Majority of Windows 10 upgrades will be from Windows 7

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://bit.ly/16Db7GR'><img alt="Majority of Windows 10 upgrades will be from Windows 7" src="http://ift.tt/1p4ugqQ"/><br/><br /><p>Windows XP continues to stand strong in second place among all desktop operating systems just months before the next version of Windows gets released this summer.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>Data released by Net Market Share for March 2015 shows that <a href="http://ift.tt/1g2HW18">Windows 7</a> dominates the OS landscape with a 58.04% share of the market as most of those leaving the out-of-date Windows XP have simply moved over to 7.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>XP users account for 16.74% of the market, down from 19.15% in February, yet <a href="http://ift.tt/14ad0ox">Windows 8.1</a>, the newest version currently available, lags behind in third place with 10.55%. <a href="http://ift.tt/1nVIrJK">Mac OS X 10.10</a>, meanwhile, holds a 3.96% share whereas <a href="http://ift.tt/NQk3cO">Windows 8</a> maintains a 3.52% chunk of the OS market.</p><br /><br/><br /><h3>No free upgrade for XP</h3><br /><br/><br /><p><a href="http://ift.tt/1ejm3we">Microsoft killed support for XP in April</a> last year and it's feasible that many of those still using it are simply waiting for <a href="http://ift.tt/YRXM92">Windows 10</a> to come along before they choose to upgrade. XP users are not part of the group that can upgrade to Windows 10 for free, and users will need to either install a copy of Windows 8.1 to access the free upgrade or buy a whole new machine.</p><br /><br/><br /><p>Windows 10 is currently available in technical preview and showed up on the Net Applications radar with a tiny 0.09% of the global share, a number that is expected to increase dramatically come its release this summer.</p><br /><br/><br /><ul><br /><li style='list-style: none'><br/> </li><br /><li>Check out our <a href="http://ift.tt/YRXM92">hands-on review of Windows 10</a> </li><br /><li style='list-style: none'><br/> </li><br /></ul><br /><br/><br /><img border="0" height="1" src="http://ift.tt/1GkILPg" width="1"/><br clear='all'/><br /><br/><br /><img alt="" height="1" src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techradar/allnews/~4/kMDmaQTqE24" width="1"/><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />from http://bit.ly/1DB3pu9<br/></div>

Majority of Windows 10 upgrades will be from Windows 7

Windows XP continues to stand strong in second place among all desktop operating systems just months before the next version of Windows gets...

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