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Surpassing Windows 7's Market Share For the First Time, Windows 10 Now the Most Popular Desktop OS From Microsoft (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the where-we-are dept.

Two and a half years after the company made it available to the general public, Windows 10 is now the most popular operating system from Microsoft, according to analytics firm StatCounter. From a report: Every month, StatCounter reports on the state of the desktop operating system market. Since October last year, the analyst company's figures have shown the gap between Windows 10 and Windows 7 narrowing. It looked as if the newer OS would overtake the older one in November, but that didn't happen, and it didn't happen in December either. However, in January, according to StatCounter, Windows 10 finally claimed the top spot. The latest figures show Windows 10 on 42.78 percent, up from 41.69 percent in December 2017. That's an increase of 1.09 percentage points.

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  1. Another Trump Victory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obama failed to make Windows 10 popular, but it was no problem for Trump! America is well on the way to greatness now!

    #MAGA

  2. Re: ATMs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd like to know how many people are using 10 because they can't find computers with 7.

  3. I don't think you know the meaning of that word by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Popular" means that people WANT something. Not that they're basically forced to do it. Independent of the frequency an activity is done. Else you could say that working is a lot more popular than fucking.

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    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  4. "Popular" by ilsaloving · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You keep using that word, but I do not think it means what you think it means.

    By Microsoft's definition, Kim Yong-Un is popular too.