Windows 7 outgains Windows 8 and 8.1 in market share - XP still going Strong
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kanej2007
I'm not at all surprised. I've used Windows 8 on several occasions and hated it.
Still using Windows 7 and loving it.
Undying
difference is still huge, w7 wont be absolute anytime soon.
Neo Cyrus
Win 8 will never catch up to 7. Most people look at it as a bizarre UI and ask for 7 instead. Windows 9 will be out long before they can improve 8 enough to get some people interested.
Speed Weed
Some newer motherboards by the likes of Asus just won't allow the installation of Windows XP, which is a real pity.
CPC_RedDawn
Install Windows 8.1 and StartIsBack.
Easy, best of both worlds you get the improved optimizations of W8.1 with better memory management, better multi-threading and core handling, etc, etc. Whilst you never ever ever have to look at Modern UI ever again.
Barry J
Windows 8 I find totally usable and windows7 is a step back my dad has windows 7 but would like windows 8 I said I will put it on for him but he said why he will get it when he needs a new PC he does not upgrade I bet there are a lot out there that will only change OS when they change there windows 7 PC,s and they are getting old I bet windows 8 will start to climb and windows7 decrease not because people like certain OS but because it's time for a new PC
This forum is for tech oriented users most people don't do upgrades and improve there PC they wait for problems then buy a new one what OS they get depends on when they buy.
Extraordinary
This ^^
+1
Vtech
I like win 8.1, but with some config, boot to desktop and ModernUI is configured to show apps and desktop apps in first. I use this ModernUI as a powerful application launcher, just hit Winkey and search by keyboard, as long as you know the application names.
evasiondutch
I'll wait for win9.
Im still very content with my win7 ultimate.
Why should i change if all works fine?
There is no game that give me improved performance most are still dx9.0c or dx10-11 and some games i play can handle mantle.
I start up in 10seconds to my desktop do i need 8 or 6sec? sure its faster but its not a realy needed.
My upgrade from normal harddisk to SSD thats improvement or from usb2 to ubs3 that was improvement.
Win7 works fine next year i'll upgrade to win9 unless thats also crap.
schmidtbag
I think the Modern UI is ok, but it has a lot of room for improvement. I think people just hate it because they can't cope with change. Personally, I dislike it because it's very slow to use. I personally stopped using W8 because of hardware issues, and for whatever reason, DX9 games couldn't play and I was unable to install DX9. I think I'll wait until DX12 is released before I decide to do anything to my Windows setup, not that my GPUs will take advantage of it anyway.
Also, I find these statistics a little hard to believe. I'm pretty sure Mac is considerably higher than that, Linux is more like 2%, and then there's about another 1% of other OSes. I think google+baidu+bing together should combine their statistics, because 99.9% of every user will use at least one of those on a near daily basis.
lucidus
Hardly surprising, 7 is the new XP and XP will be around for a while longer. Kudos to the new MS team for not abandoning Windows 8 though. Looking forward to the next feature pack.
miffywiffy
Windows 8.1 here but only cause Microsoft let you upgrade from a pirated version of Windows 7 for £25 when it first came out.
gapson
Windows 8.1 here too with "start menu 8" installed and it runs better than window's 7
quaker3
What would you people would do if it turns out windows9 is just an upgraded windows8 with windows 8 ui at its "best".. 😀 hahaha
Loophole35
If you call it 9 they will buy it and claim it has nothing to do with 8. Vista anyone.
Corrupt^
I prefer Windows 8(.1) as well, but as with many, I do agree it does require some modifications to be really good in terms of usability.
tsunami231
None of this is surpising
Redemption80
As people said, it's just XP v W7 all over again.
This is just all the XP eventually upgrading as they have no choice, this will continue for a few months then even out.
Seems to be a different story when it comes to gamers though, 8 actually seems to be gaining on 7 and last month 8/8.1 was the only OS to see an increase as everything else went down, well everything excluding OSX anyway.
http://i58.tinypic.com/2dugy9w.png
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
Veeshush
More people have Vista installed than Linux?
KingK76
Does Windows 8.1 have better gaming performance then Windows 7? I still use Windows 7 and I use my PC mainly for gaming so if 8.1 is better I will switch.
