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• Keizer: Win10 usage increases, but Win7 is still holding its ground

  Posted on July 6, 2018 at 09:59 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  June was an interesting month for usage share. Per Gregg Keizer:

  According to California-based analytics vendor Net Applications, Windows 10 added a full percentage point in June, accounting for 35.7% of the user share of all personal computers and 40.4% of all those running Windows last month.

  Of course, the usage numbers don’t line up with Microsoft’s claim of “almost” 700 million  monthly active devices, but the MAD number includes Xboxes, phones, malfunctioning airport departure displays, and the odd refrigerator.

  Windows News Win10 usage share, Windows usage

• Win10 usage share stagnating

  Posted on July 2, 2018 at 15:05 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I’m waiting for Gregg Keizer’s analysis in Computerworld, but no matter which usage share statistics you use, Win10 is stuck in the doldrums.

  Netmarketshare – June 2018

  Netmarketshare says Win7 went from 41.79% in May to 43.03% in June, while Win10 went from 34.74% to 34.92%.

  Statcounter says Win7 went from 39.44% in May to 39.63% in June. Win10 went from 47.21% in May to 46.75% in June.

  Netmarketshare: Win7 + 1.24%, Win10 + 0.18%

  Statcounter: Win7: + 0.19%, Win10 – 0.46%

  Of course month-to-month deltas are tiny, but it certainly doesn’t look to me like a landslide win for Win10.

  Windows News Win10 usage share, Windows usage

• Windows 8.1 usage up, XP down, and there’s Windows 10 fallout

  Posted on November 3, 2014 at 09:18 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  More and more people are asking me about buying Win8 machines — so they can upgrade them to Win10.

  Important, and overlooked, point in the Win wars.

  InfoWorld

  Windows News Windows 10, Windows usage