Batu69 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 The last lot of desktop OS figures released by NetMarketShare showed that Windows 10 had doubled its usage shared in a matter of days, but it wasn’t exactly an exciting number. Upon release the new OS managed to go from 0.16 percent to 0.39 percent.But now that Windows 10 has had a month to settle in, we can finally see exactly how well it’s doing. Microsoft has said that there have been over 75 million installs, but what does that equate to in terms of usage share? NetMarketShare’s figures for August always promised to be exciting, and they definitely don’t disappoint now they’re here. According to the analysis firm, Windows 10 now has 5.21 percent of the market. That’s a massive leap in a single month and shows the power of free. Microsoft needed to shift people off Windows 7, and wipe away the stench of Windows 8, and it looks to be succeeding here. Interest, and updates, might (and likely will) tail off over time, but the new OS is off to a cracking start.Naturally, Windows 10’s success comes at a cost for the other operating systems. Windows 8 dropped 0.21 percentage points going from 2.77 percent in July to 2.56 percent in August. Windows 8.1 dropped 1.72 percentage points, going from 13.11 percent to 11.39 percent.Combined Windows 8.x lost 1.93 percentage points. Windows 10 might be well ahead of Windows 8 now, but it still has a way to go to overtake both iterations of the tiled OS. At the rate upgrades are happening, we can probably expect that to occur in the next few months.Windows 7 also lost share in August, going from 60.73 percent to 57.67 percent, a drop of 3.06 percentage points. It’s still by far and away the most popular operating system and it will be interesting to see whether Windows 10 will be able to topple it.Windows XP users don’t benefit from getting Windows 10 for free, so it was going to be hard to predict how much the arrival of the new OS would affect its share. But I doubt anyone would expect share to climb, but that's what happened. In July XP had 11.72 percent of the market and in August that rose to 12.14 percent.Some of the drops can be attributed to summer (people use their computers less when the weather is nice), but even so it’s clear that Windows 10 is shaking things up.Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitrade Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I know it's off topic, but does anyone one when windows 8.1 update 4 will be avaible?tnx in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haxzion Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Every windows 8 owner upgraded to 10,i wouldn't call it a popular os though.Thanks for the article :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I know it's off topic, but does anyone one when windows 8.1 update 4 will be avaible?tnx in advance.It will be available when microsoft things it's time to deliver one. What are you expecting with update 4, BTW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballistic Gelatin Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Kinda like sayin' Obama is twice as popular as Hitler. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Typically, the developer versions (W8 & W8.1) cannot be compared with the end result.Developer versions users number is always smaller than the number of final version users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitrade Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I know it's off topic, but does anyone one when windows 8.1 update 4 will be avaible?tnx in advance.It will be available when microsoft things it's time to deliver one. What are you expecting with update 4, BTW?As the title says updates integrated in one ISO file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
software182 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 do you wanna know a little secret why this is so popular ? because it's "free" ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I know it's off topic, but does anyone one when windows 8.1 update 4 will be avaible?tnx in advance.It will be available when microsoft things it's time to deliver one. What are you expecting with update 4, BTW? As the title says updates integrated in one ISO file.Security updates are always available to download as an ISO manually direct from MSDN if you don't want to download via automatic windows update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 do you wanna know a little secret why this is so popular ? because it's "free" ;)..... This is not entirely accurate (Microsoft has always been free ...)In fact, however, mainly because the data is from Microsoft.Microsoft is the father, and the father says, exactly what needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Come on they compare it windows 8 that's like comparing to windows 7 with no SP update . Microsoft really condensers 8 and 8.1 to be the same O/S But the marketshare splits them up even though the same O/S.Here it is Sept 2015 and XP has the 2nd most market share value but really windows 8 is a little ahead because its the same O/S as 8.1. :tooth: :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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