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Windows 7 users opting out before Microsoft ends support

In July, user-base of Windows 7 dropped 3.6% — down to 31.8% — in the overall PC market, that led to a significant increase in the Windows 10 user-base
  • The 3.6% decline of Windows 7 in July is the second-largest drop that Net Applications has ever observed
  • Even though Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 2015, in January 2019, the software giant decided to put a final halt on the roll-out of free security patches for the OS on January 14, 2020.Premium
    Even though Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 2015, in January 2019, the software giant decided to put a final halt on the roll-out of free security patches for the OS on January 14, 2020.

    San Francisco: A few months before Microsoft ends support for its Windows 7 operating system (OS), the older OS experienced a large drop in July.

    In July, user-base of Windows 7 dropped 3.6% — down to 31.8% — in the overall PC market, that led to a significant increase in the Windows 10 user-base, TechRadar on Sunday cited a report by analytics firm Net Applications as saying.

    Windows 10 saw an increased user-share by 3.1%, to stand at 48.9% in the overall desktop market.

    Even though Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 2015, in January 2019, the software giant decided to put a final halt on the roll-out of free security patches for the OS on January 14, 2020.

    The 3.6% decline of Windows 7 in July is the second-largest drop that Net Applications has ever observed and the boost for Windows 10 is the second-largest increase, seemingly underlining the shift that is going on here, the report said.


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    Published: 05 Aug 2019, 03:42 PM IST
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