Windows 10 edges out Windows 7 as most popular operating system

Victor Barreiro Jr.

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Windows 10 edges out Windows 7 as most popular operating system
Net Applications' report says Windows 10 now has 39.22% market share compared to Windows 7, which has 36.9%

MANILA, Philippines – Windows 7, Microsoft’s nearly 10-year-old operating system, has been dislodged as the most popular OS.

Its successor? Windows 10.

Information on the market share of the various OS types was released in the latest Net Applications report.

According to the report, Windows 10 now has 39.22% market share compared to Windows 7, which has 36.9%. Mac OS X 10.14 is a distant third at 4.73%.

Back in September 2018, Windows 10 was pegged as having an install base of around 700 million, though Microsoft had hoped to get it onto 1 billion devices within 3 years of release, or by July 29, 2018.

While that date may have come and gone, Microsoft can look forward to many potential new adoptees of Windows 10 due to the ever-nearing end of the support date for Windows 7. While mainstream support ended January 13, 2015, extended support is expected to cease on January 14, 2020. – Rappler.com

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Victor Barreiro Jr.

Victor Barreiro Jr is part of Rappler's Central Desk. An avid patron of role-playing games and science fiction and fantasy shows, he also yearns to do good in the world, and hopes his work with Rappler helps to increase the good that's out there.