Microsoft had some lofty predictions for Windows 10, predicting in April 2015 that its latest operating system would hit one billion devices by 2018. Microsoft acknowledged in a statement Friday, “it will take longer” to get Windows 10 on a billion devices, but didn’t set a new timetable.
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“Windows 10 is off to the hottest start in history with over 350 million monthly active devices, with record customer satisfaction and engagement”, Mehdi said.
Microsoft revealed on March that Windows 10 is the version that has the fastest start, with over 270 million active devices within few months.
Weak PC sales, he said, also likely played a role in Microsoft’s changed expectations.
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Till now Microsoft has been pushing the updates for windows 7 and 8.1 with windows 10 free upgrade for quite a long time now.
Microsoft has admitted that the firm’s lofty goal of Windows 10 running on one billion machines by 2018 is unlikely to happen. Microsoft says most devices will take about an hour to upgrade once the download is complete.
Seeing as we are in the last minutes before Windows 10 Anniversary update is signed off, it should come as a little surprise that there is a new build out for Insiders; this time around it is build 14390.
However, sales of its smartphones have not been as high as expected. with Microsoft officials conceding that Windows Phone isn’t much of a focus for Microsoft in its 2016 calendar.
Such moves infuriated some Windows users, who could name a litany of reasons for not wanting to upgrade.
The “phone hardware business” is a factor because the original prediction was based on installations across all devices, including PCs, tablets, and mobiles. If you want a boxed copy of Windows 10 after that, you’ll have to pay $119 for the Home edition or $199 for the Professional version (~£90 or ~£150 in these post-Brexit days).
To get around this, Microsoft will provide a free DVD playback app that can be installed after you’ve upgraded to Windows 10.
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If you’ve resisted upgrading to Windows 10 so far, hang on for this one final push from Microsoft.
