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A month after Microsoft rolled out Windows 10, the company claims that the new OS is now running on 75 million devices in 192 countries. Earlier, just after the launch of the operating system on July 29, the tech giant revealed that Windows 10 reached 14 million devices in the first 24 hours.

Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Marketing for Windows and Devices, shared a series of tweets with interesting facts on Windows 10. The tweets say that Windows 10 is running in practically every country on the planet. He further provides inputs that Microsoft is doing very well in upgrading older machines to Windows 10 as devices manufactured in 2007 are also being upgraded. He also specified that 90,000 unique tablet or PC models are running the latest OS by Microsoft.

Market analysts opined that the free upgrades probably account for this huge success. As reported by Bloomberg Business , FBR Capital Markets Analyst Daniel Ives expressed through an email that, the adoption of Windows 10 is moving ahead of expectations. Ives had anticipated that, by the end of August, 50 million devices would be running on Windows 10.

The launch of Windows 10 is a key to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella efforts for a company turnaround, which aims to reach out to a billion devices. It is intended to work on PCs, tablets, smartphones and gaming consoles. Mehdi’s tweets also mentioned the success of Cortana on Windows 10 PCs and Xbox. He enumerated that more than 122 years of gameplay have been streamed from Xbox to Windows 10 devices.

Considering the performance of the immediate predecessors of Windows 10, Microsoft is performing well. Windows 8 reached out to less than 15 million devices in its first month and Windows 7 sold 90 million units in eight months after the launch. Windows 10 is available free for upgrade for licensed Windows 7 and 8 users. Microsoft is expected to be launching its latest version of Office on Sep. 22.

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