Microsoft’s latest software installment edition Windows 10 was released in July 2015. It’s taken off like wildfire ever since. Let’s look at Windows 10’s latest milestone.
Microsoft now claims Windows 10 is active on 200 million devices worldwide. This includes PCs, laptops, smartphones, Xbox One video consoles and other devices. Back in August, one month after the release, they reached 75 million devices. We can thank the free upgrades for this. Many claim the pay for upgrades were costly and they didn’t get very much. So free upgrades were a big plus. Also, Microsoft announced Windows 10 was the last upgrade; there will be no Windows 11. But they’re others reasons for this milestone. Consumers can get Windows 10 not only on the PC, but on the XBox and new Lumia as well. So expansion has a lot to do with this expansion. The praises of Windows 10 are ongoing. How else do you explain why Windows 10 gets on 31 milion new machines a month, compared to 20 million with Windows 7? More people are on Windows 10. In December 2015, people spent 11 billion hours on it. Individuals aren’t the only ones jumping on the Windows 10 bandwagon. Businesses and schools are too. In fact, over three-fourths of Microsoft enterprise customers who are on Windows 10.
It’s fortunate that Windows 10 is doing so well. Windows XP had to be cut off. Windows 7 and 8 didn’t do so hot. Microsoft needed a winner and they needed one yesterday. Now, it seems Windows 10 is the winner Microsoft needed. There is the matter of the Windows Store. Some said it would hinder Windows 10 process, but obviously that isn’t the case. In fact, the store may have helped. Since Black Friday, Windows 10 gained 40% new active users. Yes,?I?know nothing is forever and the Windows 10 party could crash at any moment. But how long could it be before Windows 10 hit 500 million devices? How long could it be before it hits one billion devices?