Windows 10 has reached 1 billion users worldwide, Microsoft announced on the official website that released free wallpapers. This is more than two years later than Microsoft had previously expected.
It is worth noting that the site is in Italian and the image below is automatically translated version from MSPcoweruser.
The last time Microsoft announced the number of Windows 10 users was in September last year, when the number was 900 million.
Perhaps because of the retirement of Windows 7, the number of Windows 10 users increased by 100 million in just one quarter, breaking the 1 billion mark.
On January 14, 2020, Microsoft officially stopped technical support for Windows 7, and will shift focus to Windows 10.
After Microsoft ends extended support for Windows 7, your computer will not interrupt or stop working, but if something goes wrong with your Windows 7 computer, it will no longer receive any problematic technical support, software updates, security updates or repair.
Back in January 2015, Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7, and the company stopped adding new features to the old operating system. Microsoft moved Windows 7 from mainstream support to extended support.
Of course, there are nearly 2 billion PC users worldwide. Even if the number of Windows 10 exceeds 1 billion, there are still quite a few users staying in older operating systems such as Windows 7/8.1, as well as macOS, Linux (including various distributions) and other PC users of the platform.
In addition, after Windows 10, it is not the so-called "Windows 11" system. At present, the focus of the Windows development team is on the Windows 10X system. Its UI is more modern and concise, and it can be adapted to dual-screen devices such as Surface Duo and folding screens that are about to be formed. Notebook and so on.
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