Windows by the numbers: Windows 10 continues to cannibalize Windows 7

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Windows 10 last month continued to shove its ancestor out into traffic so it can steal Windows 7's share.According to analytics vendor
Net Applications, Windows 10's share of all personal computers climbed 1.4 percentage points - the third straight month of a gain of more
than a point - and reached 52.4% in September
Windows 10's part of all Windows PCs, meanwhile, climbed to almost 61%, the first time the OS cracked the 60% mark.[ Related: Windows 7 to
Windows 10 migration guide ](The percentage of Windows PCs is larger than the percentage of all personal computers because Windows does not
power every PC
In September, Windows ran 86% of the world's machines
All but a tiny bit of the rest ran macOS, Linux or Chrome OS.)