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Windows 7 Beats Mac OSX in Market Share
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by Truemorist | November 26, 2009 at 11:54 am
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Windows 7 is beating Mac OSX in market share. Whaaa?! Before you fanboys an' fangirls begin to riot, keep in mind two things:
- Windows 7 is hot on the heels of vista, which is the crappiest OS ever conveived by man or beast, and
- The get-in price for Windows 7 is far lower than that of OSX. You can convert from XP or Vista without buying a new machine, but you can't do that when Switching with a capital S to Mac.
- Oh, and another thing: we're talking about a .07% advantage for now. In all fairness, though, I bet Windows 7 will grow faster than OSX, for the reasons above.
The real news here is that Windows 7 is outselling Vista in its first month of sales, growing at a 3.9% monthly average. Its growth comes mostly at the expense of Windows XP, but, to a much lesser extent, also Mac OS X, as Apple’s overall market share was 5.27% in October.
Oh, and Happy Birthday, Windows 1.0. You're better than Vista.
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at 06:35 on November 27th, 2009
And the real news is that for the first month in several years, the total Windows market share grew and OS X fell - so maybe people have been buying new machines, and not macs. And in all fairness, Windows 7 has been on the market for single-digit weeks compared to OSX's years: You bet W7 will grow faster than OSX? Give me a break!
at 10:43 on November 27th, 2009
The thing I don't like about 7 is that both my xp machines won't take 7 without laughing at me.
so I have to buy 2 new computers
at 22:30 on January 28th, 2010
Its true Windows 7 have some compatibility issue with the old hardware, but you have to compromise at some place...
at 22:54 on November 28th, 2009
I really like your blog and i respect your work. I'll be a frequent visitor.
at 09:56 on December 4th, 2009
Vista got a lot of flak due to its completely botched soft launch. That coupled with lack of driver support made for a real bad time for early converts, and its deserved bad rap. Still, having just upgraded from it, I have to say, on a new computer it ran fine. Still, windows 7, while a little awkward at first, is fantastic!! Upgrade if you haven't already, already!
at 03:50 on December 10th, 2009
I really like Windows 7 and although it does look a lot like Vista, it's definitely more improved underneath
at 23:30 on December 19th, 2009
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at 03:37 on December 22nd, 2009
I do not like Window's 7, its expensive.
at 04:49 on January 4th, 2010
May be you're correct but I really like Windows 7 PR: wait... I: wait... L: wait... LD: wait... I: wait...wait... Rank: wait... Traffic: wait... Price: wait... C: wait...
at 14:40 on January 17th, 2010
i like it too
at 22:27 on January 28th, 2010
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