Windows 10 has long since established itself as the dominant operating system on PCs. In January, it finally eclipsed Windows 7 with roughly 39 percent global adoption versus windows 7 36 percent.
With ransomware attacks and an official end of support date (January 14, 2020) both presenting security threats to Windows 7 users, this is an understandable trend: nobody wants to be left vulnerable due to an OS choice alone.
Microsoft has made it clear that this isn’t in the cards despite windows 7 still-significant market share. Microsoft has a vision for the future of Windows, and it doesn’t lie in significant, infrequent OS changes (such as XP, 7, and 8). Instead, it sees Windows as a platform: a “live service” that can be updated, changed, and sometimes broken, on a whim over time.
NetApplications reveals that Windows 10 usage now sits at around 48 percent. That’s a sizable jump of roughly nine percent compared to January’s numbers, and Windows 7 usage has dropped even further to about 32 percent. The reason for such a large Windows 10 boost over the past few months is not entirely clear.
It’ll be interesting to see how much these numbers change by the beginning of 2020, and we’ll update you if any significant shifts happen before then.
