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Windows 10 market share fell in September

Richard Plinston

> See, the absolute number can stay the same (or even increase) even if the percentage goes down.

Approximately 20 million new PCs are sold every month. Most of these will have Windows 10 pre-installed. A smaller number of old PCs, many with XP or even earlier, will die or be retired or replaced.

Thus the percentage of W10 should increase even if no one 'upgrades' an existing machine.

Whether people taking time off from work causes a decrease in W10 usage or an increase is entirely a matter of speculation, but W10 is likely to be found more often in homes than at work.

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