Windows 10 in 270 million devices in July update Anniversary Update – wirtualnemedia.pl

The market success of Windows 10 spoke at the conference, Terry Myerson, executive vice president for Microsoft. Windows. He disclosed the statistics, according to which Windows 10, which premiered in July last year, is now installed on 270 million devices, including both desktops and mobile devices.

Myerson stressed that Windows 10 is the fastest installed system in the history of Microsoft. A month after the release of Windows 10 used by 75 million users, while at the beginning of January. the number of devices with Windows 10 has exceeded 200 million.

It should be remembered that by the time Windows 10 Microsoft assumed that within three years the system will be present in 1 billion computers around the world. On its rapid market adaptation is highly influenced by the fact that the system is available as a free update for users of Windows 7 and 8.1 (until 29 July., After the update you will have to pay), as well as Microsoft’s actions, which in an increasingly insistent manner urges users to switch to Windows 10.

During this year’s Build conference also announced the appearance in July. a major update of Windows 10 called Anniversary Update. For users it may be important to introduce biometric method of logging in applications and services and a new way to use is supported by Windows 10 stylus. In the latter case appears to include the ability to automatically assign handwritten notes corresponding to their application content, as well as draw your own routes on the maps.

Microsoft stressed the new tools that are designed for application developers. This should include the possibility of placing on the Windows Store Win32 application or use in Windows 10 with Basha – shell-known Linux. The latter solution is considered by experts to be important to the extent that for many years ecosystems Windows and Linux were the main rivals on the market for operating systems, and Microsoft itself repeatedly tried to prove the superiority of Windows over the family Linux platforms.

During the conference, Microsoft has devoted too much attention to his concept of universal application. With this solution, one program (e.g. game) can run on different platforms. In this part of the conference it appeared in the Polish accent, because to present the essence of universal application used in the game “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.”

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