Windows 8 may have 100 million licenses in the wild, but install base sits at an estimated 59 million

Out of the 100 million Windows 8 licenses, just 59 million estimated have it installed.

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Published May 12, 2013 12:35 AM CDT
Updated Jul 27, 2022 4:39 AM CDT

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Microsoft may have sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8, but this doesn't mean that those licenses are all installed onto consumers' PCs. ComputerWorld talked with Patrick Moorhead, a principal analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, who estimates that the actual number of Windows 8 devices being used is closer to 59 million.

Windows 8 may have 100 million licenses in the wild, but install base sits at an estimated 59 million | TweakTown.com

This is according to the most recent data from Net Applications shows that Windows 8 is being used on around 4.2% of all Windows PCs. There are over 70 million PCs in the wild still running Windows Vista, which is a number that needs to change.

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