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Windows 10 continues to set new records for the company

Microsoft claims that more than 200 million devices running its new operating system.

On the way to 1000000000
Only six months after launch then Windows 10 well on track to become Microsoft’s most popular OS through the ages, and they are on track to reach 1 billion installations. Of the 200 millions per day running Windows 10 is 168 million units owned by end users, but more than 76 percent of the customer base for Microsoft is in any pilot phase to test out the new version, and you get to make the switch soon.

as we have written about previously, Microsoft extended support for Windows 7 and 8.1, while they have curtailed how processor architectures will be supported in the future.

Read more of our coverage of Windows 10 here.

so far thrones Windows 7 on top with about 52 percent of the market, according to NetMarketShare, while Windows 10 is in second place with almost 11 percent .

very well received
Windows 10 has been very well received by industry and consumers. And especially welcome was enough upgrade for those of us who avoided Windows 8 for the longest time. But it is worth noting the extraordinary steps Microsoft has taken to ensure that the adoption of their new operating system would go faster.

Consumers with a PC running Windows 7 or Windows 8 have been able to upgrade to Windows 10 free and they encourage their clients to do this and loads even down Windows 10 installation in the background on many PCs. In addition, it is important to note that the figure of 200 million also includes Xbox One consoles got the upgrade to Windows 10 in November last year.

Although Microsoft itself has not published any sales figures for the console so, estimates at about 19 million units sold.

Sky services grows too
Windows 10 also integrates better with the company’s cloud services than previously, Cortana integrates with Office 365 and OneDrive . And as Windows 10 has seen increased adoption has the number of users of these services increased. Last quarter the number of subscribers with 2.4 million which brought the total up to 20.6 million.

Source:
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