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Study claims Windows usage market share could fall below 90%

tgdaily.com — A new study released by Net Applications indicates that a decreasing percentage of the Internet population is using Windows as their operating system. It appears that Mac OS X could soon be listed in the double digit-range, while Windows could fall below the 90% mark.

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  • PabloIV, on 07/03/2008, -5/+47If Linux>0
    then
    90% Windows != 10% Mac
  • digitaldivinci, on 07/02/2008, -22/+53Below 90%!? I for one am shaking in my boots.
  • sporg, on 07/03/2008, -1/+29Who cares?
  • 2Deluxe, on 07/03/2008, -4/+27Oh crap, flamebait. Everyone whip out your e-peen!
  • veriix, on 07/03/2008, -1/+23"The survey lists Apple’s Mac OS X operating system market share in June with a record 7.94%, which is a 0.11 point increase over the previous month. This figure makes OS X the best-selling UNIX variant ever with the largest overall share of the market. Linux currently stands at 0.80% market share in this survey, a slight improvement over the 0.68% recorded last month."

    So OS X gains 0.11% and its zomg microsoft is dead!!1! Linux gains 0.12% and it's "a slight improvement" wtf?
  • mcmlxxii, on 07/02/2008, -8/+29Why are you Steve Ballmer's secretary or something?
  • estvir, on 07/03/2008, -7/+21And next to no one has heard of let alone uses things like Google Docs. Also, anyone who thinks that webapps will truly replace desktop software is insane.
  • dankoleary, on 07/02/2008, -8/+22Has anyone else noticed that more of their work is moving to webapps? Google alone means no matter what the OS, the desktop operating system is getting less important.
  • m00nmaster, on 07/03/2008, -2/+15That would be great. Competition means the consumer wins!
  • threemagic, on 07/03/2008, -2/+14You are right, estvir. What will replace desktop software is virtualization (pushed apps in their own sandbox).
  • TypeEE, on 07/03/2008, -0/+11You have to look out side of US too. There are countries where Macs are not popular at all.
  • norman619, on 07/03/2008, -5/+15Please remind us of the top three uses for computers. Unless the more popular software vendors have suddenly chosen to support OSX I seriously doubt anything will change outside of the imaginations of the Mac faithful.
  • cbeach, on 07/03/2008, -3/+12Will digg commenters stop the constant whining about "Mac Fanboys" It's more frustrating to listen to fanboy-haters than it is to listen to fanboys themselves. At the moment it seems the fanboy-haters outnumber the fanboys too.
  • Kmap, on 07/03/2008, -12/+2190% is still total domination. The only contender is Linux, and even that is not user friendly enough to be considered mainstream.
  • hendrickchan, on 07/03/2008, -3/+12If Windows < 90% and Linux>0, its possible that 10% Mac.
  • tim620, on 07/03/2008, -6/+15Windows usage has dropped to 50% in my house. :-)
  • racco, on 07/03/2008, -1/+9THE END IS NIGH ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
  • norman619, on 07/03/2008, -6/+14The Mac fanboys. Haven't you been paying attention?
  • FutureGuy, on 07/03/2008, -1/+9The study also predicts that at this rate Windows would fall below 80% by 2050 and below 50 by 3100, Windows may not be the prefered OS on Mars.
  • veriix, on 07/03/2008, -0/+8Isn't that the target audience for macs? People so stupid they can't even use windows? I know there are other people who use macs but that's what they've been implying in there commercials for years.
  • worminater, on 07/03/2008, -1/+9that means it's a crappy article.
  • 4DFX, on 07/03/2008, -3/+10You are a great example of why Windows still has more than 90% of the market share.
  • junkwheel, on 07/03/2008, -3/+10OH NO! Not 89%!!!!

    Seriously, if Windows usage does hit 89%, that would be NUTS.

    I love statistics!
  • zeebo, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7You have to wonder what those hand picked websites are since those could skew results massively.
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6Here's the problem with your comment, dankoleary:
    you think that Digg users reflect the general public in terms of computer usage. Sure, 90% of digg may know what Google docs are, but I don't think Digg represents anything near a percent of overall computer users. Remember when everyone thought they could Digg Ron Paul into office? Look where that ended.
  • jamesdew, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6because you have to buy a mac, if Apple release OSX for any machine then it becomes a proper competitor
  • JQP123, on 07/03/2008, -3/+8Linux is low enough to be captured within the roundoff error from the other two.
  • WallyAnti, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5I'd like to see MS finally go the way of the dinosaurs. We need more software producers who are interested in converging on standards for the sake of compatibility. Not companies like MS who like to do things like come up with their own useless file formats ONLY for the sake of control. Or coming up with their own web standards.

    That's not innovation. Actually it's the opposite. We need new companies that feel compelled to make things useful for the customer as a main priority.

    Why aren't more people greatly offended by measures that are anti competitive. I take it as a big insult. I don't make further purchases from such companies.


  • zakatov, on 07/03/2008, -4/+9As a shareholder in Apple, I do, as do all the rest of the shareholders
  • palewook, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5cats & dogs living together..
  • norman619, on 07/03/2008, -8/+13No *****. This article reads like the wishful thinking of a Mac fanboy.
  • TheUngod, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5Screw looking globally, you're not even looking outside!
  • GeorgeStone2, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Heh, when I read this i couldn't help but think that losing just 4% of the market share in 5 years AND after releasing vista is a bloody good show.
    Well done MS on keeping it so low.

    Also, 90% is still a HUGE percentage.
  • pauleric, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4slashdot, groklaw, and macrumors. You got a problem with that?
  • JasonCox, on 07/03/2008, -2/+6I call BS if only because these numbers are never accurate and every stats company puts out different numbers.

    Example: Firefox has 30% of the browser market. Sounds good, eh? Well I didn't add the last part: "in Europe".

    Last year I saw stats that put Mac usage anywhere from 2% to 8% of the market. Personally I'm more inclined to believe Mac usage is more around 4% but that's just based off of traffic at all the websites I own.
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -2/+6Is this the most stupid piece of guesswork ever?
  • Angostura, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Haven't you been on the 'Banter for Beginners' cause, yet old boy?
  • Kelmon, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4While you are correct that licensing OS X would be the stupidest thing that Apple could do (more or less), I don't understand the relevance of this in the context of the article.
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4Your logic is heavily flawed.
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I wouldn't say that at all, most general apps are getting some web recognition (word processors, email obviously, messaging obviously, couple other things) but for the most part there are loads of programs that I never see getting wired to the web (in fact, the vast, vast majority).
  • drgirlfriend, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I've seen worse. *shrugs*
  • veriix, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3Oops, my bad *their commercials
  • AngelBunny, on 07/02/2008, -17/+20awkward ... i thought windows was less than 90% already.
  • TheTaoOfBill, on 07/03/2008, -6/+9Yes. I'm the idiot for going with the opperating system with the most programs and best compatibility.

    I'd love to move to the more stable mac OS but I'm not moving there until programmers actually feel it is worthy to move over. Until then Windows Vista has worked very well for both my programming classes and my gaming hobby. Both of which would be more difficult on a mac

    And if your answer is you can run Windows on a mac then what is the point of having a mac in the first place. There is no benefit to having a mac for me and way too many negatives.
  • Phocion55, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4"Linux currently stands at 0.80% market share in this survey, a slight improvement over the 0.68% recorded last month."

    Off we go.
  • srg13, on 07/03/2008, -2/+5Probably something less than 5% for my house - if you count the time spent using it, not the number of installs (which would be more like 15% windows)
  • MarkBroadhurst, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I think they need to look at those figures there are more than 2 OS's.
    If its not Windows its not always a Mac.
  • nixfu, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4Unless you track the business market seperate from the home market your wasting your time.

    The 'personal pc' marketshare might go down to 80, then 70, then 60% before the business market every goes below 99%.

  • Kelmon, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3Never. Why should Apple have to allow Dell, or anyone else, from making computers that run the Mac OS? Where is the law that compels a company to license its products to others?
  • multifoiled, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2Yeah, I'm sure that's the norm and massively affects statistics.
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