July 15, 2008
Windows XP to slowly retire while still on top
Net Applications Global Internet Usage Market Share shows Microsoft Windows XP still maintaining a dominant leadership position with 73.01%. The remarkable part of this is that Microsoft announced 2 years ago that XP would be phased out. But, XP users are reluctant to let go. As of June 30, XP will no longer be sold by the major PC makers. For those that would forgo a name brand to get the OS they want, XP will still be available from smaller custom builders. Operating System Usage Trend: Month | Windows XP | Windows Vista | MacIntel | Mac OS | Windows 2000 | Linux | Other | August, 2007 | 80.84% | 6.29% | 2.83% | 3.35% | 3.68% | 0.47% | 2.54% | September, 2007 | 79.66% | 7.41% | 3.24% | 3.39% | 3.33% | 0.49% | 2.48% | October, 2007 | 79.41% | 7.94% | 3.43% | 3.16% | 3.17% | 0.50% | 2.39% | November, 2007 | 78.37% | 9.19% | 3.59% | 3.22% | 2.97% | 0.57% | 2.09% | December, 2007 | 76.91% | 10.48% | 4.02% | 3.28% | 2.66% | 0.63% | 2.02% | January, 2008 | 75.10% | 11.97% | 4.31% | 3.26% | 2.71% | 0.64% | 2.01% | February, 2008 | 74.47% | 12.92% | 4.39% | 3.07% | 2.54% | 0.65% | 1.96% | March, 2008 | 73.59% | 14.02% | 4.54% | 2.94% | 2.36% | 0.61% | 1.94% | April, 2008 | 73.07% | 14.57% | 4.59% | 2.79% | 2.38% | 0.63% | 1.97% | May, 2008 | 72.12% | 15.26% | 5.02% | 2.81% | 2.25% | 0.68% | 1.86% | June, 2008 | 71.20% | 16.14% | 5.25% | 2.69% | 2.11% | 0.80% | 1.81% |
Where will XP users go when they finally do upgrade? Vista, Mac OS or Linux are all viable choices. But, perhaps as XP phases out, the true beneficiaries will be handheld devices. The iPhone 3G certainly has the mind share as well as the mobile usage share to contend. And, RIM is offering Blackberry devices with the Opera browser, finally providing a real browser with the only mobile device widely accepted by corporations. Windows Mobile and Symbian devices are also improving to meet the growing trend to mobile computing. I expect the iPhone to be the first mobile device to be a true desktop replacement. But, as other mobile devices race to match or even beat the feature set of the iPhone, there could be other contenders to emerge soon. For these and other Global Market Share Statistics, go to marketshare.hitslink.com. Interested in an even deeper level of MarketShare Global Usage Statistics? Send a note with your name, company, phone number and email address to sales@netapplications.com.
- Vincent Vizzaccaro | |
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