Users are not yet ready to give up Windows 7

On January 14, Microsoft will officially stop supporting Windows 7, but as of now, the operating system still shows it has its own appeal, even though it is more than 10 years old.

After Windows XP, Windows 7 is Microsoft's most successful operating system ever. The clearest proof that users are not ready to give up this operating system to switch to the new operating system is its current market share.

According to the latest statistics of StatCounter, Windows 10's market share has improved significantly in the past year since it was announced that Windows 7 will die in early 2020.

Specifically, as of December 2019, the market share of Windows 10 has climbed to 65.4%, Windows 7 still accounts for over 26.7%. This chart shows that Windows 7 users have gradually transitioned to Windows 10 but are still very slow, even when the end of support is near.

Market share of Windows 7 has declined but slowly over time. In October 2019, Windows 7's market share was 27.9%, November decreased to 27.4% and by December was 26.7%. In two months, the market share of Windows 7 lost just over 1%, too little compared to the current market share growth rate of Windows 10.

This shows that users are still attached to the version of Windows 7. In the future, the market share of this operating system will certainly continue to decline but will be very slow.

For now, if you don't want to upgrade to Windows 10, businesses can continue to use Windows 7 for at least the next few years by buying Microsoft's extended support package.

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