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Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Pass 10% Market Share, Windows XP Falls Below 30%

Posted by samzenpus on from the looking-at-the-numbers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With the release of Windows 8.1 to the world in October, Microsoft ended 2013 with two full months of availability for its latest operating system version. While Windows 8.1 is certainly growing quickly and eating into Windows 8s share, the duo has only now been able to pass 10 percent market share, while Windows 7 seems to be plowing forward unaffected. The latest market share data from Net Applications shows that Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 made steady progression in December 2013, gaining a combined 1.19 percentage points (from 9.30 percent to 10.49 percent). More specifically, Windows 8 gained 0.23 percentage points (from 6.66 percent to 6.89 percent), while Windows 8.1 jumped 0.96 percentage points (from 2.64 percent to 3.60 percent)."

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  1. Re:It doesn't matter by kthreadd · · Score: 1, Troll

    That's why they fixed most of the issues in Windows 8.1. You should try it.

  2. Re:Windows XP still at 28.98% by Luckyo · · Score: 1, Troll

    Nope. Pretty much any XP machine, even with full updates will be rooted within seconds of going onto public ip open to the internet. I've seen it happen. It's silly.

    But you can secure a vanilla XP, or any XP machine regardless of its update status with some fairly rudimentary actions to the point where OS updates won't matter in a significant way for machine's security.

  3. The more things change the more they stay the same by bravecanadian · · Score: 1, Troll

    Remember when Windows 3.x sucked because it encouraged you to use a mouse and it was stupid and you were faster with a keyboard?

    Remember when Windows 9x sucked because it was stupid and got rid of Program Manager?

    Remember when Windows XP sucked because it looked like a Fisher Price toy?

    Seriously, on modern hardware there is nothing wrong with Windows 8 and especially 8.1.

    If you are a Windows user and have a convertible or a Surface Pro you'll quickly find out after a little tinkering that it actually works really nicely as a hybrid.