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So it looks like the Windows 10 launch was a big success if early adoption numbers are to be believed. The Register
drops some data from StatCounter showing that Windows 10 already
accounts for over 3.5% of desktop operating systems, up from just under
1.4% the week before. More interestingly, The Register says,
“the biggest loser looks to be Windows 8.1, which dipped from 16.45 per
cent share to 14.93 per cent,” while “Windows 7 went from 54.41per cent
to 53.8 per cent and Windows 8 dropped from 3.6 percent to 3.46
percent.”
Of
course, Windows 10 has some key advantages going for it that ensured it
would see faster adoption among Windows users than any of its
predecessors. Upgrading to Windows 10 is totally free for Windows 7 and
Windows 8 users, which means that the only thing it will cost you to
install is disk space and time. Microsoft has also been making a bigger
push for users to upgrade to the latest software than it has in the
past, which is also giving Windows 10 an important boost.
All the same, the overall reception to Windows 10 has been night-and-day compared to the early reception for Windows 8, which turned out to be a highly polarizing operating system
that frustrated many longtime Windows users. Now it seems that
Microsoft has really hit the sweet spot by building an operating system
that will work well for people who use a keyboard and mouse but that
also offers the kind of flexibility Windows 8 wanted to offer as a
tablet OS.
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