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Windows 10 ahead of the popularity of Vista, but still lags behind OS X

The final version of Windows 10 was released on 29 July, after which the owners of licensed Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 that reserved your copy of the new operating system, has begun to receive free updates. 24 hours later, after the release of under her control worked about 14 million units, and up to this point, “ten” exceeds 67 million computers and tablets. According to the statistics service Statcounter, the platform has already surpassed Windows Vista, but still lagging behind in market share from OS X.

A few days after the official release of 1.5 billion computer users worldwide about 2.5% have upgraded to Windows 10. PC owners running Windows XP and Vista is to be expected do not participate in this process – they have to pay for the license. The number of devices on Windows 8 also has not changed. From this it follows that the new operating system is actively captures the market at the expense of Windows 7, and Windows 8.1.

While OS X is still more popular than a new Microsoft product: the share of OS X is 7.4%. Given the simplicity of the transition to Windows 10 with “seven” and “eight” the new platform will surely receive much more popular than its predecessor: free upgrade to “dozens” available to holders of license versions of Windows 7 and 8/8.1, and pirate.

According to the statement of Microsoft, in a few weeks all users will receive pre-reserved copy of Windows 10. And very soon on the shelves will be the first computers with a new operating system.

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