Microsoft is scheduled to end support for the Windows 7 on January 14. There is about 1 month left and you would expect that the majority of users have already upgraded to Windows 10.
However, according to with the new elements NetMarketShare for October - November, this is not the case, as the market share of Windows 7 decreased slightly last month.
What is even worse for Microsoft is that Windows 10 declined slightly at a time that was supposed to benefit from Windows 7 support.
More specifically, Windows 10 remains the number one desktop operating system, but its usage dropped from 54,30% to 53,81%. Windows 7 was still second in choice, and the drop in adoption rate appears to be much more slow than Microsoft expected. Windows 7's market share fell from 26,94% in October to 26,90% in November.
Operating systems for non-Windows desktops are far behind the charts. MacOS 10.14 is the first non-Windows platform in November with 4.62% market share. Immediately afterwards follows macOS 10.15 with 3.11% ..
Linux is at 1,16%, according to the same source.
The transition from Windows 7 will take much longer than Microsoft predicted, and that's because more than 1 in 4 PCs are running the 2009 operating system. Home users may decide to switch, but the businesses using Windows 7 face more problems, such as incompatibilities in the hardware but also in the specialized software they use.
Dell recently revealed that Intel chip delays may affect Windows 7 to Windows 10 upgrades, forcing some companies to upgrade on the new OS later in 2020.
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Since I have worked on both windows I think 7 is the best and should not be removed
I SHOP WIN 10 WITH A NEW PC BUT MAY NOT COMPATIBLE WITH MUCH EXISTING MACHINES LIKE PLOTER, PRINTERS AND MULTIPLE SOFTWARE