Windows 8 Overtakes All Versions Of Mac OS X Combined In Terms Of Worldwide OS Market Share

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Windows 8 Marketshare
According to the latest report from Netmarketshare, Microsoft’s Windows 8 now holds 7.65 percent of worldwide desktop OS market share. This number suggests that Windows 8 now has more users worldwide than all versions of Mac OS X combined. Microsoft just started selling Windows 8 from last October and this number reveals that more than 100 million units of Windows 8 devices have been sold since then.

Windows XP saw the biggest drop in terms of market share from 37.19 percent to 33.66 percent.
Source: Netmarketshare

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Pradeep is a Computer Science and Engineering Graduate. He was also a Microsoft Student Partner. He is currently working in a leading IT company.

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