Xp on win dows 8.1 mac os x#

An astonishing number of tech websites simply reported the new numbers as though nothing unusual had happened.ДЄs I pointed out last month, the new numbers rewrite the Windows XP story. It decided to silently rebalance them closer to reality, and that might have worked. , due to the inclusion of certain Chinese websites that were visited almost exclusively by Windows XP users. (See: Windows 8, 8.1 about to overtake plunging XP, on Netmarketshare's latest numbersДЄs my colleague Ed Bott pointed out, what happened last month was that Netmarketshare decided that it had got its numbers wrong And as with similar remarkable drops revealed last month, I'm pretty sure it's not real.

Xp on win dows 8.1 mac os x#

This is, after all, bigger than the current market share of Apple's Mac OS X 10.9 (2.79 percent). It's remarkable for an operating system's market share to drop by 3.6 points in a single month. This puts Windows 8/8.1 ahead of Windows XP by 18.56 to 13.57 percent. Meanwhile, Windows 8.1 has grown from 10.92 to 12.01 percent, and Windows 8 from 5.88 to 6.55 percent. These show Windows XP dropping another 3.6 percentage points from 17.18 to 13.57 percent of the market, as measured by unique visitors to a global selection of websites. The dramatic plunge in Windows XP's market share has continued in the latest numbers from Netmarketshare, released today (Monday).