Windows 10: As 2015 comes to a close, Windows 10 surpasses 200 million installs

Agree 10 is better than 7 (which is/was good) but as the old saying goes GIGO

 

Actually yes Wynonna. I expect better from Microsoft than say Auslogics or IOBit (who bundle such software) so that "uproar" is justifiable. I don't hate Microsoft. I don't believe the worst about them at all. Hey I loved past Windows versions, and that was in the late 90s (when they actually were committing anti-competitive practices towards PC distributors, especially to kill off OS/2), but I loved some of their offering from that period.

I am viewing all of this from a much more balanced perspective than you think. This really isn't a "I hate Windows 10" tirade. I have said before, if down the road it offers a killer feature, I may find myself moving to Windows 10. One never knows what tomorrow brings.

 

Where did you get that one from. I run both 7 and 10 and do not really see any difference. If I believe the reports, 10 see,s to be a bit buggier than 7.

 

Not really sure what the fuse is all about. . .I have seven on a 2009 imac 27" in boot camp that is always attempting to get me to upgrade it to ten, albeit because I have the ability to first read through all the updates prior to deciding which ones I want to install there is little chance that I would install windows 10. . .that may be just me. . .*Smile

 

You must be smarter than the average bear, Lee. *Smile Those of us who have learned the hard way by having to remove crapware from our computers tend to read before we start pushing buttons.

I have a friend who has a computer shop down the road from me whose time is mostly taken up with cleaning crapware/viruses/PUGs, etc. off his client's computers. I'd guess about 50% are repeat customers.

 

I have got to believe that there is something missing in the "optional" W10 update process because I have seen two people now who upgraded only because they had no choice. The screen was taken over with a notification to install W10 with no option to cancel out. One ended up with a borked upgrade, requiring a "revert to factory" condition. The other is still baking....

 

I think a lot of people are hopefully upgrading because they want to I don't think they are being forced too. I wasn't forced to do what I did.

 

It is all in the wording folks.

They state they have had 200 million installs, what they don't say is how many uninstalls there have been, and how many people are actually running it. That is a whole world of difference. As I have said before 'the more I use 10, the less I like it'. A year is coming up real fast since the release and when you consider it has been free, when you consider MS is constantly badgering people on all older versions to switch, I don't think those numbers are all that impressive.

The year of free will end, desktop sales are decreasing even more, and Windows as a tablet platform fails in the app section, so I don't foresee a huge rush to the sales counter for Windows 10. But heck, if they fudge on the numbers a little, and pound on their chests, I am fine with it. LOL silly little buggers.

 

Hi there
why are people comparing numbers of an OS that's only been universally available for a year to a previously successful one that has run for quite a few years.

People have short memories -- XP was hated when it first came out (its predecessor Windows 2000 was actually very good too) but in the end people didn't want to get rid of it.

Actually the difference in hardware availability when W7 was launched to now is HUGE -- back then if you wanted to do simple things like email / web surfing etc you had to use a computer -- now so much stuff can be done on smart phones, tablets etc that a lot of people don't use their computers so much so updating could be considered a chore.

I've often posted to W7 diehards -- what can W7 do that W10 can't -- even simple and useful things like Storage Spaces (where you compound / aggregate a number of physical volumes - even with different capacities --into large data spaces) wasn't available on W7 --this type of data storage is really useful if you don't want a NAS and need large data areaes for say multi=media libraries on a server etc.

Actually the current release (not the Insider version) is remarkably stable -- my main gripe is that Networking isn't 100% OK - but that's ALWAYS been the case with Windows right from the start.

Cheers
jimbo

 

You keep having a go about windows 10 its bad points.
So what OS are you running as I notice everything is blank.
Your system specs is blank
Also where it appears under your profile that is blank also.
At least with 10 it is 100% better than any other windows that they have ever brought out.
XP was a nightmare when it first came out.

 

Hi there

Absolutely -- in fact it was also called Windows expensive (the XP being in the word expensive). W10 certainly fulfils what I need to do with it. I'd probably say that W2k3 server possibly was the most stable Windows Ms released but that's another whole issue - and although I ran it as a desktop OS there's quite a bit of fiddling you have to do to get a server OS to run as a satisfactory workstation.

Too many people just have a go at Ms for no reason --Windows certainly bought computing cheaply to the realms of nearly everyone. The whole idea of a GUI was originally laughed at and the only early attempts outside Windows was the X-Server on hideously expensive UNIX (note not Linux - where GUI's evolved a bit later) machines.

Of course no OS is ever 100% perfect - and the current system of updating is not to everyone's taste -- Please bring back Service packs instead of this "rolling update system" but Ms has done a reasonable job on this version of Windows and it certainly flies even on older hardware if you fit an SSD (also cheap these days for smaller capacity ones - the 256 GB size is ideal for a laptop and can be had for around 70 USD now.

Cheers
jimbo

 

There are some here on this forum that look for any little tidbit to complain about. Then when they actually have a legitimate complaint, they get all upset when nobody listens to them. All I can say to them is "The boy who cried wolf".

I'm already running 10 on all my PC's (happily so) so I'm not seeing these upgrade nag screens. I personally don't agree with the tactics in use, if what I'm reading is true? If I say no I mean no. Don't call me, I'll call you if I change my mind. If I read all the prompts and say no, that should be the end of it. It's not like its hard to change your mind later on and do a quick Google search to find out how to upgrade. Hopefully all this in your face stuff quiets down when the free upgrade offer expires.

I've done a few upgrade installs, mostly without incident, and a few clean installs. Really rather painless for me. Not so for everyone though. If you use proper preparation just in case, things won't be so bad when something unfortunate happens. And unforeseen things happen, that's life when dealing with most things, especially computers.

 

I've said it before, and will say it again here.

I am thrilled with the increase in performance Windows 10 has brought to my puny 2GB laptop...turning it into what feels like a new computer.

I don't care if Microsoft's install numbers are 200 million or 200,000. I don't care if millions are rushing to uninstall and go back to their beloved 7/8.1. I have no investment in how successful Windows 10 is or isn't, as long as I can keep using it on my laptop.

I will get ticked if Windows 10 starts breaking down on me, but it has not through 10586.36. *Wink

 

My friend has just been upgraded from windows 7 to 10.
He cant praise it enough.
Told me 10 is the best windows out.
Everything went as planned all updates went in, also likes that it is faster and you can do more with it.

 

Who cares if there were 200 million Win 10 users ?
If it does not work for john doe, it's crap for john doe.
If it's perfect for mary jo, it's the 2nd coming for mary jo.
Who cares ?