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Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: Microsoft EVP Yusuf Mehdi said in a blog post last week that Windows powers over a billion active devices globally. This might sound like a healthy number, but according to ZDNET, the Microsoft annual report for 2022 said that more than 1.4 bi...

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Microsoft did not shout it on all roofs, but the reality is there#8239;: Windows continues to erode, gently, surely, inexorably. In a post on its blog, the company announced "more than a billion devices" on Windows. It may look huge, at last, it's huge, but two years ago, it proudly claimed 1.4 billion machines on Windows. The difference and #8239;? 400 million stolen PCs, replaced by smartphones, tablets, its systems under MAC, Linux, Chromeboo…

A publication shared by Microsoft in its official blog is being used as confirmation that Windows will have lost up to 400 million users since 2022 - the last time the company has shared operating numbers. According to the ZDNet website, in 2022 Microsoft claimed that Windows was used in about 1.4 billion devices but, in the latest blog release, Redmond's technology says that the operating system is used in “more than one million” of devices. Th…

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Has Windows really lost 400 million users in three years? Microsoft does not come back on the media package and simply corrects an equivocal phrase in a blog post. Reality would be the status quo.

According to Microsoft, the number of Windows computers has fallen by 400 million since 2022. According to Microsoft, the number of Windows computers users has decreased by 400 million since 2022. Image: sdaThe classic PC is losing importance: According to Microsoft, the number of Windows computers has fallen by 400 million since 2022.Steve Haak / t-onlineAn article byThe worldwide inventory of Windows PCs has declined massively over the past th…

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Tom's Hardware broke the news in on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
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