Ukusukela oko kwasungulwa Windows 10, qho ngenyanga inguqulelo yamva nje yeWindows ifumana isabelo sentengiso, nangona ezinye iinyanga, ukwanda kuye kwaphantse kwaphela, kodwa akukho xesha likhe labona ukuba isabelo sentengiso siyancipha. Abafana kwiNetMarkShare babelana ngamanani okusetyenziswa kweenkqubo zokusebenza eziphambili inyanga nenyanga kwaye apho kwinyanga yeshumi elinanye zilandelelana Windows 7 isengukumkani, nangona ngalo lonke ixesha inciphisa isabelo sayo sentengiso, nangona kunjalo ngesantya esisezantsi kunokuba bekulindelwe nguMicrosoft.
Ngokwedatha yamva nje, iWindows 7 inesabelo sentengiso esingama-47,2%, silandelwa ngu Windows 10 ngesabelo sama-25,3% (enye kwiikhompyuter ezine). Kwindawo yesithathu siyaqhubeka nokufumana iWindows XP, ekungekho ndlela yokwenza ukuba inyamalale kwiimarike ngaphandle kwemizamo ephindaphindiweyo kaMicrosoft yokuyishiya ngaphandle kwenkxaso engaphezulu konyaka. Kodwa ukusebenza kwayo ngokukuko kwizixhobo ezindala kunye nenkcitho eya kuthi ibandakanye ngaphezulu kwayo yonke into ukuze abalawuli batshintshe zonke izixhobo ezizisebenzisayo, babanyanzela ukuba baqeshe inkxaso eyongezelelweyo enikwa ezi nkampani.
Kwindawo yesine sifumana iWindows 8.1 enesabelo esi-6,9%, silandelwa yi-macOS 10.12 ene-2,75%. Nge-2,27% sifumana iLinux, ekubonakala ukuba ifumene isabelo kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo. Okwangoku iMicrosoft ijolise kuhlaziyo olukhulu olulandelayo Windows 10, Uhlaziyo loMdali, uhlaziyo oluya kusinika inani elikhulu leendaba kwaye iMicrosoft ifuna ukugqiba ukukholisa bonke abo basebenzisi ababona ukuba Windows 7 kuphela kwenkqubo yokusebenza yeekhompyuter zabo.
Ukuzama ukutyhala kancinci ukuba batshintshe, UMicrosoft ubhengeze iiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ukuba Windows 7 ibingakhuselekanga Windows 10, isibhengezo esingenangqondo esibonakala ngathi sivela esikolweni, kuba Windows 7 iyaqhubeka inenkxaso esemthethweni ke ukuba isengozini inkampani inokuzisombulula ezi ngxaki zokhuseleko ngaphandle kwengxaki.