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Windows 10 Makes Large Share Gains, While Windows 7 Declines Significantly (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the where-things-are-going dept.

An anonymous reader shared a report: It took quite some time for Windows 10 to overtake Windows 7, but it finally did it in December 2018, at least according to NetMarketShare's figures. In February however, Windows 10 actually lost share, while Windows 7 gained some, narrowing the gap between the two operating systems once more. In March though, roles were reversed, as Windows 10 made some big gains, and Windows 7 lost a sizable chunk of its share. In the month just gone, NetMarketShare shows Windows 10 going from 40.30 percent to 43.62 percent, a big gain of 3.32 percentage points. There is currently a gap of 7.11 percentage points between Windows 10 and Windows 7.

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  1. It is hard to avoid that downgrade by gweihir · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But the numbers very clearly say what a large number of users think. If Windows was a democracy, the win10 party would _not_ win.

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    1. Re:It is hard to avoid that downgrade by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Had it not been for all the force "upgrades" the Window 10 share would be minuscule. Now Michysoft are having yet another crack at trying to force Win7 and Win8.1 users to "upgrade". While https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4099479/windows-10-update-history appears to suggest it's only another Win10 patch, the report from my WSUS server lists it as "Windows 7 and 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10, version 1809 x64 2019-03B, en-us".

    2. Re:It is hard to avoid that downgrade by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Nah, this was "the year" that people decided to toss out the old laptop and buy a new one. Trump tax cuts, etc. More new laptops = more Windows 10.

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    3. Re:It is hard to avoid that downgrade by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      He's flat out right.

      Between Microsoft shutting down the Win 7 activation servers and OEMs no longer even selling computers with Skylake or older CPUs, the last generation of chip compatible with Win 7, it's simply not possible to buy a pre-made computer that comes with Windows and isn't Windows 10.

      Kaby Lake chips are intentionally not backwards compatible just enough to break existing chipset drivers. MS is refusing to provide those drivers for older OSes.

      So you go with Win 10 or something that isn't Windows

  2. So what? by frosch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why this is even news? Who cares?

    1. Re:So what? by iggymanz · · Score: 3, Insightful

      people forced to use Windows 10 care. People still doing everything they can at work to hang onto their Win 7 that isn't (relatively speaking) the buggy bloated mess Windows 10 care

  3. Staying on Windows 9 by jfdavis668 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All my computers run on Windows 9, and I see no reason to upgrade. I bought licenses for a great price off some Chinese website.

    1. Re:Staying on Windows 9 by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 5, Funny

      All my computers run on Windows 9, and I see no reason to upgrade. I bought licenses for a great price off some Chinese website.

      You should have waited like I did. Everyone knows Windows 9.1 is the way to go. It had much higher ratings on Newegg.cn and Amaxon.cn. I feel like it's the 1990's again since they shortened .com to .cn. Everything has gotten so much cheaper. It's crazy how much that "o" and extra hump added to the n costs.

    2. Re:Staying on Windows 9 by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 3, Funny

      You both are soooo behind the times... I bought Windows 11 off of Taobao, it is SO advanced and it's great to get the pre-release before Microsoft even knows about it!

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    3. Re:Staying on Windows 9 by jfdavis668 · · Score: 2

      I hear it's one louder.

  4. So far, so good by marcle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm very happy with Windows 7. It runs fast and stable on modern hardware.
    I realize I'll eventually have to go with Win10, but only if I do a major hardware upgrade. Right now, my 6-year-old system does great with audio and video rendering, graphics, etc. I practice safe innertubing, and don't have malware problems.
    The hot mess that is Windows 10 is just unattractive, and I won't hold my nose and plunge in until I absolutely have to.

    1. Re:So far, so good by hairyfeet · · Score: 2

      You should try Win 8.1 with OpenShell, runs just as nice and stable as Win 7, the updates aren't a hot mess of fail like Win 10, and you can have it look and behave like Win 7 or even WinXP if you prefer.

      I've been running it for nearly 2 years now and I have to say its one of the best workstation OSes I've ever run, right up there with WinXP X64, while my customers that run Win 10 have to deal with buggy AF updates and MSFT constantly resetting defaults. Hopefully by 2023 when Win 8.1 goes EOL they will have replaced Nutella with someone that actually cares about making a good OS or I'll be having to jump to Google or Linux.

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    2. Re:So far, so good by Kjella · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Hopefully by 2023 when Win 8.1 goes EOL they will have replaced Nutella with someone that actually cares about making a good OS or I'll be having to jump to Google or Linux.

      I was hoping Win10 would be that backtracking after Win8/8.1 and Metro/Ribbon/Store crap the way Win7 backtracked after Vista. But when Microsoft hasn't budged an inch for so long I don't think they'll start now. What annoys me is that nobody's really been gunning for the desktop. Both Apple and Google have been too busy fighting for the smartphone to really put any effort into dethroning Microsoft. I guess there's Linux but I like my AAA games. At least for now I'm going to sit still and watch if Apple will push ARM Macs or not, that could get interesting.

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  5. Windows 10 is a buggy, bloated mess by Teckla · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Windows 10 is a buggy, bloated mess, but the simple truth is that Microsoft still has the desktop OS market by the balls.

  6. Oroborus by goombah99 · · Score: 2

    The Snake eats its own tail

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  7. Because we don't have a choice. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I see absolutely no reason to move off windows 7 - and many many to stay. except the lack of security updates in future.

    seems it was the last windows UI designed by someone who used the operating system - instead of some numbskull who thought a touch interface was suitable for systems without touch screens...

  8. Re:Windows 7 is marginally supported now by Dunbal · · Score: 2

    Apart from Microsoft's piece of shit browser most security fixes have had nothing to do with remote exploits for a while. They have all required someone to have physical access to your machine. The days of "plug your computer into the internet and have it pwned in 30 seconds are over". Since using a secure browser is easy and since I'm not downloading and running random programs off the internet, I have no "security issues".

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