Windows 10 is installed on 200 million devices
Microsoft announced the numbers of adoption of Windows 10. The latest OS from Redmond has reached 200 million active users and installations, and is configured as the OS of Microsoft’s most successful.
After three months from the last official report, Microsoft is back to talk about the spread of its latest operating system. Windows 10 is installed and active on 200 million systems and to reach the milestone after only five months since its official debut. The rate of adoption of the new version of the OS, added the company, it continues to be higher than that of Windows 7 and Windows 8, and even shows a small acceleration.
A spokesperson for the company explained in a deeper way what the words mean ” more than 200 million active devices worldwide. ” Inside the figure, we find not only the traditional personal computers, but also smartphones and the Xbox One who received a software update with the latest Microsoft OS available to the public. The meaning of ” active devices ” indicates that those systems have logged in the last 28 days.
The success of Windows 10 than that obtained from Windows 8 is striking, given that exceeded four times the numbers recorded from the previous version in the same period of adoption. Although Windows 7 is beaten fairly obvious, with Windows 10 that is configured in a resolute way as the Microsoft operating system faster to spread of all time. Important in this regard the contribution of enterprise and education sectors, which count 22 million active devices with Windows 10.
The numbers from Microsoft are certainly due to the quality of the OS, but not only. Windows 10 finishes drastically marked the touch screen interface of Windows 8 with hybrid solutions that do not overshadow the user with a mouse and keyboard, introduces new universal applications and dramatically improves the store. However, a big part of the success is due to the aggressive commercial strategy of Microsoft, which offered the new operating system free of charge to all users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in the first year after its debut.
A move unprecedented for the operating systems of Redmond but that seems to be paying heavily, at least in terms of numbers.
