According to a report carried out by IT professional networking company, Spiceworks, 73% of North American and European companies are planning to upgrade to Windows 10 within the first two years of its launch.
The report states that from "over 500" IT professionals questioned, 35% intend to use Windows 10 within one year, 33% within one to two years, and 5% are planning to upgrade to Windows 10 on its actual day of release.
It is still unclear as to whether Microsoft's ‘free upgrade' service may be behind this strong and rather unusual corporate confidence in the new operating system, but it seems to be very good news for the company after some negative initial reactions over its announcement, whereby it was suggested that Microsoft may have announced it too early, being as some business had only just upgraded to Windows 8 or 8.1.
The research showed that laptops accounted for 85% of Windows 10 upgrades, but is that 83% per cent of businesses plan to place it on desktop machines.
50% of users intend to use Windows 10 on tablets, and 31% were interested in mobile phones for Windows 10; the latter demonstrates that Microsoft still have a long way to go to nail the mobile market.
64% of Windows 10 users are "most enticed" by the return of the Start button, and 55% are persuaded by the free upgrade from Windows 7 and 8, even if this is only for home use.
Windows 10 is released on 29 July 2015 – we will, of course keep you posted! Follow us on Twitter to keep up be the first to find out about all of the latest computer news @ACEComputerSup!
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