Windows 10 market share stalls according to new data

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Published onMarch 1, 2017

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According to the latestNetMarketSharemonthly statistics report, Windows 10 market sharefell slightly from 25.30% in Januaryto 25.19% last month. The slight drop is not exactly the ideal Windows 10 growth that Microsoft would like to see. Windows 7 saw the greatest increase in market share, growing from 47.20% to 48.41%. Windows XP is at 8.45%, followed by Windows 8.1, at 6.87% and Windows 8 at 1.65%.

All versions of Microsoft Windows still hold a commanding lead over all other operating systems at 91.76%, with Mac users a distant second at 6.19%, followed by Linux at 2.05%. In September 2016,Microsoft reported that Windows 10was installed on more than 400 million devices.About three months ago, ZDNet predictedthat Windows 10 could overtake Windows 7 by December 2017. After looking at the last month’s data though, it’s not clear if the new OS will actually reach this milestone this year.

Obviously, Windows 10 will need to experience a more meteoric rise to overtake Windows 7 by December 2017. Microsoft is reportedly working onWindows 10 CloudandWindows 10 on ARMto make Windows 10 PCs more competitive and affordable, but we still don’t know if these new SKUs will be released this year.

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Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app#

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities#

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Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier#

Windows 10 market share stalls according to new data#