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Windows 8 outpaces Vista, takes third on OS popularity podium
Tech Radar ^
| Tuesday, July 2, 2013
| Matt Swider
Posted on 07/02/2013 12:32:36 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Another few months and Windows 8 will overtake the combined web market footprint of all OS X versions. Meanwhile, Windows still accounts for a massive 91.51% share of the world's desktops.
To: SmokingJoe
beating Vista for the first time
not exactly a real high bar to meet
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:35:25 PM PDT
by
Delphster
To: SmokingJoe
I just built a new computer ... It's running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
Sorry, Microsoft. Your shiny new toy has a lot to prove before I spend any money on it.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:35:27 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: SmokingJoe
Someone is still using Vista? Why?
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:35:33 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one again.)
To: SmokingJoe
No mention of 7...at least at first.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:36:02 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
To: MeganC
Yes. I have a Vista machine.
It works. Upgrading it to Win7 would cost $$.
Not worth it.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:36:45 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: SmokingJoe
I was happy with 98...skipped ME...happy with XP...skipped Vista...and am happy with 7 (laptop and desktop)...and will be skipping 8.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:37:43 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: SmokingJoe
I don’t know who they are polling but every person I’ve met with a new computer running Win 8 says it’s absolutely awful!
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:39:21 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This space for rent)
To: Delphster
Usage statistics as of June, 2013 ...
Win 7 == 44.37%
WinXP == 37.17%
OSX == 7.18%
Windows 8 == 5.10%
Windows Vista == 4.62%
Linux == 1.28%
Other == 2.11%
Wow ... XP is still hanging on in a strong second place. I wonder if the folks in Redmond can read the hand writing on the wall ...
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:41:38 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: SmokingJoe
... thought nobody liked Vista.
Just got my first tablet to play with. Comes with Windows 8, supposedly I (the consumer) should love it more than the normal desktop thing-ie.
So far I am not too impressed, we’ll see.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:44:18 PM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: SmokingJoe
Windows 8 had 5.1 percent of all desktop OS web traffic in June
Any mention of how many were stuck with Win 8 that came bundled with the new desktops they purchased? In other words, Win 8 by default or by choice?
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:44:25 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This space for rent)
To: ArrogantBustard
Would be interesting to see usage data from 2005 comparing XP to its predecessors.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:44:38 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Gene Eric
Yes, it would. I wonder how many people were using Windows 3.11 for Workgroups in 2005.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:46:09 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Wow ... XP is still hanging on in a strong second place. I wonder if the folks in Redmond can read the hand writing on the wall ... I've got 4 machines.A "modern" laptop,a "modern" desktop and two old clunkers (that still work).I run 7 on the two modern machines and XP Pro on both clunkers.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:48:44 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Was thinking NT, 95, and 2000, but no doubt you’d see 3.11.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:50:03 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Gay State Conservative
BTW, its necessary to keep XP for cases where driver support on Win7 is problematic. This issue spans industries and medical.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:52:30 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: MeganC
"Someone is still using Vista? Why?"
By the time service pack 3 came out for Vista it was pretty solid. In fact many people referred to Win 7 as Vista service pack 4.
To: circlecity
Yes ... and MS got the service packs right. I had not trouble installing them.
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posted on
07/02/2013 12:57:36 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Gay State Conservative
I was happy with 98...skipped ME...happy with XP...skipped Vista...and am happy with 7 (laptop and desktop)...and will be skipping 8. I went from 3.1 to 98 to XP and I now am phasing in Win 7. Besides Linux of course.
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