Market Share February 2018

[lehnerus2000]

The StatCounter Data indicates that W10 has overtaken W7.

Here are the charts from NetMarketShare and StatCounter.

Data from NetMarketShare
Data from StatCounter
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Note:
If you visit the NetMarketShare site, you'll notice that the info listed in the table does not match the data points on the graph.

 

[TechnoMage2016]

I've heard that numbers don't lie. But, sometimes they just don't tell the whole truth.

Those numbers don't tell us how many thousands of millions of people were FORCED into a Windows 10 PC, because their old Windows XP or Windows Vista or Win-7 PC died and they were forced to buy a new PC, with Windows 10 on it.
As a PC tech, of 30+ years, I've been involved in many of those forced upgrades myself. And, I've inherited many of those old PC's that originally came out with Windows XP or Vista or even Win-7 on them.
After some refurbishment, most of them will run Windows 10.
But all that never shows up in the 'Numbers'.

Just sayin'

 

[lehnerus2000]

Those numbers don't tell us how many thousands of millions of people were FORCED into a Windows 10 PC, because their old Windows XP or Windows Vista or Win-7 PC died and they were forced to buy a new PC, with Windows 10 on it.

I'm not sure how we could ever find that data.

MS certainly won't release it.
I'm sure they know because the always-on Telemetry in W10 would have told them.

 

[torchwood]

Must admit i take those figures with a pinch of salt

Admitted the "allways on" telemetry within W10 is a factor, but are those figures then passed on to StatData

Would love to see the churn data, w10 >> w7, bet its greater than 10%

Roy

 

[lehnerus2000]

Admitted the "allways on" telemetry within W10 is a factor, but are those figures then passed on to StatData

I meant MS would know because of the Telemetry.

MS wouldn't share the real numbers with any other businesses/organisations.