Mainly because - There's so much existing software for Windows on x86 computers that it may not be feasible to migrate to MacOS or Linux. - Windows does impro

Mainly because - There's so much existing software for Windows on x86 computers that it may not be feasible to migrate to MacOS or Linux. - Windows does improve sometimes, and security updates are important. There's nothing forcing anyone to stop using Windows, like if it were abandoned. But just because it hasn't happened so far doesn't mean it won't. MacOS market share has risen. Windows used to have 85% market share, but now it's 53%, and MacOS accounts for 31% of US desktop systems.[0] Perhaps that's just because the desktop market shrank, though. Maybe in the future, 64-bit ARM Macs will be the standard workstation like Windows PCs, with a minority running Linux on their Macs instead. I don't like that future, though; as much as Windows sucks, at least they don't try to limit user freedom to the extent Apple does. If Windows stopped being profitable to continue for Microsoft, I'd hope another company would rise up and sell their own operating system. [0]: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3695172/statcounter-data-confirms-apples-mac-renaissance.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3695172/statcounter-da... edit: It was 53% when the article was written. The statistics they link say it's now 64%.