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

OK, here goes a MULTI-QUOTE!

Thank you *Smile I just don't get what the success or failure of Microsoft's new OS means to anyone.

I'll just keep on using Windows 10 on this machine, and if Microsoft vaporizes and turns into dust, and if my W10 install magically disappears or turns into crap on this machine, I'd probably just buckle down and learn some flavor of Linux.

Microsoft vaporizing is not terribly likely, of course, and I'll deal with it if future updates cause problems. For now, I'm happy as the proverbial clam.

No, this is an OS to carry out Microsoft's future intentions, so they're making it as "seamless as possible" to upgrade. A bit too seemless from my view, but...it's their OS, not yours.

I don't know why this makes a difference, other to those who want to shout from the rooftops that WINDOWS 10 SUCKS COMPARED TO MY BELOVED 7/8.1!! LOOK, EVERYONE HATES IT, HERE IS PROOF!

My best guess - the upgrade track would be similar to 7/8.1 if you had to pay for it. Maybe a bit less for a variety of reasons...such as the slowdown in PC growth due to the adoption of mobile.

I didn't like Edge last time I tried it, though I've never really used it. I am happily using Chrome, which is faster because my machine is faster under 10.

If Microsoft forced me into Edge, I'd grumble. But if they did that, a host of government agencies would be on their tails.

I agree in principle, but as noted above, Microsoft is trying to make the upgrade as seamless as possible. Again, for me, if the whole thing becomes a mess, I guess I would head for Linux land.

 

Well done on that - perhaps there is an easy way but I never figured it out - I end up just copy pasting...

No you won't. You'd have done it already if you wanted to. It isn't like the year is still 1993.

Not sure what that means but sounds a bit saucy *Wink

 

I don't find it that hard myself (frustrating yes, but not hard). It's not me that I'm discussing. And to say I'm the kind of person that should be upgraded for everybody's safety is just plain insulting. I'm not an idiot when it comes to technology, and if I want to stay on a past OS that's still receiving updates, I should be able to do so without being nagged. I loathe how you guys attempt to belittle that point. If I'm honouring EULA terms of a still supported OS, I should have able to use the product without being pushed into a new OS I don't want.

It's easy for many of you to take the stance you do because you like Windows 10. And that's great. But it really seems that if you are on the board and dislike Windows 10, that we're being perceived as trouble makers. Hey I tried the TP and the final and I dislike it, but I still want to see where development goes. So I keep reading, and I should be able to express my opinions.

 

Well said and I agree totally.

 

Someone who wants to analyze the business side of Microsoft and its successes or failures may want to know how Microsoft amassed the number of sales or installs that they have. Perhaps it serves as a barometer to predict future sales trends, or future OS usage trends.

Make no mistake, Microsoft wants Windows 10 to revitalize PC/notebook sales as part of its mission. So have the free upgrades done that? Maybe. Maybe not. So nothing wrong with looking at the numbers objectively.

 

A lot of folks must think W-10 is not all that great.

When compared to previous months the growth rate for W-10 dropped to under 1% for December 2015.









https://www.netmarketshare.com/opera...ame=M&qpsp=203

 

It's actually pretty easy. See that little quote graphic next to "Reply With Quote", with the + sign next to it? Click on that for each message you want to quote, then click on the main "Reply to Thread" link.

The buffer will open up with all the messages you clicked the plus sign for, even on previous pages.

And I don't want to. I'd only go that route if Windows 10 became unusable on this machine. It hasn't, so I'm sticking around.

And maybe "buckle down" was a bit much. I know today's Linux distros have graphical windowed interfaces. But...there'd still be a bit of a learning curve, even for someone like me.

But...no need for me to go that route at all, right now.

It's an old American idiom - "happy as a clam". Though I have no idea why people think clams are happy. Not saucy at all, unless you have clam sauce....

And I see you're from Hungary. After over 50 years, someone poked into my family tree, and I discovered that my great grandfather on my father's side is from Hungary. All these years, I thought his side of the family was German and English!!!

 

Point taken. Though online, on forums like this, it seems more likely that someone's trying to point out that Windows 10 is a failure because they don't like it for some reason or another.

 

I've never heard such rubbish.. If you don't like Windows 10 don't install it. If you don't know how to install it (or you don't know how to not install it) then live with whatever life throws at you. You can always get the internet on your phone or TV.

I watch TV sometimes and advertisements nag me to buy different kinds of cheese or go on holiday to Croatia rather than Cuba. Should I complain about the EULA I signed with my TV provider that I'm not interested as I don't speak Russian?

I agree with most of what you say Jody, but not this. Whether 10 is better or not, if a user is incapable of deciding how to answer the question "do you want to upgrade" then they should be upgraded.

 

I'm not sure how what I said was rubbish. People click on things without thinking sometimes, and that includes the best of us. Ever worked under pressure on someone's system for hours on end? You'd be surprised what happens (that's why I went back to radio)
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@dencal, last time I checked this is a "Windows 10 Forum"; not a "I must love Windows 10 Forum", so anyone who hates the OS or Microsoft's marketing tactics is just as welcome to post here as are the fans of the OS. Again, I am an open-minded person, as I have said that as Windows 10 develops, there may end up some killer feature that I've got to have, I may switch to the OS someday.

Hey, when I read someone who posts about how Windows 10 and especially Edge are the best thing since sliced bread, and everything before it was crap, that's just as silly. That's simply not true. All of Microsoft's product lines have successes and failures. Just because I dislike Windows 10, does not mean I lack an open mind, nor should it make me any less welcome to post here.
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Windows 10 is great on my computer, I don't like Edge, and I don't really care if anyone else likes, doesn't like, hates, can't stand, loves, etc. either. If every single Windows 10 upgrade was uninstalled, why should I care? It's their computers, not mine.

And IMHO, pointing to the 200 million number as a Grand Microsoft Success is just as silly as pointing to it as a failure.

I just get a bit unnerved when people don't actually BELIEVE that I really like the upgrade, or that their points against it don't concern me. No, I am not a Microsoft employee/shill/etc.

By the way, am I reading right that you're in radio?

 

Windows 10 is great! Full steam ahead, MS! *Smile

 

Uh huh . . . what you said, Edwin. *Dinesh

 

Yeah I do traffic reporting for an outsourcing operation, which means I get to be on a number of Toronto and Hamilton area stations. The sad part though is that means a lot of jobs gone at the radio station level. I know that's just business, but it's still sad to see the jobs disappear.

Anyway, I love being on the air. I still get excited about it like a big kid does at Christmas. I backed out of it for twenty or so years to develop an IT career, but I wasn't happy in the corporate scheme of things any more.

Have a good day.
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Edwin, I like your optimism.