Windows 10 Adoption Already Slowing Down

pokeefe0001 said:

That hardly covers the universe of Windows users. I'm actually eager to try Win10, but any knew software is buggy. Microsoft has now passed Win10 on to its gamma test team (sometimes referred to as "customers"). I figure Win10 will be in pretty good shape in a month or two. I was even intending to become part of that test team with one of my PCs, but some of the recent problems with maintenance as convinced me to hold off a bit. (I know that not all users got caught in a rebooting install loop, but I never heard, or didn't understand, the cause.)

I had a preview build installed on VM and was ready to make the jump until the forced updates with no ability to control when thing came to light and all the cloud oriented stuff. Again, not smart on a capped satellite ISP.

Since I'm a new member I can't post a new thread, but I figured this was the best related thread to mention this News article:

Windows 10's usage share growth flatlines

The growth march of Windows 10 slowed this week as gains stalled starting on Monday, according to new data from an Irish analytics firm.

Windows 10's usage share, nearly 6.6% on Sunday, dropped to 5.8% Monday, then slipped to 5.7% Wednesday, numbers from StatCounter showed. Week-over-week increases also weakened, falling from healthy gains in both percentage and absolute terms the week before to the lowest since the July 29 rollout of the new operating system.

On Tuesday, Windows 10's week-over-week increase fell under 20% for the first time, and its absolute increase in user share slipped under the one-percentage-point bar, also for the first time.

Source: ComputerWorld

pokeefe0001 said:

That hardly covers the universe of Windows users. I'm actually eager to try Win10, but any new software is buggy. Microsoft has now passed Win10 on to its gamma test team (sometimes referred to as "customers"). I figure Win10 will be in pretty good shape in a month or two. I was even intending to become part of that test team with one of my PCs, but some of the recent problems with maintenance as convinced me to hold off a bit. (I know that not all users got caught in a rebooting install loop, but I never heard, or didn't understand, the cause.)

that reboot loop is why i kept my laptop at windows 7 i am going to wait a while before upgrading to 10

Like people said already, that is not a surprise, they can't be growing 20% a month forever, thats practically impossible.
Probably market share will grow for W10 in the following weeks or months, but this will depend on how MS dodges all the drama around the OS...

SaggyMaggyPoo said:

Those forced updates are one of the things putting me off upgrading too. I really don't want to be in a situation where I've taken an update that causes me a lot of grief. So I'm hoping MS decides to change their policy (maybe if enough people complain they will think again). This is a definite backward step as far as I'm concerned.

Or maybe some of the gurus here will come up with a workaround for those of us using the Home version (please!!!).

Even with Pro version to my knowledge there is no way to schedule updates like in the past. Can delay is all. If someone has a way to get notifications before downloading then scheduling a time please let me know.

linw said:

This exercise shows up three main personality types where change is concerned. There are those who want to jump on board a new product and work like beavers to get it right, there are those who may try it but look for any excuse to justify their original predisposition to stay where they are, and there are those who just won't try anything new unless forced.

You're forgetting about the group that is curious about the change, and willing to try it, but not committed until they determine if it works well for them -- which in my experience, is most folks who experiment with change.

As a long time Insider I must be in the first group!

So you say, but as a long time Insider, I'm in the group I described -- curious about the changes.