nsane.forums Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 New data from Net Applications claims that Windows 8 is now running on a total of 1.09 percent of the world's PCs just over a month after its official launch, with Windows 7 still in first place. We have already reported on the numbers from StatCounter which claim that Windows 8 is currently running on 1.44 percent of all PCs worldwide, a month after its launch. Now Net Applications has just released its own PC operating systems stats for the month of November, and they are pretty much in line with what StatCounter has recorded. Net Applications' graph shows Windows 8 is now being run on a total of 1.09 percent of all PCs worldwide. There's also a line item on the list called "Windows 8 Touch", which the firm says has a 0.02 percent market share. It's possible that this listing is actually Windows RT, rather than Windows 8. We have emailed Net Applications for a clarification on this matter. Net Applications previously recorded Windows 8 was in use by 0.41 percent of PC users in October, and by 0.33 percent in September. Not surprisingly, Windows 7 is the number one PC OS on Net Applications' list in November. The actual percentage of its market share is 44.71 percent, up slightly from the 44.69 percent share Windows 7 had in October. Windows XP continues its pretty steep downward spiral on the list. It is still at number two but Net Applications shows it has a 39.82 percent market share, compared to 40.66 percent in October. Windows Vista is still a distant third with 5.70 percent, compared to 5.80 percent in October. Mac OS 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 were next on the list at 2.19, 2.18 and 2.14 percent, respectively. Linux is just ahead of Windows 8 at 1.25 percent. It's likely that Windows 8 will jump ahead of Linux on Net Applications' PC OS list later in December. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Hmm, wow, I was unaware that Apple had such a low percent. I can tell you that American universities have a much higher usage of apple products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 1, 2012 Administrator Share Posted December 1, 2012 Hmm, wow, I was unaware that Apple had such a low percent. I can tell you that American universities have a much higher usage of apple products. True. As per Net Applications (and pretty much Statcounter too), the Worldwide MacOS marketshare average is about 7%. Whereas, in USA, the average is about 15-16%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASIO Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 ultimate winner is :win: windows 8 :footinmouth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I still dont get the ambivalence to upgrade to W7. Its super stable, has several features that are huge improvements to XP. While I loved XP, I could not find many strong reasons to stick with XP after W7 came out. Not upgrading to W8, I can understand. W7, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ande Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Windows 8 is forcing users to come out their comfort zone and to try something new, not necessarily good, but certainly different.For power users (CLI users) nothing actually changed, except improvement in power and memory usage and performance boost,which is quite useful for Notebook users.With Windows 8.1 you can easily ignore Metro and fully function on Desktop environment.You can always choose to stay with Windows 7 or XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Orus Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 windows 7 and more used by windows 8. :P I tried windows 8 thinking to its use in the workplace and find the new UI just a disaster. No big company will install win8 on its fleet, not so much for the system requirements (like win7) but to avoid the mess that a UI so upset cause learning time. The new UI meters plus is fine on a tablet with touch screen 10 ", but on a monitor 24" professional monitor is just laugh. All improvements "under the deck" will unfortunately overshadowed by a GUI designed for tablet and inserted by force into the operating system for your computer. I think that this version of windows is not designed for the working environment and as such will be ignored as much as it was win Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoneye Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 conclusion , waiting for next windows (eg windows 9) will be a smart move.anyway , in all microsoft OS legacy , its better to install new one at least 1 year after it release and avoid eating all the compatibility dog shit :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paft Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Just use a 3rd party Start menu that avoids the touch UI. Sorted.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 so much for the '8xx something licenses sold every minute' statement :uhoh: windows 7 is the new xp and well, you just can't argue with those numbers had this review been made by microcrap itself, it would've been "99% of the planet is using Windows 8, why aren't you?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdrop Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I see all this bullshit about Windows 8, and I just can't believe, people are talking nonsense. Yes, Windows 8 has mistakes, but when you see how much new things this Windows brought... People say Windows 8 is not for bussiness, but main improvement in on that aspect, Windows To Go, DirectAccess, BranchChache, NFS and so on, these are the thing many offices and many employee need. Also refreshed WinAPI and new MetroAPI need some work and is reason so manny apps falied to work or perform badly on Windows 8. With so many built in apps, like PDF reader, ISO Mounting, Anti-Virus protection you don't need to rely on 3rd party apps, you can ofc. - but don't need to. With so many changes there must be mistakes, and if Windows 8 needs to fail so that Windows 8 SP1 or Windows 9 can rise then OK. I compare it with Windows Vista. Vista was a big step for Microsoft - not Windows 7, all new ideas were incorporated in Vista and Windows 7 is just improved version of Windows Vista, nothing more. I agree with ande. While Windows 8 has its faults, the improvements made are much needed. Really not as bad as what people are making it out to be... Just needs a bit of getting used to and/or tweaking settings to fit your preferences. Took me a week to get back up to speed (fresh install though). On a side note: Charms bar is a terrible idea. Half the buttons don't work on a desktop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I think we should all forget about W8. Just ignore it and it will go away :) We don't need it, 7 works fine. NEXT.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 On a side note: Charms bar is a terrible idea. Half the buttons don't work on a desktop!It can be deactivated - I've done it. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 conclusion , waiting for next windows (eg windows 9) will be a smart move. anyway , in all microsoft OS legacy , its better to install new one at least 1 year after it release and avoid eating all the compatibility dog shit :D That's one of the good things about Win 8 though. You won't have any real compatibility issues with either programs or even drivers in most cases. Anything that runs on Win7 will almost always run on Win8. So there :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 All improvements "under the deck" will unfortunately overshadowed by a GUI designed for tablet and inserted by force into the operating system for your computer.The Windows 8 GUI can be disabled partly or even completely. :) I've configured it to such a fine detail that normal Users of Windows 7 just cannot make out that my OS is Windows 8 and not Windows 7. Mine looks like a Windows 7 racing on steroids. :rockon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marke68 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Shock horror another thread about how bad win8 is.Tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 On a side note: Charms bar is a terrible idea. Half the buttons don't work on a desktop!It can be deactivated - I've done it. ;)On second thoughts, hot-linking the Charms Bar to the left-hand-side-top corner (instead of the right-hand-side) would've been a much better idea, by Microsoft (additionally with an option to switch it off completely.) :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoneye Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 conclusion , waiting for next windows (eg windows 9) will be a smart move. anyway , in all microsoft OS legacy , its better to install new one at least 1 year after it release and avoid eating all the compatibility dog shit :D That's one of the good things about Win 8 though. You won't have any real compatibility issues with either programs or even drivers in most cases. Anything that runs on Win7 will almost always run on Win8. So there :D the driver part is not correct , u need win 8 vga , chipset , printer etc` drivers and i am talking from self experience , also i read around some games reported not working on windows 8 (that for the games lovers). also the stability ... no point to write more about it , its clear to all :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Using the same old drivers here, that I had while running Windows 7 (including the BIOS) which I just recently upgraded. 8) I'm not seeing new laptops ship with Windows 7, anymore - now, that might well result in enhancing the sales for Windows 8. The compatibility issue has taken a U turn - now, drivers are being readily available for Windows 8 - but, not for some latest systems on Windows 7. :lol: Don't believe me - check this post. :thumbsdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 One year from now, and it'll still be at 1%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 2, 2012 Administrator Share Posted December 2, 2012 I've configured it to such a fine detail that normal Users of Windows 7 just cannot make out that my OS is Windows 8 and not Windows 7. Mine looks like a Windows 7 racing on steroids. :rockon: Same here. :) Shock horror another thread about how bad win8 is. Tedious. I thought this is good news for Windows 8? :mellow: On a side note: Charms bar is a terrible idea. Half the buttons don't work on a desktop!It can be deactivated - I've done it. ;)On second thoughts, hot-linking the Charms Bar to the left-hand-side-top corner (instead of the right-hand-side) would've been a much better idea, by Microsoft (additionally with an option to switch it off completely.) :think: Hot-right-top corner always came in middle whenever I tried closing a window. Since then, I've disabled all the hot corners except low right one (in-case I ever need the Settings menu from it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Windows 7 Is Still the Number 1 OS as Windows 8 Slowly Takes Off Microsoft claims it has already sold 40 million Windows 8 units in just one month, but the new operating system is yet to take off on the OS market. Statistics released by Net Applications today demonstrate that Windows 7 remained the top operating system in November, as it registered a market share of 44.71 percent. This is actually a slight decrease over October data, as Windows 7 previously had a share of 44.69 percent. Windows XP, on the other hand, Microsoft’s biggest headache at this point, had a market share of 39.82 percent last month, but it remained the second choice for all computer users. Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest product in the OS war, had a market share of 1.09 percent, while the touch-capable Windows RT registered a surprisingly low 0.02 percent share. :view: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chlorophyll Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 few months back when win8 not yet released i wrote here in da forum that win8 wil be sure a DUD N DUMB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mara- Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Not a surprise. And, this is actually increase over October, not decrease. :huh: Last time I checked, 44.71>44.69.Cheers ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 2, 2012 Administrator Share Posted December 2, 2012 Threads merged, for them being basically based on same Net Application report. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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