14 DAY TRIAL // Many claim Windows 10 was a product specifically developed to fix the annoyances in Windows 8 and this is why Microsoft brought back the Start menu and other features, but the number one rival of this new OS is actually Windows 7.
Right now, Windows 7 is the leading operating system on the desktop and pretty much the most successful version released by Microsoft on the PC, so when comparing the performance of Windows 10, everyone's referring to the one launched two generations ago.
Statistics provided by NetMarketShare and put together by Statista indicate that Windows 10 is already performing better than Windows 7, at least in the first two months on the market. If we look at Windows 8, the two can't even compare, as Windows 10 is far ahead and is very close to reaching the best market share of its predecessor in just a few months after launch.
Specifically, Windows 10 is at 6.6 percent after two months of availability, while Windows 7 was only at 5.8 percent after the same period of time following its launch. For comparison sake, Windows 8 reached a market share of 1.7 percent in two months.
Rapid growth for Windows 7
But as you can see for yourselves, Windows 7 actually had a slower debut, but things improved rapidly soon after that, so the operating system increased its market share continuously every single month.
Right now, Windows 7 is said to be powering nearly 50 percent of the world's PC, which is undoubtedly impressive for an operating system launched in 2009, and Windows 10's priority is to do the same thing in the shortest possible time.
This is actually one of the reasons why Microsoft's offering Windows 10 as a free upgrade to Windows 7 and 8.1 users, but only time will tell if the new OS can really crush its predecessors thanks to this offer.