One of every seven Windows PCs will be running Microsoft’s new Project Spartan browser within a year of the firm launching Windows 10 this summer, according to historical data from a Web metrics company.

The calculations by Computerworld, based on operating system and browser user share statistics from Net Applications, were conservative estimates that could be exceeded if users end up being more enthusiastic about Spartan than they have been about Internet Explorer (IE) in the past.

Microsoft hopes that that will be the case: One of the reasons why it will name Project Spartan — the code name for Windows 10’s default browser — something other than “Internet Explorer” is to distance the new browser from IE’s unfavorable reputation.

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