Usage Rate of Windows 7 Announced

It is one of the operating systems released by Microsoft and widely accepted by users. Windows 7It was released in 2009. The once popular operating system left main support behind in January 2015 and entered the extended support phase. Windows 7 users continued to receive critical security patches, bug fixes and technical support free of charge for 5 years.

The extended support period of the operating system ended in January this year. Windows 7 Professional And Windows 7 Enterprise Although users continue to receive extended support updates, they must pay per device for these updates. Professional edition users pay $50, Enterprise users pay $25, and these amounts increase every year.

Windows 7 remains popular:

Windows 7 continues to maintain its popularity among users even though it does not receive security patches and remains vulnerable to cyber attacks. According to NetMarketShare data, Windows 7 will be in the market as of May 2020. It constitutes 24.28%.

Market share of Windows 7 a year ago, in May 2019 %35,44was. The 10% decrease is not bad for an operating system that is over 10 years old, despite the discontinuation of security updates. So, what is the reason why people do not abandon an operating system that was released 10 years ago? One of the reasons why people do not switch to modern operating systems is their privacy concerns; The other is Windows 10's problematic updates.

Of course, while Windows 7 still has a quarter of the market share, Windows 10 continues to grow its market share. Windows 10's market share has reached 57.83%. In addition, Microsoft announced last March that the number of devices using Windows 10 on a global scale exceeded 1 billion.