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  • Author Author: Matt
  • Date Created: 4 Aug 2015 4:14 PM Date Created
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Windows 10 on the rise

Matt
Matt
4 Aug 2015

The web analytics software that we use on Community gives us a lot of anonymous data that helps us design features & make sure they work properly for a majority of our members. For example, it shows us that most people use Google Chrome (52%), so it makes sense for our test team to concentrate on that, rather than Opera (0.9%).

 

Another metric we get is what operating system people use.. and with the launch of Windows 10 last week, I ran a couple of reports to see what the uptake was like with people who are visiting Community.

 

Here's how the top 10 looked from Tue. 21 Jul. 2015 - Mon. 27 Jul. 2015:

 

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And here's how it looked from Tue. 28 Jul. 2015 - Mon.  3 Aug. 2015:

 

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When I look at a single day (Mon 3rd Aug) its risen to 5th place at about 5%. Pretty impressive considering it's been generally available for less than 7 days. It'll be interesting to re-visit this in a month, when I'd expect most PCs to have popped up that 'free upgrade available' message.

 

I upgraded one of our laptops at the weekend, but initially got this daft error message when I tried to put the update onto an external USB flash drive;

 

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Yeah, thanks for being so specific Microsoft image

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Top Comments

  • gadget.iom
    gadget.iom over 10 years ago in reply to neilk +1
    Neil Kenyon wrote: Don't you just love it when you get "Error 87564192 Very true. Though at least you can google the error code and get some idea whats going (or not going) on. I can't imagine the…
  • Matt
    Matt over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom +1
    Exactly.. being able to Google an error code is what I was after. Never found a solution to putting it onto USB, so upgraded in place. The trackpad didn't work after the upgrade, but removed the device…
  • DAB
    DAB over 10 years ago +1
    I usually wait a few months before I look at an update. I got tired of doing the debugging of Microsoft's latest code. Once it looks like the dust has settled I will probably upgrade. DAB
  • DAB
    DAB over 8 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Yes, I did the 8.1 to 10 change and it was SOOOOO much better for me to work with.

     

    DAB

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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 8 years ago

    Can you still upgrade for free from Windows 7/8/8.1 with a valid key as claimed at this web site? All the Ways You Can Still Get Windows 10 for Free

    Just curious because I haven't installed Windows in several years; Linux is "donationware".

     

    If you cannot upgrade a Windows 7/8/8.1 system to 10, then:

    Windows 10 Home - USD 119.00

    Windows 10 Professional - USD 199.00

         Professional-security = Home-security + Windows Information Protection + Bitlocker

         Productivity & User Experience is the same on both.

         Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compare

     

    I noticed that a lot of folks still think that 8.1 provided a better experience than the current state of 10.  DAB did you go from 8.1 to 10?

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 8 years ago in reply to clem57

    I initially thought it was a backward step to win 7 but now I couldn't go back : )

    I especially like the multiple desktops (something Windows was way behind on previously).

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  • DAB
    DAB over 8 years ago in reply to clem57

    I have been running Windows 10 on my laptop and it is very stable and easy to use.

     

    DAB

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 8 years ago

    I bought some new devices that already had Windows 10. Since then I have struggled with all kinds of "changes" not all being good.

    Thanks Matt,

    Clem

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