14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 is running on more than 300 million devices, according to Microsoft’s own numbers, but adoption of the new operating system grows around the world, and in the United States, it has even managed to overtake Windows 7.
David Storey, one of the developers working on Microsoft Edge browser, tweeted new stats this morning, revealing that Windows 10 managed to surpass Windows 7 in market share numbers, becoming the leading desktop operating system in the country.
According to these figures, Windows 10 was the top choice for desktop operating system users in North America on May 29, reaching a record market share of 28.82 percent, while Windows 7 dropped to 28.65 percent. Apple’s Mac OS X was third with 16.16 percent.
Windows 7 still likely to dominate May data
While this is good news for both Microsoft and Windows 10 adopters, it’s worth mentioning that one-day statistics do not necessarily show continued growth for a specific product.
In fact, the overall May market share data is very likely to put Windows 7 on the leading spot once again, with Windows 10 possible to get closer to somewhere around 20 percent. These one-day stats could be somewhat inaccurate since they might be influenced by short bumps or declines in adoption figures, so they may return to normal in the following days.
But it goes without saying that Windows 10 is growing, and it’s most likely just a matter of time until it manages to overtake Windows 7, not just in the United States, but globally too. Microsoft has a plan to bring Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by 2017, and if everything goes right, the company could indeed do that with help from enterprises.
The free upgrade offer is projected to end in July, but that’s the moment when Microsoft is also expected to introduce the new Redstone update, a release that many enterprises are waiting for in order to start the migration to Windows 10. This should generate a significant increase in adoption figures for Windows 10 in the short term.