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Windows 8 marketshare 2.36 percent
Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/02/2013 09:30 AM | 125 comment(s) ]
Windows 7 is finally seeing a small decline in marketshare, the Next Web reports that Windows 8 now has a marketshare of 2.36 percent, up from 1.78 percent at the beginning of January 2013. The marketshare of Microsoft's new OS grew just 0.58 percent last month, an even smaller gain than the 0.66 percentage point growth seen in December.
As already mentioned, Windows 7 recently passed the 45 percent mark, but now it looks like it may have peaked. Mind you, it’s still early to tell, but it’s certainly telling that Windows 7 has lost share for the first time since its release (actually the first time since December 2008 when a beta leaked on BitTorrent). Windows Vista meanwhile slipped 0.43 percentage points (from 5.67 percent to 5.24 percent) and should thus fall under the 5 percent mark soon. Windows XP managed to jump the same amount, 0.43 percentage points (from 39.08 percent to 39.51 percent), although thankfully it didn’t gain back its losses from December (0.74 percentage).
Net Applications uses data captured from 160 million unique visitors each month. The service monitors some 40,000 Web sites for its clients. StatCounter is another popular service for watching market share moves; the company looks at 15 billion page views.
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#4516953 Posted on: 02/02/2013 11:30 AM
I wonder when will Gates return Microsoft. Hell even early Longhorn builts look better and more modern than win8.
I wonder when will Gates return Microsoft. Hell even early Longhorn builts look better and more modern than win8.
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#4516955 Posted on: 02/02/2013 11:33 AM
I find Windows 8 perfectly fine here and once I added Start8 then it feels no different in use than Windows 7 and it is certainly every bit as stable and fast. I've had no problems with drivers either. One thing I do not miss is the annoying Windows is running slow messages that I got with Windows 7 when exiting a game so I'm happy with the non-Aero Glass desktop myself.
I must admit that I use the Modern UI Start screen less and less but it is there if I want a quick go on Hydro Thunder Hurrican, Angry Birds Space or Jetpack Joyride.
I find Windows 8 perfectly fine here and once I added Start8 then it feels no different in use than Windows 7 and it is certainly every bit as stable and fast. I've had no problems with drivers either. One thing I do not miss is the annoying Windows is running slow messages that I got with Windows 7 when exiting a game so I'm happy with the non-Aero Glass desktop myself.
I must admit that I use the Modern UI Start screen less and less but it is there if I want a quick go on Hydro Thunder Hurrican, Angry Birds Space or Jetpack Joyride.
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#4516964 Posted on: 02/02/2013 12:10 PM
I didn't know Mac had such a small market share lol. They appear in every movie, commercial or whatever you can think of lol.
I didn't know Mac had such a small market share lol. They appear in every movie, commercial or whatever you can think of lol.
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#4516972 Posted on: 02/02/2013 12:23 PM
oem is the cause alltogether with pc sales
mothing else nothing more
its not w8 winning the race
its just pc vendors and micrisoft pushing the
change like always
i
oem is the cause alltogether with pc sales
mothing else nothing more
its not w8 winning the race
its just pc vendors and micrisoft pushing the
change like always
i
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#4516995 Posted on: 02/02/2013 12:58 PM
I didn't know Mac had such a small market share lol. They appear in every movie, commercial or whatever you can think of lol.
Product placement, they put a lot into it.
oem is the cause alltogether with pc sales
mothing else nothing more
its not w8 winning the race
its just pc vendors and micrisoft pushing the
change like always
i
Last I checked my version of W8 isn't OEM.
I didn't know Mac had such a small market share lol. They appear in every movie, commercial or whatever you can think of lol.
Product placement, they put a lot into it.
oem is the cause alltogether with pc sales
mothing else nothing more
its not w8 winning the race
its just pc vendors and micrisoft pushing the
change like always
i
Last I checked my version of W8 isn't OEM.
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#4517094 Posted on: 02/02/2013 03:51 PM
Product placement, they put a lot into it.
Last I checked my version of W8 isn't OEM.
Do you sell branded PCs? I do.
Go buy a PC with Windows 7, and share the experience with us.
Product placement, they put a lot into it.
Last I checked my version of W8 isn't OEM.
Do you sell branded PCs? I do.
Go buy a PC with Windows 7, and share the experience with us.
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#4517102 Posted on: 02/02/2013 04:06 PM
Windows 8 isn't bad at all.
I thought it sucked before even trying it out myself, now I upgraded for only 30 and it's not anything all those negative reviews make you believe.
You can use it just as windows 7, I mean 100% like windows 7.
Except there are nice shortcuts like windows + x or the new file explorer which is awesome in functionality.
The new start menu looks weird, but it has all the functionality of the old start menu (like just press start and start typing the programs name you want to open, and then enter), many reviews I read even said some of the functionality that is there, doesn't even exist... Did they even test the OS properly?
And it's also easy to launch programs with your mouse since the icons are huge.
I like it, and even if you don't just get rid of it.
Windows 8 isn't bad at all.
I thought it sucked before even trying it out myself, now I upgraded for only 30 and it's not anything all those negative reviews make you believe.
You can use it just as windows 7, I mean 100% like windows 7.
Except there are nice shortcuts like windows + x or the new file explorer which is awesome in functionality.
The new start menu looks weird, but it has all the functionality of the old start menu (like just press start and start typing the programs name you want to open, and then enter), many reviews I read even said some of the functionality that is there, doesn't even exist... Did they even test the OS properly?
And it's also easy to launch programs with your mouse since the icons are huge.
I like it, and even if you don't just get rid of it.
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#4517120 Posted on: 02/02/2013 04:35 PM
I have both Windows 7 and 8.
I don't think 8 sucks, I just think 7 and the classic Start Menu is simply better and more user friendly.
Windows 8's greatest flaw is that its Start interface takes you out of the desktop environment.
Not to mention that there was no valid reason whatsoever for the removal of the Start Menu as there existed no technical limitations at all that prevent it from being optional for those who wanted it.
Instead of giving people options microsoft limits them, and thats just not right.
I have both Windows 7 and 8.
I don't think 8 sucks, I just think 7 and the classic Start Menu is simply better and more user friendly.
Windows 8's greatest flaw is that its Start interface takes you out of the desktop environment.
Not to mention that there was no valid reason whatsoever for the removal of the Start Menu as there existed no technical limitations at all that prevent it from being optional for those who wanted it.
Instead of giving people options microsoft limits them, and thats just not right.
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#4517125 Posted on: 02/02/2013 04:42 PM
Do you sell branded PCs? I do.
Go buy a PC with Windows 7, and share the experience with us.
ROFL
so basically you are mad because you can't shove old OS down your customers throat?
Do you sell branded PCs? I do.
Go buy a PC with Windows 7, and share the experience with us.
ROFL
so basically you are mad because you can't shove old OS down your customers throat?
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#4517129 Posted on: 02/02/2013 04:49 PM
Do you sell branded PCs? I do.
Go buy a PC with Windows 7, and share the experience with us.
Crying because you can't ram your obvious bias and opinion down your customers throats?
Do you sell branded PCs? I do.
Go buy a PC with Windows 7, and share the experience with us.
Crying because you can't ram your obvious bias and opinion down your customers throats?
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#4517130 Posted on: 02/02/2013 04:53 PM
ROFL
so basically you are mad because you can't shove old OS down your customers throat?
I believe what he means is there are not longer any windows 7 pc's to sell and if there were any available most people would choose a windows 7 pc over anything that comes with windows 8 on it.
I work in retail and consumers despise windows 8 because of the metro garbage, they are always asking for windows 7 every day.
Windows 8 is a complete and utter failure with consumers, Ballmer should have been fired and then physically throw out of the offices of microsoft for forcing such an obvious abomination onto the masses without giving them a choice to use a windows 7 style start menu.
Microsoft and fanboys love to tout the "60 million" sales number to make a failed attempt at claiming windows 8 is a huge success but what they fail to mention these are mostly OEM sales and most of those are still sitting on the shelves collecting dust in the stores because consumers just don't like windows 8.
ROFL
so basically you are mad because you can't shove old OS down your customers throat?
I believe what he means is there are not longer any windows 7 pc's to sell and if there were any available most people would choose a windows 7 pc over anything that comes with windows 8 on it.
I work in retail and consumers despise windows 8 because of the metro garbage, they are always asking for windows 7 every day.
Windows 8 is a complete and utter failure with consumers, Ballmer should have been fired and then physically throw out of the offices of microsoft for forcing such an obvious abomination onto the masses without giving them a choice to use a windows 7 style start menu.
Microsoft and fanboys love to tout the "60 million" sales number to make a failed attempt at claiming windows 8 is a huge success but what they fail to mention these are mostly OEM sales and most of those are still sitting on the shelves collecting dust in the stores because consumers just don't like windows 8.
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#4517132 Posted on: 02/02/2013 04:55 PM
I find Windows 8 perfectly fine here snip
I must admit that I use the Modern UI Start screen less and less but it is there if I want a quick go on Hydro Thunder Hurrican, Angry Birds Space or Jetpack Joyride.
This explains a great deal. A casual user interested in simple things such as angry birds the internet won't likely find any issue with Windows 8 since that is what it is made for.
A person who has mulitple monitors like 3 - 1920x1080p using specialized vision surround drivers with relatively high end Nvidia GTX590, special devices like a Fat1lity Xfi sound card, Hauppage capture device, Makerbot replicator 2 3D printer emulating usb to port 3, etc and using countless of specialized 3D, 2D, and virtualization software programs and countless utilities who ACTUALLY does WORK on their computers think Windows 8 is pure ****.
I find Windows 8 perfectly fine here snip
I must admit that I use the Modern UI Start screen less and less but it is there if I want a quick go on Hydro Thunder Hurrican, Angry Birds Space or Jetpack Joyride.
This explains a great deal. A casual user interested in simple things such as angry birds the internet won't likely find any issue with Windows 8 since that is what it is made for.
A person who has mulitple monitors like 3 - 1920x1080p using specialized vision surround drivers with relatively high end Nvidia GTX590, special devices like a Fat1lity Xfi sound card, Hauppage capture device, Makerbot replicator 2 3D printer emulating usb to port 3, etc and using countless of specialized 3D, 2D, and virtualization software programs and countless utilities who ACTUALLY does WORK on their computers think Windows 8 is pure ****.
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#4517144 Posted on: 02/02/2013 05:10 PM
Thought about moving to Win 8 very long and hard.
Despite audio sounding a bit better (its true!) and I really like my audio, I decided Microsoft dont deserve my money.
Otherwise I will be saying its ok to make an OS look old/ugly, to remove features that I really want and replace them with something I really dont want.
This kind of business attitude needs a stand made against it.
They wasted sales through sheer stupidity.
Big fan of 7 here, waiting for Windows 9
And that better have resolved the issues!
Thought about moving to Win 8 very long and hard.
Despite audio sounding a bit better (its true!) and I really like my audio, I decided Microsoft dont deserve my money.
Otherwise I will be saying its ok to make an OS look old/ugly, to remove features that I really want and replace them with something I really dont want.
This kind of business attitude needs a stand made against it.
They wasted sales through sheer stupidity.
Big fan of 7 here, waiting for Windows 9
And that better have resolved the issues!
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#4517154 Posted on: 02/02/2013 05:20 PM
I believe what he means is there are not longer any windows 7 pc's to sell and if there were any available most people would choose a windows 7 pc over anything that comes with windows 8 on it.
I work in retail and consumers despise windows 8 because of the metro garbage, they are always asking for windows 7 every day.
Windows 8 is a complete and utter failure with consumers, Ballmer should have been fired and then physically throw out of the offices of microsoft for forcing such an obvious abomination onto the masses without giving them a choice to use a windows 7 style start menu.
Microsoft and fanboys love to tout the "60 million" sales number to make a failed attempt at claiming windows 8 is a huge success but what they fail to mention these are mostly OEM sales and most of those are still sitting on the shelves collecting dust in the stores because consumers just don't like windows 8.
This. The only reason Windows 8 has gained marketshare is because new system come pre-installed with it. No alternative if you want to keep your warranty or don't have the means to change OS. I'm yet to find a customer of mine who likes Win8. They all complain they want a traditional desktop and start menu from the moment they boot into Win. Yes I'm aware you can alter this but it should have come with the option in the first place.
I believe what he means is there are not longer any windows 7 pc's to sell and if there were any available most people would choose a windows 7 pc over anything that comes with windows 8 on it.
I work in retail and consumers despise windows 8 because of the metro garbage, they are always asking for windows 7 every day.
Windows 8 is a complete and utter failure with consumers, Ballmer should have been fired and then physically throw out of the offices of microsoft for forcing such an obvious abomination onto the masses without giving them a choice to use a windows 7 style start menu.
Microsoft and fanboys love to tout the "60 million" sales number to make a failed attempt at claiming windows 8 is a huge success but what they fail to mention these are mostly OEM sales and most of those are still sitting on the shelves collecting dust in the stores because consumers just don't like windows 8.
This. The only reason Windows 8 has gained marketshare is because new system come pre-installed with it. No alternative if you want to keep your warranty or don't have the means to change OS. I'm yet to find a customer of mine who likes Win8. They all complain they want a traditional desktop and start menu from the moment they boot into Win. Yes I'm aware you can alter this but it should have come with the option in the first place.
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I'm meanwhile back on 7. 8 drivers were horrible, and the system would just freeze after a few minutes, unless I installed Hyper-V. But that prevents VMWare to run. Add to that the general non-aero ugliness.