How many times has Windows 10 been activated till now? During Build 2017 Microsoft has published new numbers. Here are a few details and thoughts.
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1 Billion Windows 10 systems till 2018 …
Do you still remember Build 2015, where Terry Myerson announced the one billion Windows 10 devices till 2018? Well, we are close …
(Source: Microsoft)
At Build 2017 Microsoft announced that they are reaching 500 million Windows 10 activations. Some sources close to Microsoft told The Verge that Microsoft is targeting 550 million monthly active Windows 10 devices by the end of June, and 575 million by the end of September 2017. The other 625 million will be activated till December 2017 (I guess).
Ok, wait, the 500 500 million Windows 10 activations includes Windows 10 PCs, Notebooks, Tablet PCs, Xboxes, Hololens and also mobile devices. And a few days ago, we noticed, that Microsoft told us, that only 300 million active users are working with Windows 10 (see How many users are working with Windows 10 every day?).
I thing Windows 10 Eco systen us broken
A few days ago, adduplex has published the Windows 10 Desktop OS version chart shown below. There are 1.8 % of Windows 10 users still hanging an the RTM version from 2015.
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(Source: AdDuplex)
Most users are running Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607) – we have 82.1%. But 6.0 % are still using Windows 10 Version 1511, and 9.8% are using Windows 10 Creators Update (Windows 10 Version 1703). And in September 2017 we will receive Windows 10 Version 1709. I would say: Pretty fragmented this Windows 10 world – isn't it.
I don't think, Microsoft is on the right track with Windows 10. No, I won't have a new Windows 10 system every 6 months, and I also don't like telemetry, auto updates and so on. What's your opinion?
