14 DAY TRIAL // New data published by NetMarketShare for July 2018 shows that Windows 10 continues its growth on the desktop, getting closer to leader Windows 7 every month.
If the same trend is maintained, Windows 10 is very likely to overtake Windows 7 by the end of the year, officially becoming the world’s number one desktop operating system.
At this point, Windows 7 continues to be the leading choice with a market share of no less than 41.23 percent on the desktop, followed by Windows 10 with 36.58 percent. MacOS 10.13 is third with 5.60 percent, so very far behind the two Windows versions, while Windows 8.1 is fourth with 5.09 percent share.
Last month alone, Windows 10 has managed to reduce the difference versus Windows 7 from 60.3 percent to just 4.65 percent, so adoption of the latest OS version continues to improve. It happens at a slower pace than many expected, but at least Windows 10 is growing and there’s a good chance it would soon overtake its 2009 predecessor.
Windows 10 April 2018 Update
The growth in terms of adoption is mostly a result of new OS feature updates. Windows 10 April 2018 Update was released to users as a manual download on April 30, while the public rollout on Windows Update started on May 8.
Microsoft completed the release of this new OS version quite fast, so the April 2018 Update is already broadly available for all systems across the world.
Windows 7 is projected to reach the end of support in January 2020, so the faster Windows 10 overtakes it and becomes the world’s leading desktop OS, the better for everyone.
Right now, Windows 7 is in the extended support mode, which means that it’s only getting security updates until the said deadline. Beyond this date, no other patches would be published.