Windows 7 still the top operating system, followed by XP and 8.1

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Published on May 1, 2015

published on May 1, 2015

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Net Market Share has recently released new numbers for desktop operating systems. The latest number reveal that Windows 7 is now the top operating system (59.04%), followed by Windows XP and Windows 8.1. Windows XP now covers 16.94% of the market, whereas Windows 8.1 covers 10.55% of the market. Windows 8.1 is being followed by Mac OS X 10.10, take a look a the full data:

For those of you who don’t know, Net Market Share calculates these number by tracking website analytics. The latest data shows that Windows 7 is still the top operating system with the most users – however, it’ll be interesting to see if these users upgrade to Windows 10 once it’s available. What do you think? Discuss in the comment section below!

Source: Net Market Share – Via: OneTechStop

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