nsane.forums Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 The latest hardware stats from Valve's Steam service show the percentage of its Windows 8 users are now close to overtaking Windows XP owners, while the Ubuntu version of Linux made tiny gains. Last month, Valve's monthly hardware survey of its Steam users for December 2012 showed that the percentage of its Windows 8 owners was just behind those who used Windows Vista. This week, Valve updated its hardware survey numbers for the month of January 2013, and as expected the results showed Windows 8 overtaking Windows Vista, while also getting closer to Windows XP's numbers.The stats on the hardware survey page shows that the percentage of Windows 8 owners (combining 32-bit and 64-bit SKUs) is now at 8.76 percent, well above the 6.93 percent of Windows 8 users that Steam recorded in December 2012. Windows Vista users of Steam in January (again combining 32-bit and 64-bit) totaled a mere 6.02 percent. Only 0.72 percent of Steam users are using the 32-bit version of Windows 8, compared to 8.04 percent of Windows 8 64-bit users.Windows 7 users of Steam represent 69.73 percent of all Steam owners, down from 70.47 percent from the month before. Windows XP is still being used by 10.05 percent of Steam owners. and if the growth of Windows 8 continues on Steam it should be close to, or overtake, Windows XP next month.The combined number of Mac Steam owners is currently at 3.56 percent. After making its debut on the Steam hardware survey in December, the total number of Ubuntu users on Steam in January stands at just 1.12 percent.View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2ms Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I can't believe there is so many people still using Vista.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buli Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Still sticky to vista x64 ultimate box :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPECTRUM Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I can't believe there is so many people still using Vista..is normal, because have better GUI than Windows 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2ms Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I can't believe there is so many people still using Vista..is normal, because have better GUI than Windows 8.You do know there is a Windows 7 that came after Vista, right?edit: fixed typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I can't believe there is so many people still using Vista..is normal, because have better GUI than Windows 8.Vista was released 5 years before Windows 8 was born - so, obviously more people would be using it. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanedown58 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Looks good. But then again, Steam is just gaming and not everyday usage.... Its good to see progress in Windows 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPECTRUM Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I can't believe there is so many people still using Vista..is normal, because have better GUI than Windows 8. You do know there is a Windows 7 that came after Vista, right?edit: fixed typo yes, but normal people (legal users) still stay with Vista because they don't have money to buy a new license for Windows 7 or a new computer with Windows 8.or just don't have needs to upgrade because their computer work fine already with Vista or XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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