The activation rate is expected to have increased again over the Christmas holidays, because in many cases, new hardware was under the tree. When new PCs and laptops, the number of Windows is Windows 10 now become standard, but also the Surface Pro Tablet 4 and the new Lumia models are very popular and increase 10 installations continue. Exact figures, there are not, but market observers speak of an increase in installations in December.
Microsoft's goal is to have cracked within three years after its market launch, the mark of 1 billion installations. At present, the activation rate is about 40 million units per month or 480 million activations per year. If Microsoft maintains this rate, you would have reached the target in just over 2 years. However, the first batch of changes is through free and future business is expected to be held primarily by new equipment up and running.Whether you can then retain the number of 40 million activations per month, is rather questionable.