Recent security concerns make us think that everyone is rushing to get the latest operating system (OS) upgrade, but that’s hardly the case. That surprised us. Between Apple and Microsoft, we sometimes see new versions released as fast as every week or two, when security issues exist. There was a time when Mac owners rushed out and adopted the latest OS. By year’s end, StatCounter was reporting that worldwide, 26.42% of Mac users adopted the High Sierra (10.13) and 29.61% were back on the previous version, Sierra (10.12), with 20.64% on El Capitan (10.11). That tells us that 76.67% of the Macs in the world, according to StatCounter, have bought into an OS update since September 2015. But, that’s the whole wide world. How about North America? Here on Apple’s home turf, it’s actually a little less: 75.94% with quite a few less for High Sierra: 23.15%. Okay. That’s Mac. How about Windows 10? That was released a few weeks before macOS El Capitan, in 2015. Worldwide, by year’s end, 41.69% of Windows users made the jump to 10, with 41.89% still on Windows 7, which was initially released in 2009 and mainstream support for 7 stopped 3 years ago, last week. North Americans are keeping up with Windows 10 a little better than the rest of the world. Here on Microsoft HQ’s continent, 48.13% have move to version 10. So, what does all of this mean? The updates are free. Are some users lazy? Well, that’s not always the case. Though we’re not sure why some users choose not to upgrade, we know some people who feel a new OS could be buggy. And, yes, in the enterprise world, big corporations and government agencies do testing before they upgrade. In other cases, the end user’s hardware has some age and cannot be updated. Then, many inexpensive PCs do not ship with Windows 10. So, new computers ship with an old OS, which might not upgrade. (Sounds obscene, huh?) Then, there’s always the theft of intellectual property. There are places in the world which are not concerned about enforcing intellectual property laws, so computers are sold with a stolen OS. (Definitely obscene.) In those cases, if the user goes to update their operating system, the update cannot happen. You get what you pay for (or don’t pay for). Our advise? Be smart. Be safe. Keep your OS up to date: https://www.apple.com/macos/high-sierra/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/windows?invsrc=search&cl_vend=google&cl_ch=sem&cl_camp=907489892&cl_adg=50890631932&cl_crtv=214422983182&cl_kw=windows%2010&cl_pub=google.com&cl_place=&cl_dvt=c&cl_pos=1t2&cl_mt=e&cl_gtid=aud-341489308769:kwd-297131559738&cl_pltr=&cl_dim0=WmUCaAAABV40jKxB:20180121211312:s&OCID=AID620866_SEM_WmUCaAAABV40jKxB:20180121211312:s&s_kwcid=AL!4249!3!214422983182!e!!g!!windows%2010&ef_id=WmUCaAAABV40jKxB:20180121211312:s
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