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Some would say believable slow, but that depends on who is doing the talking. Fact remains that Windows 10 adoption in China is yet to take off in its fourth month on the market.

Then again, it is up for debate whether China is the immediate focus for Microsoft right now.

It may well be in the future, given the huge number of computers that are powered by various versions of Windows in the country.

And while Windows 10 has put up a good show in several markets — gaining ground at a decently fast pace across the globe — things have slowed down in the past month or so. Data provided by StatCounter reveals that Windows 10 is unlikely to overtake previous versions of the OS any time soon.

It is only the fourth most used operating system with 4.33% to its name.

However, Microsoft’s latest is still is more popular than OS X and its 2.13% share and the original Windows 8 with 2%. Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows 8.1 have posted figures of 53.6%, 29.87% and 5.3% respectively.

The worrying thing here is that Windows 10 had a 3.18% share in August, measured by the same source, and this has only grown 1.15% in these three odd months.

Contrast this to a market like Denmark, where Windows 10 has already soared to the highs of a 20% market share at a very fast clip.

The two markets could not be more different, yes. And there is also the case of software piracy in China, and some say that the fact that it is not as easy to pirate as previous version of the operating system, may be one of the reasons why Windows 10 is yet to really take off.

A lot of this also depends on whether the various government departments in China migrate to this latest version of Windows, which in turn will drive adoption.

For the time being, though, users in the country seem happy with Windows 7 and Windows XP.