More than 14 million devices installed during the first 24 hours of its launch the latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 10, reported the technology company based in Seattle (USA).
Yusuf Mehdi, a vice president of Windows, said in the company blog that is an “unprecedented demand”.
The launch of the last update Microsoft program star is being made in stages.
The first to have agreed to the new version are the people who have registered for the Windows Insider plan and “reserved” a copy ago several weeks.
The new operating system is free to users who have installed versions of Windows 7 and 8.1.
The update has received mostly positive reviews from experts in technology newspapers like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, which said that the new features in Windows 10 make “worth” the upgrade.
Microsoft seeks with this latest update to remain relevant in the world mobile devices controlled by Apple and Google.
The technology company offered the update for free in order to achieve 1,000 million users of Windows 10 over the next two years.
Among its new features is the new browser Edge, as well as the desktop version of Cortana, the wizard equivalent of Google Now and Siri, Apple’s voice.
Windows 10 reintroduces the Start menu (Start ) through which users can access the applications and functions they use and who had disappeared in the previous update, the unpopular Windows 8 operating system.
Windows 10 also offers the option of reorganizing and resize icons.
It also offers users the option to access their devices using facial recognition, iris or fingerprint, thereby avoiding having to enter passwords.
Microsoft said in April it expects to enter about 15,000 million dollars this year from the sale of Windows.
The company collects fees from computer manufacturers who install Windows on their new devices and also you earn revenue by selling its software to large companies and organizations.
According to the data released in April, revenue from the sale of Windows to consumers usually around a third of total income Company, representing 4,000 to 5,000 million, between 4% and 5% of total company revenue in the twelve months ended June 30.
Source: EFE / MG
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