{"id":337430,"date":"2020-02-03T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T06:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=337430"},"modified":"2020-02-03T08:58:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T06:58:19","slug":"massive-jump-in-windows-10-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/337430-massive-jump-in-windows-10-users.html","title":{"rendered":"Massive jump in Windows 10 users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the official end of support for Windows 7 on 14 January 2020, the number of Windows 10 users increased substantially.<\/p>\n

According to data from NetMarketShare<\/strong><\/a>, 57.08% of all desktop users were using Windows 10 at the end of January 2020 – up from 53.36% in December 2019.<\/p>\n

This is the biggest month-on-month increase in Windows 10’s market share over the last year, indicating that many users left it to the last moment to upgrade from their Windows 7 systems.<\/p>\n

The market share for Windows 7 saw a correlated decrease, falling from 29.57% in December 2019 to 25.56% in January 2020.<\/p>\n

Despite the operating system losing official support last month, Windows 7 remains the second-most popular operating system amongst desktop users.<\/p>\n

This is particularly troubling considering the lack of security updates being pushed to the operating system, meaning these systems are now far more vulnerable than newer versions of Windows.<\/p>\n

The desktop operating system market share for January 2020 is detailed below.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Desktop OS Share<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Windows 10<\/td>\n57.08%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 7<\/td>\n25.56%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.15<\/td>\n3.39%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 8.1<\/td>\n3.38%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.14<\/td>\n3.12%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.13<\/td>\n1.51%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows XP<\/td>\n1.34%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linux<\/td>\n1.10%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.12<\/td>\n0.75%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 8<\/td>\n0.63%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Upgrade for free<\/h3>\n

Despite support for Windows 7 officially being discontinued, it is still possible to upgrade to Windows 10 at no charge.<\/p>\n

Microsoft originally offered a free upgrade for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 users, but this expired in July 2016.<\/p>\n

However, various users have reported that they are still able to upgrade free of charge as of January 2020.<\/p>\n

To do this, users must go to the Windows 10 download page and select \u201cDownload tool now\u201d to run the Media Creation Tool executable file.<\/p>\n

Users must then follow the instructions provided to install Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Officially, Microsoft states that Windows 7 users should purchase and download Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Now read: RIP Windows 7<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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