Microsoft is making noise about Windows 10 being on 200 million devices as of yesterday. Here’s what a Microsoft press release had to say on this:
- And Windows 10 adoption is accelerating, with more than 40% of new Windows 10 devices becoming active since Black Friday.
- In fact, Windows 10 continues to be on the fastest growth trajectory of any version of Windows – ever – outpacing Windows 7 by nearly 140% and Windows 8 by nearly 400%.
- We’re seeing increased preference for Windows 10 with consumers. Since Black Friday, US retail PC share* for Windows 10 grew 16 points to 62% compared to the prior four weeks. Windows 10 mix of PCs rose to 87% from 58% prior to the holiday.
- We are also seeing accelerating and unprecedented demand for Windows 10 among enterprise and education customers. As of today, more than 76% of our enterprise customers are in active pilots of Windows 10, and we now have over 22 million devices running Windows 10 across enterprise and education customers.
It sounds good. But I’m not so sure that Windows 10 adoption is that rapid. You see there’s a company called NetMarketShare out there that tracks these things and according to them, Windows 10 has a 9.96 percent share of all Web traffic generated by desktop operating systems in December. That’s less than Windows XP which is at 10.93% and Windows 7 which is at a staggering 55.68%. I’m not a math wiz, but this really casts serious doubt on the “200 million devices” running Windows 10 claim.
I guess you can expect that Microsoft will get even more aggressive about getting you to use Windows 10 going forward given these results.
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Microsoft Says Windows 10 On 200 Million Devices…. I’m Not So Sure About That
Microsoft is making noise about Windows 10 being on 200 million devices as of yesterday. Here’s what a Microsoft press release had to say on this:
It sounds good. But I’m not so sure that Windows 10 adoption is that rapid. You see there’s a company called NetMarketShare out there that tracks these things and according to them, Windows 10 has a 9.96 percent share of all Web traffic generated by desktop operating systems in December. That’s less than Windows XP which is at 10.93% and Windows 7 which is at a staggering 55.68%. I’m not a math wiz, but this really casts serious doubt on the “200 million devices” running Windows 10 claim.
I guess you can expect that Microsoft will get even more aggressive about getting you to use Windows 10 going forward given these results.
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