Windows 10 has overtaken XP

[Golden]

Whatever happened to all the diehards who were committed to using Windows XP forever? This ancient operating system still has some users, ranging from the British government to pirates in China. However, even on Netmarketshare's figures (above), Windows XP has now been overtaken by Windows 10.

Right on cue, Windows 10 has overtaken XP | ZDNet

 

[ThrashZone]

Yep not bad for a little more than 6 months after release

 

[mjf]

Your average person walks in off the street and buys a PC (desktop, laptop/notebook) and it comes loaded with Windows 10. Out they walk and the Windows 10 clicks up one. These results don't surprise me.
The fact that the British Gov. is still using XP does surprise me but maybe that's on a small scale for legacy reasons.

 

[Painter]

What a race, the 6 month old just crawled ahead of Great Grandpa.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Big whoop! The main reason Win 10 adoption figures are so high is because of the way Microsoft has been not only giving it away (sorta) but also because it has been pretty much forcing it onto computers with earlier OSes.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Here's a graph:
http://www.sevenforums.com/news/390699-xp-w8-1-w10-up-w7-down.html

 

[ThrashZone]

Yea I wonder if Microsoft will ever publish how many 7 keys they deactivated so far without the people being able to use 10.
I don't believe 10 was ever forced
People are naturally curious and this is the click click next generation

 

[Layback Bear]

Please someone refresh my 3 brain cells.

Was XP ever free?

 

[UsernameIssues]

It appears that those numbers do not count offline computers or ones that stay inside VPN connections or ones that stay inside corporate networks or ones that prevent connections to HitsLink Analytics (like mine does) or ones that .......

Are there a significant number of computers in those categories? How could anyone know?

 

[Golden]

Big whoop! The main reason Win 10 adoption figures are so high is because of the way Microsoft has been not only giving it away (sorta) but also because it has been pretty much forcing it onto computers with earlier OSes.

:roflmao:

 

[jonnyhillow]

Yea I wonder if Microsoft will ever publish how many 7 keys they deactivated so far without the people being able to use 10.
I don't believe 10 was ever forced
People are naturally curious and this is the click click next generation

Click click generation , i refer to it as the "as long as it's free" generation.

 

[Ranger4]

No doubt the figures do not include those that installed 10, did not like it & decided to go back to 7.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Big whoop! The main reason Win 10 adoption figures are so high is because of the way Microsoft has been not only giving it away (sorta) but also because it has been pretty much forcing it onto computers with earlier OSes.

:roflmao:

Yeah, the truth can be funny.

 

[ThrashZone]

A wise mod once said
If you download free programs why are you surprised you get pups

 

[michael diemer]

Big whoop! The main reason Win 10 adoption figures are so high is because of the way Microsoft has been not only giving it away (sorta) but also because it has been pretty much forcing it onto computers with earlier OSes.

:roflmao:

Yeah, the truth can be funny.

Careful with that word "truth" my lady, I had a post censored recently because of it.

 

[Berkey]

No doubt the figures do not include those that installed 10, did not like it & decided to go back to 7.

Not to mention, if they are going with "total devices" figures as opposed to computers in general, as devices also include; phones, tablets and xbox, all of which do not run XP (that I'm aware of at least)

10 is not too bad OS wise, but for a free OS, which is run on multiple platforms compared to XP, I feel the adoption numbers are a bit of a bitter sweet victory.

 

[Golden]

Big whoop! The main reason Win 10 adoption figures are so high is because of the way Microsoft has been not only giving it away (sorta) but also because it has been pretty much forcing it onto computers with earlier OSes.

:roflmao:

Yeah, the truth can be funny.

Truth? More like myth

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

:roflmao:

Yeah, the truth can be funny.

Truth? More like myth

Myth who? Mythtaken? You should do something about that lisp (or fix your S key).

 

[Golden]

Myth = collectively held belief that has no basis in fact.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Myth = collectively held belief that has no basis in fact.

So you deny that Win 10's rapid adoption is due more to its being free and actively pushed onto people's computers than for its own "merits"? You are sadly mythtaken.