Microsoft today announced that the Windows 10 operating system is used on more than a billion devices worldwide. The company planned that Windows 10, released in 2015, would cross this mark in 2017, but the end of support for Windows Phone and the reluctance of many Windows 7 users to upgrade to a new version of the operating system delayed this moment by almost 3 years.
Windows 10 is currently the most popular PC operating system in the world. It is ahead of the once very popular Windows 7, which still has about 300 users worldwide, despite the end of support in January this year.
Microsoft emphasizes that Windows 10 has greatly influenced the PC market, pushing device manufacturers to experiment with device form factors. Later this year, Windows 10X will be launched, which is planned to push manufacturers to mass-produce dual-screen devices.
Windows 10 runs on over 80 different laptops and 000-in-2s from over 1 different manufacturers. Currently, it is the only desktop platform that is targeted and, importantly, optimized to run on devices of a wide variety of form factors.
Source: 3dnews.ru