Analyst: WIN10 first anniversary update to boost PC sales

Microsoft has pushed Win10 's first anniversary last week to update the official version of the system, which brings a lot of feature updates, but unfortunately after July 29, the Win10 free upgrade has ended, which means that later Win7, Win8.1 upgrade Win10 need to pay, upgrade speed will slow down.

However, some analysts believe that WINDOWS10 is an important turning point in the PC market, PC equipment sales in the past few quarters has been a steady decline, IDC even predicted that the downward trend will continue to 2018 years. In the first year WIN10 free upgrade, Windows7, Windows 8.1 black color platform are in a hurry to upgrade to WINDOWS10, only a small number of users will buy new WIN10 system, including new equipment, think the new equipment is not too much necessary.

However, after the arrival of the first anniversary of the WIN10, the system maturity and stability are further improved, the function is more abundant, such as the latest support for touch screen features Windows ink inking, requires a stylus mate but can achieve more content. There are also Xbox play anywhere mailbox policies that users need to upgrade WIN10 hardware to fit new games, such as the latest graphics card.

The latest processors and hardware will only provide good support for WINDOWS10 systems thereafter. For example, the third quarter of the Intel seventh Daicouri processor ready to ship Kaby Lake, will only support WIN10 system, large PC OEMs, such as Lenovo, the product line will be fully migrated to the WIN10 system.

If Microsoft leaked time is credible, the Win7 Professional version of the PC device will be officially discontinued October 31 this year, the new equipment will be installed by default WIN10 system. Hewlett-Packard said it will stick to the bottom line, and will only launch WIN10 computer products, Lenovo is also changing. Dell compared to other manufacturers there are many Win7 models for sale, in new products are also moving to WIN10 equipment.

Analyst: WIN10 first anniversary update to boost PC sales