After 53 million installs, Windows 10 takes 4.95% of the market

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  1. Posts : 46
    Windows 10
       #20

    Antilope said:
    Windows 3.0 sold 800,000 copies in first 2 months, by Jul 1990
    The Bulletin - Google News Archive Search

    Windows 3.0 sold 10-million copies in 2 years, by Apr 1992
    Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search

    Windows 3.1 sold more than 100 million copies by Aug 1995
    Star-News - Google News Archive Search

    Windows 95 copies hit the 1 million sold mark 1 week after release in Aug 1995
    The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search

    Windows XP sold 32 million copies by May 2002 - after 7 months of sales (first sold Oct 25 2001)
    The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search

    Windows Vista sold 20 million copies first month (Mar 2007)
    Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search

    Windows Vista sold 100 million copies in the first 100 days (May 2007)
    Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search

    Windows 7 released October 22, 2009 - "In just six months, over 100 million copies had been sold worldwide, increasing to over 630 million licenses by July 2012, and a market share of 60.75% of "desktop operating systems" as of July 2015" - Wikipedia
    Windows 7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Windows 8 released October 26, 2012. "Despite these shortcomings, 60 million Windows 8 licenses have been sold through January 2013, a number which included both upgrades and sales to OEMs for new PCs." - Wikipedia
    Windows 8 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Windows 8.1 released On October 17, 2013. "Market Share - According to Net Applications, the adoption rate in March 2015 for Windows 8.1 was at 10.55%, three times that of the original Windows 8 at 3.52%"- Wikipedia
    Windows 8.1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Windows 10 released On July 29, 2015. In less than 3 weeks, 53-million installs.
    Yes but many of these sales were for computers pre installed with windows. I would like to see how many changed or went back to an old OS.

    I know many people who brought a computer with Win 8/8.1 and erased and installed an OEM Win 7.
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    MS Windows 10 Home
       #21

    JohnMarchant said:
    Yes but many of these sales were for computers pre installed with windows. I would like to see how many changed or went back to an old OS.

    I know many people who brought a computer with Win 8/8.1 and erased and installed an OEM Win 7.
    Thanks for posting all this info... as I started Windows with MS 3.0 .be safe. Cliff M.
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  3. Posts : 46
    Windows 10
       #22

    I started with 3.1
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  4. Posts : 2,832
    MS Windows 10 Home
       #23

    JohnMarchant said:
    I started with 3.1
    I really not sure what the old Windows was called when it was first so.................. slow and we were running it on Model III and Model IV Tandy machines in the early days... Maybe someone remembers what it was called... tks Cliff M.
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    Windows 8.1 x64
       #24

    Windows 10 Tracking Added to Windows 7 & 8


    Windows 10 Tracking Added to Windows 7 & 8

    Those avoiding Windows 10 for privacy reasons will not be pleased if they have been blindly installing Optional Updates in Windows 7 and 8.

    KB308019 - "This package updates the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service to existing devices. This service provides benefits from the latest version of Windows to systems that have not yet upgraded"

    KB3075249 - "This update adds telemetry points to the User Account Control (UAC) feature to collect information on elevations that come from low integrity levels."

    These updates can be uninstalled and hidden but recent actions on the part of Microsoft have lost the trust of many.

    - The "Get Windows 10" update KB3030583 was originally offered as an Optional update and was then escalated to an Important update to force install it on the unwary.

    - Windows 10 Home cannot refuse updates.

    - Microsoft has said they will provide explanations of what updates do only when "they" consider it significant.

    - Windows Insiders had their privacy setting reset when they installed b10525

    Instead of crowing over 53 million upgrades to Windows 10 Microsoft should be more concerned with why 947 million are saying NO!
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  6. Posts : 7
    Windows 10
       #25

    Im happy with my clean install of 10, was not happy with just the upgrade though. on my t100ma cortana cannot use my mic algorithms , mic works but cortana says nope. (uk english install is why) why i did that living in tx?...donno
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  7. Posts : 46
    Windows 10
       #26

    After 53 million installs, Windows 10 takes 4.95% of the market-win31.jpg
    acmanten said:
    I really not sure what the old Windows was called when it was first so.................. slow and we were running it on Model III and Model IV Tandy machines in the early days... Maybe someone remembers what it was called... tks Cliff M.
    I believe it was just called Windows 3.1. Or at least im pretty sure it was, i can even see the boot screen on it.
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  8. Posts : 133
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
       #27

    Gambler said:
    Windows 10 Tracking Added to Windows 7 & 8

    Those avoiding Windows 10 for privacy reasons will not be pleased if they have been blindly installing Optional Updates in Windows 7 and 8.

    KB308019 - "This package updates the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service to existing devices. This service provides benefits from the latest version of Windows to systems that have not yet upgraded"

    KB3075249 - "This update adds telemetry points to the User Account Control (UAC) feature to collect information on elevations that come from low integrity levels."

    These updates can be uninstalled and hidden but recent actions on the part of Microsoft have lost the trust of many.

    - The "Get Windows 10" update KB3030583 was originally offered as an Optional update and was then escalated to an Important update to force install it on the unwary.

    - Windows 10 Home cannot refuse updates.

    - Microsoft has said they will provide explanations of what updates do only when "they" consider it significant.

    - Windows Insiders had their privacy setting reset when they installed b10525

    Instead of crowing over 53 million upgrades to Windows 10 Microsoft should be more concerned with why 947 million are saying NO!
    I noticed my 8.1 was booting noticeably slower of late. Found it was the two updates you referenced, uninstalled them and back to the boot time I had previously.

    And 3.1 was my first also. :)
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    Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
       #28

    popeye said:
    I noticed my 8.1 was booting noticeably slower of late. Found it was the two updates you referenced, uninstalled them and back to the boot time I had previously.

    And 3.1 was my first also. :)
    Am I imagining things? Seriously, these two updates caused much slower boot time on my laptop.
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    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #29

    JohnMarchant said:
    Yes but many of these sales were for computers pre installed with windows. I would like to see how many changed or went back to an old OS.

    I know many people who brought a computer with Win 8/8.1 and erased and installed an OEM Win 7.
    A lot of the Windows 7 installs were the 3 for 1 offers (buy 1 and get 3 installs on home pc's). A lot of the Windows 8 installs were the $40 upgrade. Most new Windows version introductions in the past also included reduced prices for limited times. So Windows 10, free upgrade for 1 year offer is similar.
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