Thursday, March 30, 2017

Windows 8.1: Higher market share than Windows XP for the first time

The analysts at netmarketshare.com have released new figures for the worldwide spread of operating systems. Before the release of Windows 10 many users seem to bring their system up to date or buy new hardware. This is at least the latest growth of Windows 8.1, which rose from 12.88 percent in May to 13.12 percent in June.


This is less than a quarter of the market share, which Windows 7 (from 57.76 to 60.98 percent), but at least Microsoft's current operating system over 14 years old Windows XP overtaken. The Dino now only reaches 11.98 percent. In May it was 14.6 percent. At this time, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 had to be counted together in order to be able to face Windows XP. Windows 8 came in May to 3.57 percent, Windows 8.1 as previously mentioned to 12.88 percent.


In the United States, computer users are more secure. As early as March 2017, Windows XP was less than Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, according to statista.com. Currently, approximately 20.7 percent of Germans use Windows 8.1 or Windows 8. Windows XP is 4.96 percent. The place stag is and remains Windows 7, which is still a 49.87 percent spread.


These figures are valid for May. Instead of monthly as on netmarktshare.com the figures at Statista come in two-month intervals. For the acquisition, users' web access is analyzed for a high number of websites. They usually give a representative picture.

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