Despite Bugs, Windows 10 Is Pleasing Gamers And Enterprise Customers
Windows 10 is set to be one of Microsoft’s most successful operating system launches. Gamers on the popular Steam platform are reported by Windows Central to be quickly switching to Windows 10. With just over 17 percent of their significant userbase having made the move to Windows 10 already, significantly higher than the five percent worldwide share that Windows 10 holds, Microsoft will be pleased to see gamers are satisfied by the new release.
Traditionally, gamers are hard to please and Microsoft found it hard to encourage them to switch from Windows 7 to 8; in fact Windows 7 is still the most popular on the platform with just under two-fifths of users. If adoption doesn’t peter out over the coming months, Windows 10 will be a significant breakthrough for Microsoft in the gaming market after the relative failure of Windows 8.
It’s not just in the important gaming market that Windows 10 has gained a significant share. Business Insider reports that despite not expecting to win a significant share until 2016, due to the long decision cycles corporations typically go through when updating software, Windows 10 already has a two percent share of the enterprise market. If that doesn’t sound like much, it’s worth noting that it represents almost 1.5 million machines.
Windows 10 was an attempt by Microsoft to blend their new multi-device approach with the extremely popular “traditional desktop” environment, and this early data seems to suggest that Windows 10 is off to a strong start in two key markets for Microsoft. It was important for Microsoft’s business in the long term to achieve a significant adoption of Windows 10 as Windows 7, released over six years ago in July 1999, was quickly becoming the “new XP” with users failing to migrate in significant numbers.
It hasn’t all been plain sailing for Windows 10 with some upgrade issues reported for Intel users, and a few reboot loops impacting certain driver updates. It will be important for Windows 10 that Microsoft and partner vendors are quick to address these problems.
Yahoo! Tech provided an additional quick run down of 13 issues that have yet to be fixed in Windows 10. They include some minor glitches when trying to pin new items to the menu or resize the Windows 10 menu on touch screens, and some more possible privacy issues when using the new Windows 10 “assigned access” feature. Power users will also be concerned to see issues with a limit to the number of applications supported by the Windows 10 Start Menu and the way it handles cascading windows.
If Microsoft is to see Windows 10 adoption continue to grow in the enterprise market and have the 2016 Windows 10 adoption figures they are hoping for, fixing these glitches over the coming weeks will be vital.
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