out you’re still reporting to MS.
People like free stuff.
I’m resisting on most of my engineering work stations. I will put 10 on my newest accounting machine.
Call me skeptical when it comes to anything free from the world’s richest company.
Fortunately, most Windows users don’t agree with you. I think Microsoft’s projection of 1 billion Windows 10 users in 3 years is way too conservative. The way it’s going, I’d make it 1 billion in 2 years max. Probably even faster than that.
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