Date:09/04/18
Windows 10 has experienced the sharpest decline in the market share of computer operating systems, the ComputerWorld magazine reports citing the NetMarketShare service (it studies the activity of more than 160 million unique users viewing over 40,000 websites worldwide).
In March 2018, Windows 10 was installed on 33.3% of personal computers on a global scale. Compared with the previous month, there was a decline of 0.8 percentage points, which had never been before. If you take into consideration only Microsoft OS, which accounts for almost 89% of the software platform market for PC, the share of Windows 10 is measured at 37.4%.
In November 2017, Microsoft reported that Windows 10 is installed on 600 million devices. Windows 10 entered the mass market in late July 2015. During the first 24 hours, the OS was installed on 14 million devices, and in three weeks - on 53 million computers. In September 2016, Microsoft reported about 400 million copies of the "dozens." The mark of half a billion was reached in May 2017.
According to NetMarketShare, the most popular operating system for desktops and laptops is Windows 7, whose share in the third calendar month of 2018 reached 43.4%. The index of Windows 8.1 was 5.5%, in the asset of Windows XP - 4.6%, according to Dailycomm.ru.
Windows 10 experienced the strongest fall in the OS market
Windows 10 has experienced the sharpest decline in the market share of computer operating systems, the ComputerWorld magazine reports citing the NetMarketShare service (it studies the activity of more than 160 million unique users viewing over 40,000 websites worldwide).In March 2018, Windows 10 was installed on 33.3% of personal computers on a global scale. Compared with the previous month, there was a decline of 0.8 percentage points, which had never been before. If you take into consideration only Microsoft OS, which accounts for almost 89% of the software platform market for PC, the share of Windows 10 is measured at 37.4%.
In November 2017, Microsoft reported that Windows 10 is installed on 600 million devices. Windows 10 entered the mass market in late July 2015. During the first 24 hours, the OS was installed on 14 million devices, and in three weeks - on 53 million computers. In September 2016, Microsoft reported about 400 million copies of the "dozens." The mark of half a billion was reached in May 2017.
According to NetMarketShare, the most popular operating system for desktops and laptops is Windows 7, whose share in the third calendar month of 2018 reached 43.4%. The index of Windows 8.1 was 5.5%, in the asset of Windows XP - 4.6%, according to Dailycomm.ru.
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