14 DAY TRIAL // The release of Threshold 2 has really helped bring more people on Windows 10, as new statistics confirm that another wave of upgrades was experienced last week.
Windows 10 is offered as a free upgrade to those running Windows 7 or 8.1, but despite this really amazing offer, the market performance of Redmond's new operating system has been full of ups and downs since its release on July 29.
Basically, while Windows 10 adoption skyrocketed at first, it slowed down soon after that, but it eventually went up at a faster pace a few days later.
And according to CW, citing StatCounter data, a new boost was spotted last week, after the debut of Threshold 2.
110 million PCs running Windows 10
The very first weeks on the market proved to be really successful for Windows 10, but its performance slowed down in early September, adoption figures reveal. On September 26, however, Windows 10 started going up was once again, most likely as the free upgrade was made available by Microsoft to more users running Windows 7 or 8.1.
The growth stopped on October 3, but 9 days later, Windows 10 started gaining ground once again, as more people installed the OS.
The latest such increase was recorded on November 12, the day when Threshold 2 was actually released, so there's no doubt that the update really helped bring more people on Windows 10.
Most likely, some of those who moved to Windows 10 after the Threshold 2 decided to wait for the very first major update to the platform before performing the switch, as they expected better performance, fewer bugs, and an overall improved experience. Threshold 2 indeed delivers that and makes Windows 10 more reliable and faster than before, while also adding some highly requested features and customization options here and there.
Microsoft said last month that 110 million PCs were already running Windows 10, but no updated figures are available at this point. The company has a goal of bringing Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by 2017, so it's pretty clear that it must do a lot more than that to accomplish this mission.