{"id":3355,"date":"2013-09-03T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2013-09-03T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T14:00:14","slug":"windows-8-market-share-surpasses-all-versions-of-os-x-combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/09\/03\/windows-8-market-share-surpasses-all-versions-of-os-x-combined\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8 market share surpasses all versions of OS X combined"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAccording to Net Applications<\/a>, Windows 8 has achieved a milestone in the month of August, overtaking the market share of all versions of Mac OS X combined. Microsoft’s latest operating system gained 2.01 percentage points in August to end with 7.41% of the market, allowing it to gain a narrow lead on Mac OS X, which posted a market share of 7.28%.
\nThe growth Windows 8 experienced in August was the largest month-on-month gain since its launch in October last year, although it’s not quite clear what sparked the sudden influx of upgrades. It could perhaps be related to the price cuts<\/a> of Microsoft’s Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets, or the leaks of the Windows 8.1 RTM<\/a>, or simply a large amount of mid-year system purchases.
\nNet Applications:\u00a0<\/strong>Operating system market share, August 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Operating System<\/td>\nAugust 2013 Market Share<\/td>\nJuly 2013 Market Share<\/td>\nMarket Share Gain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 8<\/td>\n7.41%<\/td>\n5.40%<\/td>\n2.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 7<\/td>\n45.63%<\/td>\n44.46%<\/td>\n1.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Vista<\/td>\n4.11%<\/td>\n4.24%<\/td>\n-0.13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows XP<\/td>\n33.66%<\/td>\n37.19%<\/td>\n-3.53%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Other<\/td>\n0.38%<\/td>\n0.27%<\/td>\n0.11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Total<\/td>\n91.19%<\/td>\n91.56%<\/td>\n-0.37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X<\/td>\n7.28%<\/td>\n7.19%<\/td>\n0.09%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linux<\/td>\n1.52%<\/td>\n1.25%<\/td>\n0.27%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Windows 7 also saw a gain of 1.14% in August, while Windows Vista and Windows XP declined by 0.13 and 3.53 percent respectively. Overall, Windows saw a fractional decline of 0.37% in the month, which allowed both Mac OS X and Linux to gain a small amount of market share.
\nDespite gains for Windows 8 in August, it seems Microsoft hasn’t been able to convince a large number of Windows 7 users to upgrade. The launch of Windows 8.1 later this year, which addresses a number of complaints surrounding Windows 8, may prompt more users to upgrade their OS, but at least for now it seems Windows 7 and Windows XP will remain kings of the market.
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\nFull Story: TechSpot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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