Although adoption of Windows 10 continues to make advances to consumers, it's not the case in businesses where upgrading to a new operating system is usually a more complex process, including endless applications compatibility testing and possible hardware upgrades.
A survey conducted by Spiceworks shows that enterprise adoption of Windows 10 is still progressing much slower than expected. Microsoft, while Windows 7 is still the preferred choice.
Specifically, Spiceworks reports that WindUws 7 is the top choice in business with a rate that reaches 69%, while Windows XP comes second with 14 percent. Windows 10 is in third place with 9 percent, followed by Windows 8 with 5 percent, Mac OS, Vista, and more, with 1 percent each.
In other words, Window XP has more users in the business market than Window 10, although 2001's launch started, and security updates and patches stopped running on 8 April 2014.
In terms of Windows OS penetration rate, the survey shows that 9% of enterprises still use a version Windows Vista (the penetration rate represents the percentage of companies that perform at least one new installation of an operating system).
In addition, 52% of businesses continue to run Window XP in at least one system, while Window 7 reaches 87 percent.
“As expected, Windows 7 still has the highest penetration rate among enterprises around the world with a figure reaching 87%, but in the near future it could lose quite a large share. As we approach two years since the release of Windows 10 (July 29, 2015), the data presented by Spiceworks show that 54% of enterprises worldwide have adopted Windows 10 in their network usage.”
Here to mention that his support Windows Vista is coming to an end on April 11, and that Windows XP has been out of support since 2014. So Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 are the only versions that businesses can use for more better safety.
