Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista

New submitter NettiWelho writes with even more bad news for Microsoft. From the article: "Windows 8 uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point after its release. Windows 8 online usage share is around 1.6% of all Windows PCs, which is less than the 2.2% share that Windows Vista commanded at the same two-month mark after release. Net Applications monitors operating system usage by recording OS version for around 40,000 sites it monitors for clients. The slowdown for Windows 8 adoption is a bad sign for Microsoft, who experienced great success with the release of Windows 7. Data was measured up to the 22nd of December, so there is still time by the end of the month for Windows 8 to claim a higher percentage of the user base."

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Re:A couple things that kept me from upgrading...

[SilentOneNCW]

You can install Start8 to solve the first two problems, and the task bar thing is an option that can be changed by right clicking on the task bar.

It's 2013, and you STILL don't grasp Linux at all

[Zero__Kelvin]

"And this is why Linux will always fail on the desktop. "

A) Linux is already extremely successful on the desktop. You just have a broken definition of success. Linux is far better in fact. Witness the fact that with Windows 8 you get a crappy UI jammed down your throat, while with Linux you get a number of viable choices.

B) Users never have to "type shit like that" with Linux. You have confused the person who installs and configures the OS with the user. In many cases they are the same person, but it is entirely possible for them to be two different people. Furthermore, it is very rare, with a quality Linux distro, that an admin has to "type shit like that".

C) 2001 called, and it want's your broken meme back