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Windows 10 Passes 700 Million Devices (neowin.net)

Posted by BeauHD on from the not-sure-if-we-should-clap dept.

At its Ignite 2018 conference, Microsoft said that Windows 10 has been installed on over 700 million active devices. Neowin reports of the confusion around this estimate, noting that "the last milestone was 600 million active devices" announced on November 29, 2017, nearly 10 months ago. From the report: If you follow Windows 10 news, this might not even seem like a major development. That's because the firm's communication around this has been wildly inconsistent. It started off when Windows and Devices chief Terry Myerson announced that he's leaving Microsoft, and he wrote in a farewell letter that Windows 10 is installed on nearly 700 million active devices. That was almost six months ago. At the firm's Build conference in May and at the Insider Dev Tour in July, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 is installed on over 700 million devices, only to retract those statements later on and say they were mistakes. But today after almost six months of "nearly 700 million", Windows 10 is officially installed on over 700 million devices.

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  1. How many were truly voluntary, though? by Rick+Schumann · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How many do you subtract that were forced on unsuspecting users, users who didn't know any better, and users who weren't otherwise given a choice? Can we also subtract out businesses, who either didn't have a choice, either, and their employees, who weren't given a choice by their employers?

  2. Re:700 Million Devices by williamyf · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, 700 Million devices, a good % of those devices are capable of Content CREATION/PRODUCTION, unlike most of those Android/Linux devices which are only capable of Content COMSUMPTION.

    Having said that, I use a Mac on my desktop, and an Android on my pocket. And I advocated Linux in the telco datacenter A LOT (in late 90's early 00's time frame, when it was quite harder to argue the case against the Likes of Solaris, HP-UX and AIX)...

    But yes, to each his own, this milestone is a good one for Win10.

    OSs are like tools. Each has its streghts, weaknesess, and purpose, so should be used acordingly. Instead of treating OSs as religions, or sports teams...

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  3. Re: What is the most devices.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They include Windows 10 installs that people have rolled back or replaced. It's actually a very inaccurate and scummy method that Microsoft uses to arrive at their number.

    I'm guessing the true number of actual live, used installs of Windows 10 is probably closer to 100 million. Microsoft would never admit that though since they claimed Windows 10 would reach 1 billion users years ago. It's embarrassing for them that hasn't even remotely happened.

    Everyone uses what works and for most that is a smartphone running Android. Other than Apple customers, most consumers don't have corporate loyalties nor do they care about weird, techno-nerdy things like "operating systems" and if they do, they want Windows 7.

    Windows 10 is spyware. Windows 10 is adware. Windows 10 is crippleware. Windows 10 is failware.