Karamjit Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Market share stats show small changes for Windows 7 Earlier this year, Microsoft took everyone by surprise and announced that Windows 10 would be offered free of charge to those running Windows 7 or 8.1 on their computers. The offer was supposed to be available only 12 months after the launch of Windows 10, and everyone believed this to be an excellent starting point for the first Windows version available for free in the history of Microsoft. Only that, despite the big push that Microsoft's making with Windows 10, the majority of Windows 7 users don't really seem to be interested in the free upgrade, and market share data shows that only a few have actually moved to the new OS from this particular OS version. Windows 7 going back up Back in July 2015, when Windows 10 finally came to be, Windows 7 was powering 60.73 percent of the world's desktop computers. Moreover, it's worth noting that, despite the arrival of the new version on the same month, it managed to achieve a record share in June, when it almost reached 61 percent. In August, however, the arrival of Windows 10 indeed caused a drop, and Windows 7 fell to 57.67 percent, with the decline continuing in September and October, when it reached 56.53 and 55.71 percent, respectively. But in November, some of those who previously jumped ship returned to Windows 7, so its market share increased to 56.11 percent, which is even bigger than the one in January 2015, when this OS was running on 55.92 percent of the world's PCs. Overall, Windows 7 lost only 4.62 percent of its users after the arrival of Windows 10, despite the huge expectations that Microsoft had before the launch. What's worse is that people seem to go back to Windows 7 these days, and they're using the 30-day downgrade window that allows them to give up on Windows 10 without losing their files and apps. Hopefully, Windows 10 will continue to increase in the coming year, but it'll be interesting to see how Microsoft manages to reach that 1 billion devices running Windows 10 goal with this full of ups and downs performance. From Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibranium Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Microsoft asked for this result. Some very major problems (even unbootable PC) and forced upgrades without so much as a release note, conspire to push people away from Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Indeed, instability and Microsoft's reprehensibly aggressive attempts to force people to upgrade are stopping many Windows 7 and 8.1 users (including me!). Pretty sad when users have to go to so much trouble to STOP an upgrade. What part of NO don't you understand Microsoft? And most of the media can't see anything wrong with Microsoft's unconscionable conduct. Dear Media, grow a pair of bollocks! Dear Microsoft, start treating users as adults capable of making decisions instead of treating us like children who have to be forced for our own good, and more will upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 They still dont know the meaning of the word PC (= PERSONAL COMPUTER )!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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