Microsoft Win10 has only two years left, still accounting for nearly 71% of the total.
CTOnews.com October 16, according to Microsoft official news, Windows 10 home version and professional version will be discontinued on October 14, 2025, when the last security update will be released, which means Windows 10 users have two years to upgrade their hardware and install Windows 11.
As of October 2023, about 23 per cent of global PC installed Windows 11 and 71 per cent of Windows 10, according to Statcounter. This is a huge gap, especially given that Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 in about two years.
The image above shows StatCounter's data for October 2023, which shows that Windows 10 has the largest market share, accounting for about 70.88% of desktop computers. Windows 11 is the second most popular version, with a market share of 24.89%. In addition, Windows 7 still has about 2.9 per cent of the market. Windows 8.1 has a market share of about 0.57%, while Windows 8 has a market share of about 0.34%. Windows XP has a market share of about 0.3%.
In addition, CTOnews.com notes that Steam hardware surveys have also confirmed that Windows 10 is more popular than Windows 11, but users are slowly migrating: Windows 10 is the most popular version of Windows users on Steam, accounting for 57.97%. Windows 11 ranks second with a utilization rate of 37.43%. Windows 7 (64-bit) occupies 1.23%. Windows 8.1 has 0.18% share, while non-64-bit versions of Windows 7 have 0.06% share.
So what happens to PC that continues to run on Windows 10 in 2025 and beyond? Users can continue to use the operating system, just as they can still use Windows 7. In addition, as with Windows 7, some third-party companies will pledge to continue to support Windows 10.
It is worth mentioning that Microsoft confirmed that for eligible Windows 10 PC, the upgrade to Windows 11 is completely free, and the free upgrade will last until 2025.
