FROM BUSINESS INSIDER:
http://www.businessinsider.com/windows-10-overtakes-windows-8-market-share-2016-2
The total PC market is thought to contain about 1.5 billion PCs, which means Windows 10 is on about 180 million computers. Microsoft recently announced that 200 million people were using Windows 10, but that is spread across tablets, PCs, and Xbox.
Windows 7 is still the dominant operating system, with a 52% share of the desktop market that includes about 780 million users globally. Mac OS X, the desktop operating system from Apple, has about 75 million users.
Microsoft’s goal is 1 billion people using Windows 10, a figure Apple recently announced its mobile iOS operating system had achieved. The company is giving away Windows free until late July in an effort to increase use.
Well, they forced it on everyone, so the install base of 7 and 8.x pretty much HAD to migrate.
This is just a question of market share for MS overall.
They need to put PDAs in the mix for a proper comparison. Many are abandoning their “computers” for pure PDA.
That’s a very interesting chart.
VERY interesting.