Microsoft brags about fast adoption of new OS versions

Apr 7, 2017 04:52 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Creators Update to users as a manual download, and the company expects this OS version to record fast adoption just like its predecessor.

The Anniversary Update was the first major update for Windows 10, and in a statement today, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Windows Developer Kevin Gallo says that, in less than one year on the market, 8 in 10 PCs already installed this particular version.

“We released Windows 10 Anniversary Update just eight months ago, and we’ve already seen that over 80% of Windows 10 PCs are running Anniversary Update (version 1607) or later,” he said.

This gives hope that the Creators Update would also be adopted fast by users, especially because Microsoft is offering several downloading methods, including not only the manual method that involves the Windows Update Assistant, but also the automatic mode based on Windows Update.

“We expect users to once again move rapidly to the latest and best version of Windows,” Gallo continued.

No word on general Windows 10 adoption

While it’s too early to discuss adoption figures for the new Creators Update, the April 5 release was well received by the Windows community and, in most of the cases, the installation process completed successfully with no problems whatsoever.

This is living proof that Microsoft managed to address the majority of issues experienced in the past when upgrading from one Windows 10 version to another, though it remains to be seen how everything goes when the Creators Update becomes available on Windows Update.

Microsoft hasn’t provided any other specifics on general Windows 10 adoption, and the company’s latest figures were released in September last year when 400 million devices were running the latest operating system.

Adoption most likely improved in the meantime, and there’s hope that the Creators Update would speed up the pace of installing Windows 10, especially within organizations which typically expect the first or the second major OS release before making the switch to a new operating system.