Windows 10 Continues Growth in the First Week of October

[Batu69]

The OS is slowly improving its market share, stats show

Windows 10, Microsoft's latest version of its desktop operating system, continues its growth, and according to new data, it keeps gaining users at a slow but steady pace.

Figures provided by StatCounter for the first week of October confirm that Windows 10's ascending trend is maintained, and the operating system has reached a market share of 7.88 percent, which makes it the fifth most-used platform on the desktop right now.

Windows 7 continues to be the king, according to StatCounter data, with a share of 51.69 percent, followed by Windows 8.1, which also maintains its share at 12.91 percent. Windows XP is third despite the fact that it no longer receives updates since April 2014, with 9.31 percent, while OS X is fourth worldwide with 8.77 percent.

Windows 10, on the other hand, is expected to continue going up in the next few weeks and months, especially because it's being offered as a free upgrade to computers running Windows 7 and 8.1. Obviously, its market share will increase as more eligible upgraders install the new OS, and consequently, the share of Windows 7 and 8.1 is expected to drop too.

10 months left to get Windows 10 for free

The free Windows 10 upgrade offer lasts until July 29, 2016, so consumers who are eligible should hurry up and get the new operating system without paying for it as they still can.

Those who aren't running Windows 7 or 8.1 genuine or simply want to get Windows 10 on their computers need to purchase a license, which costs either $119.99 for the Home version or $199.99 for the Pro.

Only consumers are included in the free upgrade offer, so the only versions that are being available without a fee are Home and Pro. Enterprises still have to pay for Windows 10, even if they're running genuine Windows 7 or 8.1 on their company computers.

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[akt]

What is OS X?

[Sylence]

What is OS X?

OS X (pronounced /ˌoʊ.ɛs ˈtɛn/;^[11] originally Mac OS X) is a series of Unix-based graphical interface operating systems (OS) developed and marketed byApple Inc. It is designed to run on Macintosh computers, having been pre-installed on all Macs since 2002. It was the successor to Mac OS 9, released in 1999, the final release of the "classic" Mac OS, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984. The first version released was Mac OS X Server 1.0 in 1999, and a desktop version, Mac OS X v10.0 "Cheetah" followed on March 24, 2001. Previous releases of OS X were named after big cats; for example, OS X v10.8 was referred to as "Mountain Lion". However, with the announcement of OS X Mavericks in June 2013, this was dropped in favor of Californian landmarks.^[12] OS X is the fourth most popular general purpose OS; within the market of desktop, laptop and home computers, and by web usage, OS X is the second most widely used desktop OS after Windows.

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[steven36]

What is OS X?

Its a backward O/S if motherboard was not released in 2014 or later most likely there's no way to make a Hackintosh on you're PC .

http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/01/is-your-computer-hackintosh-compatible.html

So I just stick with Windows and Linux . :P

[mirassol]

So much happy to hear Win 10 is behind XP :)

[Karlston]

Despite M$'s pushing a free Windows 10 upgrade to them, nearly 2 out of 3 users are still on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

Looks like a pretty big rejection of Windows 10 by them. If they don't want it while it's free, are they likely to ever want it?

Sigh... Mac OS X is fine for some people. Please respect their choice and try to understand that just because you like something doesn't mean everyone should, and just because you hate something doesn't mean that everyone should.