Analyst: Win10 installed capacity will reach 100 million at the end of September

Computer store news: Win10 global market share has reached 7% in the first week of September, an increase of 1.5 percentage points in a week. However, there is still a certain distance from the goal of 1 billion installed capacity in 2017. However, analysts expect Windows 10 to continue to grow rapidly over the next few months, especially after Microsoft is about to complete an update push for Windows 7/8.1 licensed devices.

FBR investment bank analyst Daniel Ives gave a “overweight” rating on Microsoft stock, while investors said Windows 10 installed capacity is likely to reach 1 at the end of the month. Billion Taiwan, he also said that Microsoft is now moving in the right direction:

We believe that the strong momentum in the cloud field and the successful performance of Windows 10 have been led by Nadella in the next few years. The transition to the cloud strategy is fully prepared. We expect Windows 10 global installed capacity to exceed 100 million by the end of September. We believe that Windows 10's downloadable properties, free upgrade strategy and system enhancements will win the favor of developers, consumers and the enterprise market and form a virtuous circle. .

Ives' predictions are likely to become a reality, because Windows 10 installed capacity has now exceeded 75 million units. If the push work plan is going on, the forecast of 100 million installed units may be before the end of the month. achieve.

At present, Microsoft continues to push free upgrades for Win7/Win8.1 users, but because of compatibility issues, many PC upgrade pushes are relatively lagging behind. More devices will receive updates next, so the Win10 market share will continue to grow.