Windows 7 on the Rise

Andrew Cunningham | Nov 02, 2009 | Comments

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Net Applications data indicates that Windows 7’s marketshare has broken the 3% barrier less than two weeks after its release to consumers.

Surely, part of this quick rise is due to the lengthy beta and release candidate phases – Net Applications does not differentiate between those two pre-release versions and the RTM version now on store shelves. Still, this is an impressive feat, given that Windows Vista reached similar marketshare levels six months after it released to the public.

It’s hard not to frame Windows 7’s success in the context of Windows Vista’s shortcomings since Net Applications’ data doesn’t go back more than a couple of years, but let’s compare this number some other interesting figures (all according to Net Applications data at time of writing).

- Linux has just under 1% marketshare. That’s every Linux distribution anywhere, combined.

- All versions of Mac OS X have a little under 5% marketshare (1.17% 10.6, 2.82% 10.5, 0.93% 10.4 and 0.26% other). Windows 7 already has more marketshare than any single version of OS X.

- Windows 98 still has 0.11% marketshare. Really, you guys? How are you even using the Internet with that OS? Makes me wonder how much longer Windows XP will be around…

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  • A_O
    lmao! thought the last one was funny (about windows 98)

    and isnt it great to see the outcome of windows 7 sucess :D

    gotta give thanx to the Mac Commercials for letting everyone outhere know even more about the new operating system. Sad, 2 weeks and already more marketshare than the almost 2 month old Snow Leopard.
  • sickbox
    I think its even worse that there are still people clocking in with Windows ME at 0.06%. DESTROY YOUR COMPUTER AND GET A NEW ONE!
  • Admin_RobertCity
    Show's how smart Apple is. You never mention competition in your commercial. Which is what Apple does.

    Let's put it this way, if I were to want a Mac, and I watched their commercials, all I'd learn is that the Mac is better than Windows. Not WHY, but that it just is. With Windows commercials, I actually see what Windows 7 does.

    And yes, I know people who use Windows 2000 with IE 5 still.
  • unreal_reality
    very impressive... even more impressive is that the RC is still fully functional to the end of the year and still so many have been sold!
  • ians55
    Strange, I still see W7 is 2.15% and Mac 10.5 is 2.82 on website.
  • cRACKmONKEY421
    Unfortunately XP is here to stay.. for much longer still, I think
  • i wonder what type of rise chrome os will have
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