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Gartner: No help for the PC biz from Windows 10

Windows 10 won't help the struggling PC business out of its multi-year slump in 2015, according to Gartner.
Microsoft is just days away from wrapping up Windows 10

Microsoft is poised to wrap up work on Windows 10 this week in preparation for distributing the operating system to device makers.
With Windows 10 imminent, Windows 8.1 sales demise clock to start tickin'

The impending debut of Windows 10 will start the clock ticking toward a deadline in 2016 when Microsoft will stop selling Windows 8.1.
Windows 8 growth spurt: Better late than never

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 now power more personal computers than Windows XP.
Don't blame free Windows 10 for PC business ills

PC shipments will continue to contract during 2015, but it won't be the fault of the Windows 10 free upgrade, research firm IDC said today.
Forecast update: 410m PCs on Windows 10 in 18 months

More than three-fourths of all PCs running Windows 8 or 8.1 will migrate to Windows 10 in the first 18 months of the latter's lifecycle

When Microsoft says it will get 'creative' on Windows revenue, it may mean 'subscriptions'

After Microsoft's COO said the company was going to change the Windows business model, analysts tried to figure out what he meant.
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Windows 8's uptake climbs but still trails Vista's

Windows 8 moved into a forward gear last month for the first time since May, but the OS trailed Windows Vista's tempo of six years ...