Microsoft has officially ceased selling Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 licenses to PC manufacturers, meaning your chances of buying a new PC with either OS are increasingly unlikely.
According to the September 2016 PC operating system market share figures from Net Applications, the share held by Windows 10 actually went down slightly that month.
Microsoft is rolling out an update today to Windows 7 and 8.1 PC users, which finally gets rid of the "Get Windows 10" app that was encouraging those people to download the free update to the OS until July 29.
Windows 10 was used by 22.99% of all PCs worldwide in August 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's yet another big month-to-month increase compared to 21.13% in July, June's 19.14% and May's 18.43% share for the OS.
A new report says that Microsoft has decided to extend support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on PCs that have Intel's Skylake processors. The support will now end on the same dates it will stop on all other PCs.
Windows 10 was used by 21.13% of all PCs worldwide in July 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's yet another big month-to-month increase compared to June's 19.14% and May's 18.43% share for the OS.
Windows 10 was used by 19.14% of all PCs worldwide in June 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's another big month-to-month increase compared to May's 18.43% and April's 14.35% share for the OS.
Windows 10 was used by 17.43% of all PCs worldwide in May 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's a big increase compared to April's 14.35% share for the OS.
Microsoft has announced that from now on, non-security patches for Windows 7 and 8.1 will be released in one rollup update that will be issued monthly.
Windows 10 was used by 14.35% of all PCs worldwide in April 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. Meanwhile, the share held by Windows 7 dropped below the 50% mark
Windows 10 was used by 14.15% of all PCs worldwide in March 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's over a percentage point rise compared to February 2016, where it had a 12.82% market share.
Microsoft has announced that it will extend official support for Windows 7 and 8.1 on PCs running Intel's six-generation "Skylake" Core chips by one more year, from July 17, 2017 to July 17, 2018.
Windows 10 was used by 12.82% of all PCs worldwide in February 2016, according to the latest data from Net Applications. That's up nearly a full percentage point compared to January 2016, where it had an 11.84% market share.
Microsoft has published its first list of PC that have Intel's six-generation Core processors, also known as "Skylake", that will support Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The current list includes PCs from four OEMs: Dell, HP, Lenovo and NEC.
