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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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  2. 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.

  3. 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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