IiWindows kunye nenguqulelo yayo yamva nje, Windows 10, qhubeka nokukhokela amaqonga okusetyenziswa kweSteam. Kwinqanaba lehlabathi kwaye ngokophando lwamva nje olwenziwe ngumdlalo wevidiyo kunye neqonga lokuzonwabisa ngokwalo, IWindows 7 iyaqhubeka nokuhlala kwindawo yokuqala, ilandelwe ngu Windows 10 oko kuphucula kakhulu indawo yayo xa kuthelekiswa neenyanga ezidlulileyo nezilandelelanayo, kodwa ngesiphumo esibi kakhulu, iWindows 8/8.1.
Kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo izinga lokusetyenziswa kwazo zombini iinkqubo zokusebenza, Windows 7 kunye Windows 10, sele isondele kakhulu kwaye ibotshelelwe, kodwa njengoko ukuvela kwamathala eencwadi kunye nabaqhubi kubonakala kubonisa, Ukunyuselwa kwiDirectX 12 kubonakala ngathi yeyona nto ithatha isigqibo oko kuya kunika inzuzo eqinisekileyo kwinkqubo entsha yeMicrosoft ngaphezu kokunye.
Con ukwanda kokusetyenziswa kwale nkqubo nge-17,43%, Windows 10 idibanisa inyanga nenyanga njengeyona ndlela ikhethiweyo yokusebenzisa imidlalo yevidiyo. Izinto ezikhethwa ngabasebenzisi zicacile, kwaye nangona Windows 7 iyaqhubeka nokuhlala kwindawo yokuqala, kubonakala ngathi ngokuthe ngcembe inikezela umhlaba wayo kutsha nje Windows 10.
Ezinye iinkqubo zokusebenza ngaphandle kwenkxaso okanye ukusetyenziswa okukhulu kwezixhobo zibonakala zihlelelekile, njengoko kunjalo IWindows XP kunye neWindows Vista, ireyithi yokusetyenziswa kwayo ishiyeka. Ngaphaya koko, ezi nkqubo azinankxaso yabaqhubi bamva nje abayimfuneko ukuze baqhube eyona midlalo yangoku, ngoko ukusebenza kwabo akunakuze kube yeyona nto ilungileyo njengaleyo inikezelwa kwiinkqubo zanamhlanje.
Olunye ulwazi olutyhilwe luphando olupapashwe nguSteam rhoqo ngenyanga lilonke inani labasebenzisi. Ukuba songeza iziphumo ezifunyenwe yi-32 kunye ne-64-bit iinguqulelo ngokulandelelanayo Windows 10, ziya kuthi kunye zigqithise zonke izinto ezahlukeneyo ezikhoyo Windows 7. Kwinqaku elilungileyo leMicrosoft, Windows 10 kubonakala ngathi sele ikhona kwikhompyuter ye-41,48% yabasebenzisi, kwaye kubonakala kungaqhelekanga ukuba esi sabelo siya kuncipha kwiinyanga ezizayo.