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Windows 10 adoption rate is stagnating
It seems that Microsoft is having a hard time retreiving more new users on Windows 10, the operating system install base has been stuck on 400 million for four months now. Evere since microsoft ended its free upgrade campaign that install abse remained roughly the same.
The company earlier this week announced that it has 400 million active Windows 10 users reports myce.com:
The slow growth is related to the the end of free Windows 10 upgrade period and the disappointing sales of Windows smartphones. It’s therefore very unlikely Microsoft will achieve its goal of 1 billion Windows 10 users by 2018.
“We’re very happy with the progress but due to the shifted focus of our smartphone hardware business it will take us longer to achieve the goal of 1 billion active devices by 2018,” according to a Microsoft spokesman.
Windows 10’s market share has grown with 2 to 3% after the free upgrade period ended, about a fifth of the 10% monthly growth when users could still upgrade for free.
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#5392063 Posted on: 02/13/2017 02:07 PM
Only if you enable is as Tablet Mode then end up looking more like Windows 8/8.1
Win 10 is a Tablet OS, they should off given the dx12 update to Win 7, or even brought out a new version without all the gimmicks and restrictions of the pile of ****e called win 10, I bet their sales figures only show what has been sold, not when peolpe have thrown it in the bin and returned to older Os's.
Only if you enable is as Tablet Mode then end up looking more like Windows 8/8.1
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#5392077 Posted on: 02/13/2017 02:31 PM
I agree. I think these are the main points that are slowing adoption from the mildly tech savvy (meaning everyone from the millenial generation) at least. These points are also encouraging the adoption of dual boot systems, with linux for everyday use and windows for gaming and exclusive software.
IMHO Microsoft has gone too far with the mandatory spyware on Windows 10.
Not sure what m$ expected to happen, with a spying, restrictive OS that cripples everybody but enterprise users with unnecessary driver / update pushes that bring more problems than they solve, a still more than slowly picking up dx12 support by devs and games, and little else for the average user to consider when switching.
I agree. I think these are the main points that are slowing adoption from the mildly tech savvy (meaning everyone from the millenial generation) at least. These points are also encouraging the adoption of dual boot systems, with linux for everyday use and windows for gaming and exclusive software.
IMHO Microsoft has gone too far with the mandatory spyware on Windows 10.
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#5392080 Posted on: 02/13/2017 02:43 PM
Smoothing turned off ??
No blurry fonts here
Or here.
Smoothing turned off ??
No blurry fonts here
Or here.
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#5392083 Posted on: 02/13/2017 02:50 PM
Windows 10 has been my best windows experience. Love it.
Windows 10 has been my best windows experience. Love it.
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The amount of people who don't understand that Microsoft as a company will be history unless they move further from win32, is quite staggering. They believe that any company selling something like Windows 7 in 2020, with nothing for other forms of compute, will be "ok".
The only real thing I understand about Windows 10, is the inability to close telemetry completely. On the other hand, that telemetry is anonymous, it is technically required, and it comes from the only company fighting against the US government for privacy.
Just read the quote below, and decide for yourself:
In its petition for a rehearing, the government said Microsoft didn't have the legal right to defend the privacy of its e-mail customers, and that the July ruling isn't good for national security. The authorities believe information in the e-mail could help it investigate a narcotics case.