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Gizmodo: Reality Check [Image Cache]
D' Technology Weblog: Windows 7 market share greater than Snow Leopard and Linux
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP: As Of October 2009 Windows XP Still At 70%
| RT @kirpaul: Any1 else find it amusin tht despite all de ads nd fanboys, Win7 beat Snow Leopard in 2 wks? MSvMAC=95v5%? http://bit.ly/3Jg7YZ 13 days ago |
| Anyone else find it amusing that despite all the ads and fanboys, Win 7 beat Snow Leopard in 2 wks? MS v MAC = 95 v 5%? http://bit.ly/3Jg7YZ 13 days ago |
| October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux according to ArsTechnica http://tinyurl.com/ylrgegl 14 days ago |
Reality Check [Image Cache]
Gizmodo —
... in just a week, almost everyone still runs XP, and Vista, which didn't even crack 1/3rd of its predecessor's install base, it doomed to be forgotten. This is the world we live in. [Ars] ...
Windows 7 market share greater than Snow Leopard and Linux
D' Technology Weblog —
Windows 7 arrived just two weeks ago and so far it's selling quite sell. With Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard arrived less than three months ago, and Ubuntu 9.10 arriving last week. It seems to be a good time to start watching market share for operating systems. At this point in time, Windows continues to dominate with more than 90% of market share, Mac OS is above 5% mark, and Linux is just under 1%. In October, Windows was the only operating system not to show positive growth. ...
As Of October 2009 Windows XP Still At 70%
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... Windows XP use pegged at 70.48%.
So why do people continue to love their Windows XP?
Simple. It works!
Don’t get me wrong. I am really enjoying Windows 7. But in all honesty it doesn’t really do anything any better than XP did. Or does it?
What do you think? If you are running Windows 7 and have previously been an XP user, what do you like or dislike about the new OS. What about those using Vista compared to XP?
Comments welcome.
Source.
Linkpost | 11.7.2009
TechBlog —
... - Reportedly with a smaller body and display, and using a hybrid chip from Qualcomm that would work on all networks. • October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux - Based on Net Applications numbers, Windows 7 is already ahead of Snow Leopard and Linux after just two weeks of sales. • ...
Windows 7 already bigger than Snow Leopard and Linux combined
Download Squad —
Filed under: OS Updates, MicrosoftIt's only been a couple of weeks since Windows 7 was released, but Microsoft's new OS has already captured a larger percentage of the market than Apple's OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Linux (yes, all of Linux). This doesn't come as a huge surprise, considering how many Windows users were clamoring for Win7 after the flop that is Vista. Microsoft says Windows 7's launch outdid Vista's by 234%. Those brisk sales have already netted Windows a 2% share of the world's OS business, compared to just over 1% for Snow Leopard, and just under 1% for Linux. Despite the strong sales of Win7, Windows as a whole dropped a quarter of a percentage point in October, with Mac and Linux both making small gains. ...
