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Windows 10 overtakes Windows 8.1 and XP.

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NetMarketShare’s latest numbers for January are out and shows that Windows 10 powered devices are continuing to grow at a steady paste. For those interested, it has officially surpassed Windows 8.1 and Windows XP. Windows 10 reached 11.85%, while Windows 7 is down from 60% in June 2015 to 52.47% in January 2016. Windows XP is at: 11.42%, and Windows 8.1 is now at 10.4%.

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It is estimated that they are 200 million Windows 10 PCs, 19 millions XBox One running Windows 10, and 1 million Windows 10 Mobile devices.

Source: http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-10-overtakes-windows-8-1-xp-and-8-to-hit-new-high-in-january/

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Nice, while I loved 8.1 as an OS I have to say so far I've found 10 to be much more enjoyable to use once set up properly.

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lol xboxs running windows 10, the XB UI has about as much in common with windows 10 as windows 3.1

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Looks like it won't catch up to windows 7 until after free upgrades are discontinued if that graphs trends continue, though I suspect that can be attributed to corporate sectors who don't care about the new features and would rather not deal with any potential problems switching OSs may cause.

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Nice, I personally love windows 10 and have recommend most people I know to upgrade why you can free of charge, I liked 8.1 but 10 is just so much more user friendly

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Windows XP is slowly going down.

There is no point in XP, lyk even some old people with beige monitors stopped using it.

Good luck XP for retaining some market share and good luck 10 for going to a point where 7 is.

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5 minutes ago, Nexxus said:

lol xboxs running windows 10, the XB UI has about as much in common with windows 10 as windows 3.1

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It's not really that surprising seeing how much Microsoft are pushing Windows 10. They want it to be the new windows platform to last a while I imagine. 

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Love how more people are using Windows XP than Windows 8.1 ... Like wtf?

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Still need my charms bar on Win10 before I will upgrade my SP3

9 minutes ago, FakezZ said:

Love how more people are using Windows XP than Windows 8.1 ... Like wtf?

Keep in mind that a fuckton of organisations still run it. Most pcs at our labs run it (legacy software) a lot of older schools run it (thats a few hundred computers per school right there). 

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I think windows 10 is a move in the right direction, but there are still lots of things that bugs me. Like the bipolar nature of so many of the settings. There is 2 versions of pretty much everything, and the touch screen optimized version is the default one, with the proper control panel and settings being buried under it.

This mixed in with some of my games being weird on windows 10 pushed me to switch back to windows 7 not too long ago.

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Just now, Sidiox said:

Still need my charms bar on Win10 before I will upgrade my SP3

Keep in mind that a fuckton of organisations still run it. Most pcs at our labs run it (legacy software) a lot of older schools run it (thats a few hundred computers per school right there). 

Yeah but still... These are some very vulnerable PCs there :/

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11 minutes ago, FakezZ said:

Love how more people are using Windows XP than Windows 8.1 ... Like wtf?

People don't like change. 8 and 8.1 had the metro screen and even though functionality it wasn't too bad it was different and people stuck with xp

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Just now, abyss03 said:

People don't like change. 8 and 8.1 had the metro screen and even though functionality it wasn't too bad it was different and people stuck with xp

There's still Windows 7, or hell even Linux. I wouldn't use a computer running Windows XP if you paid me...

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Just now, FakezZ said:

There's still Windows 7, or hell even Linux. I wouldn't use a computer running Windows XP if you paid me...

Not everyone is tech literate or have the money. My dad uses Windows XP because he won't let me touch it as he likes the way it looks... He can't afford a new computer so he is stubborn and part of the xp crowd 

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Just now, abyss03 said:

Not everyone is tech literate or have the money. My dad uses Windows XP because he won't let me touch it as he likes the way it looks... He can't afford a new computer so he is stubborn and part of the xp crowd 

Well, maybe if you explained to him that it is not secure and his data and passwords are potentially unsafe, he would change his mind...

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1 minute ago, FakezZ said:

Well, maybe if you explained to him that it is not secure and his data and passwords are potentially unsafe, he would change his mind...

I've tried most things, but his friend who thinks he knows computers said it was fine because he had antivirus... 

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1 hour ago, abyss03 said:

People don't like change. 8 and 8.1 had the metro screen and even though functionality it wasn't too bad it was different and people stuck with xp

Many people got better things to do than re-learning new OS every few years.

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2 minutes ago, abyss03 said:

I've tried most things, but his friend who thinks he knows computers said it was fine because he had antivirus... 

Like saying it is fine driving at 200 km/h because you're wearing a seatbelt :P

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Not really surprisingly, considering how they are forcing it on users. 

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Windows 7 is still waaaay up there, not suprisingly...

Oh well, i'm not going to jump on w10. I'm happy with w7 =)

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2 hours ago, AresKrieger said:

Looks like it won't catch up to windows 7 until after free upgrades are discontinued if that graphs trends continue, though I suspect that can be attributed to corporate sectors who don't care about the new features and would rather not deal with any potential problems switching OSs may cause.

I know a guy that runs a used car dealership and he still uses windows 98 for that same reason. I done some maintenance and upgrades on it for him, luckily I had spare parts that old.

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I'm really happy win 10 is doing really nicely i haven't really seen any substantial reasons for not upgrading, but then again i've been running the technical preview for the last year+

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It's going well, and under the hood improvements are always welcome, also full support from programs that some companies need to work on.
It's working pretty great, I wonder how much % W10 will have by the end of the year. Specially interested to see it's growth after 1y from release.

I'm sure it will surpass W7 in time, specially when it's more perfected.
I'm curious though, what will be with the support date with W10 since they said it to be the final version but with constant updating.
 

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