Microsoft: Windows 10 Installed on 500 Million Computers

Microsoft planned to bring Windows 10 on 1 billion computers by FY 2018, but the company recently admitted that it might miss this goal, though according to new statistics, adoption of the new operating system is still going strong.

Redmond revealed at Build 2017 today that Windows 10 is now running on 500 million computers, up from 400 million it confirmed last September. This means adoption has indeed slowed down a little, but the number of systems running Windows 10 is growing and the firm expects these figures to grow more in the coming months.

No other specifics were provided, but without a doubt, the company now expects Windows 10 to grow mostly thanks to enterprises, which are now completing the piloting phase of the operating system and expected to begin the transition across their networks by the end of the year.

Consumer and enterprises

Microsoft split the Windows 10 push into two different stages, with the first one aimed at consumers ...