Posted on 01/05/2016 12:02:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Windows 10 has been installed on over 200 million devices since its launch, making it the fastest growing version of the operating system, according to Microsoft.
This adoption rate has outpaced Windows 7 by almost 140 percent and Windows 8 by 400 percent, wrote Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Windows and devices. Black Friday also helped significantly in boosting the user numbers for Windows 10. Demand has been high for the enterprise and education versions too, added Mehdi.
The high number of active Windows 10 devices is something Microsoft will be pleased with but the new OS still remains under 10 percent when it comes to desktop market share. However it's still early days and upgrading continues to be free for users.
"One of the ways we measure our progress with Windows 10 is looking at how people are using Windows," said Mehdi. "Recently we reached another milestone -- people have spent over 11 billion hours on Windows 10 in December alone, spending more time on Windows than ever before."
Microsoft has also provided a breakdown of some of the user stats for Windows 10. It claims that more than 44.5 billion minutes have been spent in Microsoft Edge, the web browser that replaced the beleaguered Internet Explorer; more than 2.5 billion questions have been asked of Cortana since the OS's launch; and finally, Bing search queries have seen a 30-percent increase.
Gaming has been popular in the new OS too, and the Windows Store has also seen an increase in activity, said Mehdi. Microsoft has stated in the past that its goal is to reach one billion devices over the next two to three years.
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By the way, Windows 10 is just 10% of the Operating System market Share.
See here:
http://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/news/2440622/windows-10s-market-share-leaps-in-december
I installed it, played with it for a day and then uninstalled it. Does that make me +1 or net 0?
So the corporate vice president of Windows has the last name of Mehdi. How about that, the same name that many Jihadi’s claim to ‘be waiting for’. I’m sure it’s just an unfortunate(?) coincidence.
[Bing Search Queries Up 30%] - a good thing? Sounds like people require assistance.
Windows 10 has been >>forcibly<< installed on over 200 million devices since its launch....
“Recently we reached another milestone — people have spent over 11 billion hours on Windows 10 in December alone, spending more time on Windows than ever before.” - Because we’re watching you.
Had Windows 10. Installed Linux Zorin on my pc, Ubuntu 14 on my laptop and have not looked back.
Do they have built in bluray watching capability? My wife’s laptop used to play them, but now they want you to pay 50 bucks for a program to do it.
If you are a system-on-a-chip and IoT enthusiast, there is a complete computer that you can buy for less than $35.00 called Raspberry Pi.
It can run on Linux or Windows 10.
Not sure about ‘built-in’ bluray capability. I understand added applications such as VLC 2.0 media player may work for bluray on Linux or MakeMKV is an application that decodes Blu-ray disks and saves them to DRM-free files which may also work on Linux.
I’ve read about it. Looks interesting.....
Ahh ok, I’ll check that out. It irks me that I have the movie and I have the hardware required, and used to have the software, now they want money.
It doesn’t help that my ps4 crapped the bed recently. That was my player, now I have to wait for repairs heh.
These are active computers, not the “everyone uninstalled it after 5 minutes, smashed their PCs, installed Linux Mint, or bought a Mac” fantasies that people keep repeating.
“Windows 10 has been >>forcibly<< installed on over 200 million devices since its launch....”
No it has not.
My reason for installing it was to see if some legacy software I rely on would work. It didn’t. Curiosity satisfied. (For the past 3 years most of everything I do is Linux.)
So is it the number of machines or the method of installation that you’re disputing?
To be pedantic, no, it’s not 100% forced. It’s probably over 90% if you count machines bought with Win10 pre-installed.
Extremely few organizations have adopted 10 since going to 7.
Little old ladies who had 7 and 8 are nearly at 100% adoption rate, because of the nagware nature of 10.
“SHOULD I PRESS THIS BUTTON WITH THE SQUAHRZ ALL OVER IT, MR. OLDFATMAN?”
“Sure, anything is better than the old Windows 8 version you’ve got.”
“WINDERS WHUT? WHUT’S WINDERS? DO YA MEAN MAH SCREENIE THANG OR THAT THERE BOX THANG ON THA FLOOR?”
*facepalm*
But yeah, you’re going to find probably less than 10% of Win10 users installed it purposefully. And I’m being generous.
I now have Windows 10. I had no choice, my old one died and the new one came with 10. I don’t like it. It’s too commercial.
RE: I don’t like it. It’s too commercial.
You mean Microsoft is not supposed to make a commercial product?
Sure they can make a profit. I just don’t like all that crap on my laptop.
I have an old HP DV7 1424nr laptop that came with Vista. It was so slow as to be unusable. With Windows 7 PC became usable. I would give it C+ with Windows 7.
Two weeks ago I installed Windows 10 on this PC. I never thought that this machine could be so stable and fast. It feels like a whole new machine. With Windows 10 this machine gets A-
The secret is that I did not upgrade existing installation but did a clean install and upgrade. Make yourself an install CD and boot with it. When prompted for a CD key enter the CD key of Windows 7/8 installation that is already on the machine you try to upgrade. When asked for a location to install Windows, first delete all Windows partitions on Disk 0 (boot disk) and select this disk as the target disk. Let the install go through.
This process assures that there is nothing on the PC that can mess up Windows 10. It also erases your boot drive, so use Macrium disk imaging software to take a snapshot of your disk before upgrading and always BACKUP BEFORE DOING ANYTHING RISKY.
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