tarekma7 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 The data analysts firm NetMarketShare revealed that Windows 10 has seen another uptake in users and it went up to 64.04% from 61.26% last month. Linux (multiple distros) went from 1.14% to 1.65% and Ubuntu now holds a market share of 0.51% The market share of Windows 7 has also dropped, but many users are still actively using outdated Windows 7, which could be due to its huge number of enterprise users. According to NetMarketShare, Windows 7 saw a drop from 22.77% to 20.41% last month. The report shows that 20.41% of desktops still use Windows 7. Even worse, some are still using Windows XP, according to the report. As of October 2020, the market share of Windows XP is 0.87%. On the other hand, macOS X 10.15 recorded a minor drop as it declined from 5.11% to 4.88% and Windows 7 upgrade offer According to tests done by BleepingComputer, Microsoft is still allowing Windows 7 users to upgrade to Windows 10 for free using the Media Creation Tool. You can potentially get a free upgrade to future versions of Windows by following the steps outlined in our article. When you use Media Creation Tool to do an in-place upgrade, your older license is automatically converted to a Windows 10 digital license and it is linked to your Microsoft account. Once done, you can always reinstall Windows 10 or upgrade your hardware without paying Microsoft. It is not known how long Microsoft will allow this Windows 10 upgrade loophole to exist, so if you are running Windows 7, it is suggested you take advantage of it while you can. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 It has been possible to get win10 for free from long ago. Why would those who did not move to it would do it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BimBamSmash Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 26 minutes ago, tarekma7 said: Once done, you can always reinstall Windows 10 or upgrade your hardware without paying Microsoft. Things have been working like that since they introduced the activation tech with XP. You could always install your OS on a new hardware, as long as the old device was properly decommissioned. It made sense back then too. Windows had a 5-10 years life expectancy, and the need for purchasing new licenses was justified (and mandated) by "versioning" Windows. But these days Windows 10 is called the final version. It is receiving bi-annual upgrades for free. Would it make sense to sell a life-time license? Doubtful. Unless it is their final push to milk something that will soon become irrelevant. I think Windows licensing is a ship that is about to depart for good. Come to think of it. Everything is moving to the cloud. Everything is becoming a service of its own. You have cloud-based office suites, databases, active-directory-like services, video conferencing, streaming games (!!!), etc. Each with its own licensing. PCs are becoming something akin to Thin Clients, or even Zero Clients. A platform to connect to other services. If your apps run in a web browser, it won't matter if the platform it is running on is Windows, macOS, Linux, or whatever. If MS gets the chance to charge individual subscription fees for streaming games, streaming apps, streaming office, active directory capabilities, etc... charging users for using Windows - the platform that opens the door to those cloud services - services that can run just as well on MS's competitors - would become irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Seven has been the new XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Windows 10 has many problem with each cumulative update it's no wonder that people stick to Windows 7 as long as they can. It's nice how everyone promote the cloud apps while many places lack decent internet connections. In my opinion software should be free and everything will run as service like mentioned before. Microsoft still milk the consumers because people stick to what they know they are lazy to learn new things. They stay loyal to Microsoft even when Microsoft make horrible mistakes sometimes. eg. some files deleted with build 1809 October update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misaki2010 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 I heard the same crappy sentence about Windows XP as well and look where it is... at under 1%... Windows 7 will follow sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjBenny ;) Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Windows 10 Is And Will Be The Best OS Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 yes every OS will be outdated and unused after some time. For now Windows 7 is remarkably have big part of the desktop OS market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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