Batu69 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 As you’ll have seen earlier, according to figures from NetMarketShare, Windows 10 overtook Windows 8.1 in January, taking just six months to do so. StatCounter, which also measures operating system usage, shows Windows 10 achieving the same feat in that month, although its figures are slightly different. To mark this achievement it seems only right to compare Windows 10’s growth with that of past Windows releases to see how the new OS is really doing. StatCounter found that in January, Windows 10’s global desktop usage hit 13.7 percent, compared to 11.7 percent for Windows 8.1 (NetMarketShare has the figures as 11.85 percent and 10.40 percent, respectively). Breaking that down by territory, StatCounter has Windows 10 on 15.7 percent in the US (Windows 8.1 has 11.19 percent), and a whopping 22.4 percent in the UK (where Windows 8.1 has 12.5 percent). Globally, the new operating system’s rate of growth is significantly above that of Windows 8, which had just 5 percent share six calendar months after release, and compares very similarly to that of Windows 7 which was on 13.5 percent at the initial half year stage. You can see a breakdown of the three operating systems in table form: Windows 10 (Jan 2016) Windows 8 (April 2013) Windows 7 (April 2010) Worldwide 13.7% 5.0% 13.5% US 15.7% 5.8% 14.7% UK 22.4% 6.6% 15.2% Obviously, while Windows 10 is clearly faring better than both previous operating systems, it’s important to remember that not only is the new OS free for Windows 7 and 8.1 users, but upgrading to it has been made incredibly easy and only requires a few mouse clicks. It’s also being pushed far more aggressively than any previous Windows operating system. You can draw your own conclusions from that, but clearly Microsoft’s tactics are working. The software giant has a stated aim of getting the new OS on one billion devices within 2-3 years, and it’s not unfeasible to see it hitting half a billion in its first full year. Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Perhaps Windows ROT10 market share would be better if Microsoft convinced users to upgrade by showing us its advantages over Windows 7 and 8.1, rather than just coming up with new unethical ways to force it down users' throats. God bless the GWX Control Panel (and its developer) that disables Microsoft bullying, nagging, forcing, and bribery on Windows 7 and 8.1 users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyyahblah Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 51 minutes ago, Karlston said: Perhaps Windows ROT10 market share would be better if Microsoft convinced users to upgrade by showing us its advantages over Windows 7 and 8.1, rather than just coming up with new unethical ways to force it down users' throats. God bless the GWX Control Panel (and its developer) that disables Microsoft bullying, nagging, forcing, and bribery on Windows 7 and 8.1 users. @Karlston this is the best post I've read all day, and you made my fucking day. Cheers bro!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeSmithG Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 So world wide are the rest of the operating systems (all 67.8%) Vista, XP, Millennium, 2000, 98SE, 98, 95 NT4, et cetera? I have a website and google analytics records some of these operating systems as visitors. I do get Solaris ad Linux sometimes, not often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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