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Windows 8.1 Passes Windows Vista In Market Share

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 2, 2014 @10:07AM from the growing-everyday dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With the release of Windows 8.1 to the world in October, January was the third full month of availability for Microsoft's latest operating system version, which was just enough time for it to pass Windows Vista in market share. While Windows 8.1 is certainly growing steadily and eating into Windows 8s share, the duo only managed to end 2013 with 10 percent market share, barely impacting Windows 7."

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Re:Are we gonna compare every service pack to vist by SeaFox · 2014-02-02 11:09 · Score: 5, Insightful

Honestly, if you ignore the Metro interface, Windows 7 and 8 are the same thing. Except 8 performs better. Get rid of the tablet interface and everyone would want to move to 8.
Re:Well.... by JeffAtl · 2014-02-02 15:41 · Score: 5, Insightful

You're leaving out the fact that the start screen is full screen. This has been discussed many, many times.
This isn't a case of people just not wanting change - it's a case of trying to force a square peg (tablet/phone UI) in a round hole (desktop environment).