A little more than a year after Windows 8.1 was made available, the update to Microsoft’s PC operating system is finally seeing some progress.

The market share of PCs that run Windows 8.1 jumped to 10.9 percent in October, up from 6.7 percent in September, according to Net Applications.

Customers, however, have been more keen to hang on to their existing version of Windows. Windows 7 had the largest share with 53.1 percent, followed by Windows XP at 17.2 percent.

Read more at http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-8-1-picks-up-steam-as-consumers-adopt-new-os/