Windows 10: Windows 10 Now on 75 Million Devices

hope you don't use google facebook apple ect they all spy on you with google being the worse offender

 

... and don't forget your ISP sees every bit you send or receive to or from the internet *Wink

 

And don't forget your cell phone, at least 3 relay towers know where you are at any moment, who you are calling or talking to and every SMS you send and receive. GPS can pinpoint you within a foot or two. To say nothing about security cameras on which you star wherever you go.
Back on the topic, from that number, how large part is just OEM licenses sold and not used until computer is bought ? I would not be surprised if it's up to 50%.

 

so true

 

I can't take it anymore , i will now live in the wild with Mick Dodge with a fig leaf covering my front and vine covering my backside.

 

Niah, nothing a good Scotch can't fix.

 

But isn't that so that most of these installs are the free upgrades, not sold licenses? See also: https://www.thurrott.com/windows/win...windows-10-pcs

 

No question that most are free upgrades , most people will take advantage of a free upgrade especially when the product retails for $100.00+ .

Some make it sound like it's already been proven that Win 10 is the ultimate OS to date based on free giveaways , most people are sampling the goods now and have not made a decision whether to go with it or not.

 

That is not a factor when comparing with previous releases because a large number of OEM licenses have been sold at the rollout of every version of Windows.

 

Who's comparing ?

 

The comment I quoted in my reply.

 

One interesting thing regarding 75-million devices running Windows 10. When someone does an operating system upgrade rather than buying a new computer, that's 75-million new devices that were not sold. That's got to have an impact on hardware sales for Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus, etc. So what's good for Microsoft may not be good for those selling new hardware.

If your old hardware can run a new operating system and run it well, why buy a new system?

 

low sales means good deals around the Holidays. That's good for the economy

 

While I see your point, I don't think it is the kind of thing that matters. A lot of people, maybe most, buy a new device for reasons unrelated to operating systems and such. Lifestyle reasons. The user base has long morphed from what it was like when XP rolled out. Us computer enthusiasts are a drop in the ocean now. Windows 10 is out but its fate is in the hands of the device manufacturers, one increasingly important one being Microsoft itself. The new device activation technology is a clear sign to me of just how much Microsoft wants to change the conversation.

 

MS says that the 75 mil represents the number of actual activations. While some might use a new OS as a justification for buying a new computer, IMO relatively few would actually buy one for that reason.