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On Statcounter numbers, Windows 10 has more usage than Windows 7 in the USA and the UK.

Here are a few more sources for you to consider:

StatCounter global[1]: Win7 47%, Win10 34% (of Windows desktops)

Wikimedia[2]: Win7 22%, Win10 9% (of all platforms)

USA government analytics[3]: Win7 25%, Win10 17% (of all platforms)

The only serious source I know that has consistently shown Win10 coming out ahead for a while is Steam, which is obviously looking specifically at the gaming market:

Steam survey[4]: Win10 49%, Win7 37% (of all platforms)

That's unheard of for a new Microsoft OS, where most people don't update until they buy a new PC.

It's also unheard of for a new Microsoft OS to be not just given away to home users for a year but promoted through a campaign that was widely accused of trying to trick people into upgrading even if they didn't want to.

Some are already doing roll-outs and pilots are at an all-time high.

There seem to be a lot more pilots than roll-outs, though, even in enterprise land. That in itself is quite telling.

Really? How is it "very different".

Enterprise users have full control over which updates to install and when. Home/prosumer/small business users do not.

[1] http://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/de...

[2] https://analytics.wikimedia.org/dashboards/browsers/#all-sit...

[3] https://analytics.usa.gov/

[4] http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey



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