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Windows 7 Overtakes XP, OSX Struggles To Beat Vista

Posted by samzenpus on from the top-of-the-list dept.

judgecorp writes "Latest market share figures show the difference between perception and reality. Windows 7 just nudged past Windows XP with both around the the 43 percent mark. OS X and Windows Vista divide the rest of the spoils, with all versions of OS X only just adding up to a little more than the failed Windows version, according to data from Netmarketshare."

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  1. Re:Year of the Linux Desktop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Linux leads in market share in just about every other computing space from embedded to smart phones to servers to supercomputers so why not the desktop next year?

  2. Does this matter? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since apple is the most profitable company in the computer world (in the entire world?), this statistic seems to be unimportant. They are doing pretty well despite it.

  3. Re:OS X is THE superior OS by smash · · Score: -1, Troll

    The macbook air is not overpriced. The ipad is not overpriced. the fact that they are killing the competitors in their market segments would indicate that to most people, the price is competitive for what you get.

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  4. Re:OS X is THE superior OS by ZosX · · Score: 1, Troll

    Light years ahead?? How? OS X is one of the least customizable OS's out there. Its apple's way or the highway. Seriously, what does it do that windows can't??

    Apple's quality hardware??

    You mean the exact same hardware that gets used to make Windows PCs? Apple gave up its exotic hardware long ago. Now its just a basic intel board you can buy for half the cost of what apple is going to sell it to you for.

    Next you'll be telling me that os x is magical. God you apple fans live in a fantasy world.

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  5. Re:Year of the Linux Desktop by Grave · · Score: -1, Troll

    How is it being a hypocrite? OS X is only available (legally) on a small set of hardware. Windows is available on anything x86, and just works. Linux is available on anything (x86 or otherwise, pretty much), yet does not just work. There really aren't that many companies that sell Linux systems and offer the same level of support on those as you get with Apple or Windows.

  6. Re:Thunderbolt not at all useless by Smallpond · · Score: 1, Troll

    Why do so many product ads tell you everything except what the product does?