Windows 10 'to become most widely installed version of Windows EVER'

Windows 10 is on track to become the most widely installed version of Windows ever

MICROSOFT'S latest operating system is set to become its most widely available to date, new research has shown.

Half of all organisations will have started to roll out Windows 10 across their business by January 2017, technology research and advisory company Gartner has claimed.

This would put Windows 10 on track to become the most widely installed version of Windows ever, according to the research.

The influential analyst group highlighted several factors that are driving faster adoption of Windows 10 for business, including the end of support for Windows 7 in January 2020.

Windows 10's compatibility with existing Windows 7 apps coupled with a growing demand for tablet and two-in-one devices, could also account for the fast adoption.

"For businesses, we expect that implementation will be significantly more rapid than that seen with Windows 7 six years ago," said Steve Kleynhans, research vice president for Gartner.

"From an IT perspective, Windows 10 and the move of applications to the back end will dramatically change how those applications are delivered to employees.

"Updates will be more frequent, more incremental and less obvious to the end user.

"Software vendors and internal IT have much to do to adapt to this new model and to move away from the image management model for PCs of today.

"In the consumer market, a free upgrade coupled with broad legacy device support and automatic over-the-air upgrades ensures that there will be tens of millions of users familiar with the operating system before the end of 2015."

 

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella holds a press conference for the technology giant

 

Windows 10's usage share remains higher than Windows 7, compared to the same post-release period

Gartner believes many businesses are planning pilot schemes for Windows 10 early next year.

The news comes days after Irish analytics firm StatCounter noted an increase in Windows 10 usage, triggered by the recent November update.

Dubbed Windows 10 version 1511, the blockbuster update bundled a slew of performance and stability tweaks, alongside some visual enhancements and new features for voice assistant, Cortana.

Microsoft claims the update also brings a 30 per cent performance boost over Windows 7 machines running on the same hardware.

However some users have complained about a number of frustrating glitches in the new update.

Microsoft has since pulled version 1511 as a download file from its own website – reverting instead to the initial July release.

The Redmond technology firm is keen to migrate customers to Windows 10, which offers a slew of new functionality – and some controversial data collection policies.

 

Users had previously complained about frustratingly slow boot-up speeds, trouble with wifi connections, privacy concerns and issues with child safety features following the upgrade to Windows 10.

Windows 10 is currently a free operating system upgrade to customers running genuine versions of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

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