According to NetMarketshare, Windows XP adoption currently sits at 17.18%, Windows 8 at 5.88%, and Windows 8.1 at 10.92%, giving Windows 8.x a total of 16.8%. Windows 7 remains the big dog, with a 53.05% adoption rate.
The Windows 8 adoption rate straggling may be old news, but the coming crossover in adoption rates is interesting nonetheless. Part of the issue is Windows fragmentation and Microsoft’s struggle to convince its customers to fork over the $100+ to buy into a newer OS. Will a free OS change that?
Another issue is all those left behind machines and the security risk they pose. How many unpatched Windows XP and Vista machines are out there, either waiting to be malwared into a zombie state or already serving in a malware army?
If you want to explore OS, browser, or search engine market share, head over to NetMarketshare, then make a selection from the drop down menus at the top of the main pane.
Windows XP percentage is still ahead of Java ME percentage. I have no idea what that means either but someone can use it to write another “Apple is doomed” article.
NetMarketshare keeps changing the # of internet users by country
month to month and doesn’t say what they changed or by how much.
and doesn’t go back re-adjust past months.
So any kind of comparison is moot.
I think straight counting of number of clients is better just for getting
growth because # of internet user will always skew toward Windows and Android as # change according to how many more people logged in India and China.