nsane.forums Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 In 2001, Microsoft launched Windows XP, the latest version of its Windows operating system. The OS launched at a time when the PC was at its peak in terms of sales for both consumers and businesses and it didn't take long for the majority of PCs to have Windows XP running things inside. Microsoft took six years before it released its successor, Windows Vista. However Vista had lots of launch bugs and driver issues and as a result not as many people decided to take the plunge to upgrade. It took the release of Windows 7 to finally eat into Windows XP's market share. Now a new report claims that in July Windows XP hit a kind of milestone. According to a story at Techspot, the operating system's PC market share fell down to 49.94 percent. Yep, that means that Windows XP is no longer in the majority of all PCs that connect to the Internet ... barely. Recently Microsoft urged Windows XP owners to start thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 as official support for Windows XP will end in April 2014. The same story says that Windows 7 has 27.87 percent of the OS market and poor Windows Vista now has just 9.24 percent of the market. However even Windows Vista has more Internet users than Mac owners. The study put the Mac OS at 5.59 percent of Internet users. The ultra-techie Linux operating system now has .98 percent of the market while the "Other" category holds onto 5.77 percent. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienForce1 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 ... the operating system's PC market share fell down to 49.94 percent. Yep, that means that Windows XP is no longer in the majority of all PCs that connect to the Internet ... barely. The same story says that Windows 7 has 27.87 percent of the OS market and poor Windows Vista now has just 9.24 percent of the market. However even Windows Vista has more Internet users than Mac owners. The study put the Mac OS at 5.59 percent of Internet users. The ultra-techie Linux operating system now has .98 percent of the market while the "Other" category holds onto 5.77 percent.We can expect that , right ? Win.XP is still the most used OS . An explanation could be also min. system requirements - there are still users of computers with P2 , or P3 proc. and 128 - 256MB RAM . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grouchysmurf Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 WHAT!?!?G-give up m-my XP??????NEVER!I guess I am just gonna be a dinosaur :ph34r:To be honest, it took so long to get my OS to the point it is now,rock solid stable. I just do not relish the idea of having to startall over again with a new, buggy OS. I wish Microslut would just knock it off already.I still do not see the need for a new OS every year or two.And I am NOT gonna spend 400 bucks on one. I think they should payUS since it is the user community that does MOST of their debugging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 WHAT!?!?G-give up m-my XP??????NEVER!I guess I am just gonna be a dinosaur :ph34r:To be honest, it took so long to get my OS to the point it is now,rock solid stable. I just do not relish the idea of having to startall over again with a new, buggy OS. I wish Microslut would just knock it off already.I still do not see the need for a new OS every year or two.And I am NOT gonna spend 400 bucks on one. I think they should payUS since it is the user community that does MOST of their debugging.XP rocks! W7 is not bad, if you have little better hardware or have no skills as how to do basic computing.For the last couple of years I've neglected my own research and general further progressing, because been maintaining my noob friends PCs... and most of them- VISTA... or few braver ones- had Win7 installed for themTotally agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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