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Windows 10 Now On 500 Million Devices, Up By 200 Million in a Year (arstechnica.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the growing-dominance dept.

At Build developer conference in Seattle today, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 is now running on 500 million monthly active devices. From a report: Little over a year ago, the company said that the operating system had reached 300 million systems. As the operating system nears the end of its second full year on the market, it's clear that it's going to fall a long way short of the company's original estimates. At launch, the ambition was to reach 1 billion devices over the first two to three years of availability, but this estimate assumed that Windows 10 Mobile would be a going concern, selling something of the order of 50 million or more devices a year.

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  1. Forced upgrades. by gfxguy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's pretty easy to hit that milestone when you force people to upgrade without their consent. Don't get me wrong - I have Windows 10 on both my desktop (dual boot) and personal laptop; I have it on one of my work laptops (the other is Windows 7/Linux dual boot). I'm probably one of the few people who like it, but I don't pretend like what MS didn't wasn't disgraceful.

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    1. Re:Forced upgrades. by hackel · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Uh...I can sell you that upgrade for a lot less. In fact, I'll GIVE it to you for nothing. See: https://www.linux.org/

      When a company repeatedly screws you over and over, it's downright foolish to continue using them. Try to learn from the past!

    2. Re:Forced upgrades. by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Only if you point me to the Linux version of all my favorite games.

      Oh, you can't? Then you're not offering a solution, you're just a fanboy praising for his team.

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    3. Re:Forced upgrades. by chipschap · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well, I use my computer mostly for working purposes, I run Linux, I'm no fan of MS, and I'm not a video/computer gamer, but I have to say you're making an unfair judgment.

      There are people who enjoy computer games. There is nothing wrong with that. No doubt you, Mr. AC, enjoy some forms of recreation. What would make your choice better than someone else's?

      If a person enjoys a video game, more power to them. If that person needs to run Windows to enjoy a particular game of choice, that's a valid decision. Yes, it comes with some downsides, but it's nonetheless valid and who are we to say it's not?

      I don't and won't run Windows, but if someone else chooses to run an OS different from mine, or chooses a recreation different from mine, that's their business and their right.

  2. Statistics on VOLUNTARY installations? by Rick+Schumann · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sorry but I can't take this seriously considering the source; anyone have a link to statistics concerning voluntary installation of Windows 10? From a credible non-Miscreant-o-soft source only, please.

  3. Yay! by thegreatbob · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's absolutely amazing what you can accomplish when you could not care less about people's choice in the matter.

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  4. Re:Comment by Tough+Love · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ( . ) Free as in freedom
    ( . ) Free as in beer
    ( X ) Free as in herpes

    (x) Free as in convicted sex offender on parole

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