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Windows 10 served to 75 million devices

Interesting, does that include OEM factory installs like Lenovo? And I wonder how many have rolled back?
 
It includes everything, but doesnt take into account how many rolled back.

I would already almost go as far to call it the 3rd Windows flop in a row unfortunately.
 
Windows 7 came in different time ... desktops were the thing, Vista had issues; XP was dated compared to look & feel of Win 7.
Today, mobile is where fun is at; Win 10 is not very interesting upgrade to common Win 7 or even Win 8 user. Why? Because everybody on Win 7 has heard about Win 8 flop. And it is not that different from Win 8.

So goal is to move billion devices to Win 10 over next 3 yrs. That is not going to happen because free upgrade expires next year. Win 7 is still viable for existing PCs until 2020.
 
ShintaiDK said:
Doesnt really look good for this free upgrade and OS. I would guess the actual amount of people running it is more like ~60-65 million.

Windows 7 had 90 million the first month.
Windows 8 had 40 million the first month.
Both of those 2 above cost money and wasnt deployed to more or less everyone as default.

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/08/26/windows-10-now-on-75-million-devices/
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Where did you get that 90M figure from?

This article states MS sold more than 90M in the first 6 months:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...more-than-90-million-copies-of-Windows-7.html

This one says 100M:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/27/windows-7-hits-100-million-licenses-mark-becomes-microsofts-fa/
 
ShintaiDK said:
Doesnt really look good for this free upgrade and OS. I would guess the actual amount of people running it is more like ~60-65 million.

Windows 7 had 90 million the first month.
Windows 8 had 40 million the first month.
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The 75 million figure is actual users, with actual PCs running Windows 10.

Previous releases comprises of Lic. and dvds sold to market while many of them are in storage and the shelves of the distribution channels and actually used years there after.



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I installed it on 2 laptops. One with 7 and the other with 8. After 2 days, I went back to 7 and 8. The turn off for me are all the options you have to turn off to remain somewhat private. Still don't really care that much for the new start center. Curious as to numbers how many went back to the previous OS.
 
Windows 7 had 60 million in 2 months.
The Windows 8 number includes copies sold to OEMs to be placed on computers later, same with Windows 7 actually, Windows 10 is 75 million *actual* installs and activations of Windows 10, most of which were upgrades.

Source: this weeks Windows weekly #428.
 
postmortemIA said:
Windows 7 came in different time ... desktops were the thing, Vista had issues; XP was dated compared to look & feel of Win 7.
Today, mobile is where fun is at; Win 10 is not very interesting upgrade to common Win 7 or even Win 8 user. Why? Because everybody on Win 7 has heard about Win 8 flop. And it is not that different from Win 8.

So goal is to move billion devices to Win 10 over next 3 yrs. That is not going to happen because free upgrade expires next year. Win 7 is still viable for existing PCs until 2020.
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Vista SP2 was pretty stable,Win7 was more of a minor upgrade compared to a lot of Windows OS.

You are right about hardware has changed, back then PC desktop users were on their own, now whole new story with stiff competition from mobile,tablets etc which some Win7 users still cannot accept.

Also Linux has improved and a few more are now using that as their main OS, sure may be small percentage compared to Windows etc but I know I would be on Linux for good if I was not a Windows gamer.


Future looks bleak for Win7 users, ie EOL in 2020 and you can bet Microsoft will keep OS the way it is to accommodate all hardware(not a back thing in my books), besides you can't really blame them they are just adjusting their OS to handle it all in the modern market just like Win8.

I do feel Win8/10 issues get overblown, but then internet is full of FUD.
You either move with the times or get left behind, your choice.

Yep I think Win10 is fine, not had a single crash yet, fast and stable, plays all my software just fine including games, what more can I ask for a free OS?
 
Windows 10 served to 75 million devices
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Because it's free, while others won't install it now even if they're getting paid by MS to do so.

MS is smart and they knew it was a pretty quick and effective way to create such a large users-base for Win10, who otherwise would have been very skeptical to think about it, especially after the previous Win8 experience for a lot of users.
 
Here is my take:

-XP was so good, but was getting outdated. Vista was released with practically no vendor support and did not work well until SP2 was released (very late). The damage was already done, people were sour. It crashed, would not resume from sleep, had so many issues people were simply looking for a cure when XP was no longer an option. (I liked vista a lot by the way and tolerated the bugs). So 7 was the answer. Out of box, it just worked.......and the word got around fast. It was a fixed version of vista with a new name.

Windows 8 had a terrible UI, but by 8.1 it was stable. It was doomed from day one.

Eventually Windows 10 will become a success. How long it will take is the question.
 
A free OS upgrade will do that. If it had a pricetag from the start the numbers would be different, probably much lower especially with the word of telemetry floating around.
 
TeknoBug said:
A free OS upgrade will do that. If it had a pricetag from the start the numbers would be different, probably much lower especially with the word of telemetry floating around.
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It works both ways, lets be honest here since any free Windows OS will increase sales, if Win7 was free you can bet sales would be a lot higher and vice versa.

End of the day the scenario above is the same for any Windows OS.


Last point some will be upgrading to Win10 from7/8 within the first year, ie those wanting a more mature Win10 will less bugs etc so will wait six months or so, how many will jump on Win10 within the last week of the free offer.

I think it's still looking good especially when it has only been out a month or so.
 
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It does seem a bit low, when you think that everyone running 7 and 8 got a very obvious urge to upgrade. I also noticed, as was mentioned in another thread, that the Windows 10 upgrade offer was re-sent if you hid the update and removed the update files. The files returned as well.

I can understand Microsoft wanting to get most of their supported users on the same platform, but thir attempts to do so seem a tad on the desperate side, especially when you compare numbers, as the OP has.
 
ketchup79 said:
It does seem a bit low, when you think that everyone running 7 and 8 got a very obvious urge to upgrade. I also noticed, as was mentioned in another thread, that the Windows 10 upgrade offer was re-sent if you hid the update and removed the update files. The files returned as well.

I can understand Microsoft wanting to get most of their supported users on the same platform, but thir attempts to do so seem a tad on the desperate side, especially when you compare numbers, as the OP has.
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Don't forget competition ie those on Apple products,Linux,Android etc .


Microsoft has a lot more competition nowadays, I remember when PC desktop had no real competition, how times have very much changed.
 
ketchup79 said:
It does seem a bit low, when you think that everyone running 7 and 8 got a very obvious urge to upgrade. I also noticed, as was mentioned in another thread, that the Windows 10 upgrade offer was re-sent if you hid the update and removed the update files. The files returned as well.

I can understand Microsoft wanting to get most of their supported users on the same platform, but thir attempts to do so seem a tad on the desperate side, especially when you compare numbers, as the OP has.
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That figure will change,really too early IMHO, remember a lot of users still have 11 months or so to upgrade for free.

Also a lot of OEMs will be selling Win10 with their hardware so Win10 sales will increase regardless of the free Win10 upgrade offer.
We all know how huge the OEM market is to Microsoft.

Competition is competition, Microsoft will do what is in their best interest regardless.
You can bet Win10 sales will be a lot different in a year .
 
Mem said:
Don't forget competition ie those on Apple products,Linux,Android etc .


Microsoft has a lot more competition nowadays, I remember when PC desktop had no real competition, how times have very much changed.
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Yes, but most of that competition is not from the PC/Laptop market. Remember, the competition coming from Android, for example, is from a market that barely existed in 2009, when Windows 7 was released.

Unless you are referring to the fact that there are overall fewer PC/laptops going out in general, being replaced by tablets, in which Apple and Android have a substantial lead.
 
ketchup79 said:
Unless you are referring to the fact that there are overall fewer PC/laptops going out in general, being replaced by tablets, in which Apple and Android have a substantial lead.
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Yes, different ball game nowadays, a lot more competition.


Even Win7 would not sell as well as it did back in 2009, desktop PC and OS has so much competition nowadays.
 
Executioner said:
I installed it on 2 laptops. One with 7 and the other with 8. After 2 days, I went back to 7 and 8. The turn off for me are all the options you have to turn off to remain somewhat private. Still don't really care that much for the new start center. Curious as to numbers how many went back to the previous OS.
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It'll be interesting to see what Win7 users do at EOL, either move forward or go Linux I guess.

I can never understand holding onto an old OS forever.

As to Win10 privacy ,you can use this software http://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 which is free.

Personally I think a lot of users overreact to privacy,your privacy is invaded more when you leave your house then using a PC with Win10, let alone Google, Apple etc...
 
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Mem said:
... I can never understand holding onto an old OS forever....
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I know you (we) can't 🙂

Comfort is what I see as the main thing. A computer is now part of life for many,many people. These people want to go to their computer and get things done. Getting used to a new system is thought of as a waste of time and/or money. If MS let their systems get to a point to where they lose the ability to do what people want, people would be more willing to accept the change. Now, we all know that MS is not going to let their OS get to that point, hence these people don't understand why things like this are done "ahead of the curve."
 
Not only is it free, it is being almost force-fed to users of 7 and 8.x. The numbers are hardly surprising given the way it is being shoved into computers.
 
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