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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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#5392130 Posted on: 02/13/2017 04:13 PM
I have a gaming PC, a home PC, and my laptop here at work. They're all on Win 7 Pro, and I don't see any reason to upgrade any of them. The gaming PC has nearly 300 games, 200 of which I haven't even had time to touch, so I'll have plenty of stuff to play on that machine as is for another few years. The house PC has office 2007 installed and is only used for the basics. My work PC is just used for the basics, plus a few odd-ball pieces of software.
I just haven't heard a single good reason to upgrade to 10. DX12 might one day be required for a game I want to play, but it hasn't yet. If Microsoft would allow their exclusives on Steam with no UWP requirement, I would probably upgrade so I could play Gears 4. But that's the only reason I would have.
I have a gaming PC, a home PC, and my laptop here at work. They're all on Win 7 Pro, and I don't see any reason to upgrade any of them. The gaming PC has nearly 300 games, 200 of which I haven't even had time to touch, so I'll have plenty of stuff to play on that machine as is for another few years. The house PC has office 2007 installed and is only used for the basics. My work PC is just used for the basics, plus a few odd-ball pieces of software.
I just haven't heard a single good reason to upgrade to 10. DX12 might one day be required for a game I want to play, but it hasn't yet. If Microsoft would allow their exclusives on Steam with no UWP requirement, I would probably upgrade so I could play Gears 4. But that's the only reason I would have.
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#5392133 Posted on: 02/13/2017 04:16 PM
UWP is a new type of application and application deployment. The store just serves UWP apps, but you don't really need the store for UWP apps. It's Valve's choice not to offer UWP games. It also doesn't help that Steam is a technical clusterf*ck.
UWP is a new type of application and application deployment. The store just serves UWP apps, but you don't really need the store for UWP apps. It's Valve's choice not to offer UWP games. It also doesn't help that Steam is a technical clusterf*ck.
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#5392134 Posted on: 02/13/2017 04:17 PM
win 10 is a disaster if you make your living online i guess you have to use it, but for a personal pc, unless you spend everyday online shopping i cant think of any reason anyone would want to use it
win 10 is a disaster if you make your living online i guess you have to use it, but for a personal pc, unless you spend everyday online shopping i cant think of any reason anyone would want to use it
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#5392136 Posted on: 02/13/2017 04:17 PM
Zoom to 125% in Windows 10 and enjoy the blurry fonts ^_^
Why zoom in the first place?
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Maybe it's because I ain't a power user, but Win10 has not been so bad for me. The only problems I have with is their UWP app crap + their Windows store. So pretty much everything I didn't cared for in Win8.
Windows 7 is the new WinXP, so until they totally kill off Win7 people ain't gonna jump ship... unless they make it free again I guess.