Microsoft Windows 10 Runs on 200 Million Devices in 6 Months
- Faster growth trajectory than any prior version of Windows
- Brings Microsoft closer to goal of 1 billion devices in 2018
A visitor tries out Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 10 operating system on a tablet device during an event in Tokyo.
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Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows 10 operating system is running on more than 200 million devices, putting the software on course for the fastest growth trajectory of any previous version as the company faces increasing competition with Apple Inc. and Google Inc.
The software upgrade, which was released in July 2015, is outpacing Windows 8 by almost 400 percent, according to a post on the Windows blog by Corporate Vice President of Windows and Devices Group Yusuf Mehdi. This inches the company closer to its goal of having 1 billion devices running Windows 10 in 2018.