Windows 8 inches up in desktop OS market

Windows 8 is slowly scratching its way up the OS food chain.
Microsoft's latest version of Windows took home 3.8 percent of all traffic captured by Web tracker Net Applications in April. That proved a small gain from its 3.2 percent share in March.
Starting with a 1.09 percent share in November, Windows 8 sliced out a 1.72 percent share in December. A 2.26 percent share in January helped it sneak past Mac OS X 10.8 to grab fourth place among all desktop operating systems. And February saw another small gain to 2.7 percent.
The stats also looked at both traditional PCs and touch-screen computers. Of the 3.8 percent share earned last month, Windows 8 touch-screen PCs accounted for 0.02 percent. Windows RT touch-screen computers were unable to register any blip at all on Net Applications' radar.

Windows 8 inches up in desktop OS market | Microsoft - CNET News


At this rate Windows 8 will be lucky to have 8% in the next 6 months.

 

[chev65]

A troll is a troll, and they don't last long around here, trolls end up on the chopping block, then they are never seen again.

 

[dirtyvu]

You really are full of vitriol aren't you. Anyway, I'm not going to let your stuff get to me again. I think you're a troll and I'm done with you.

Facts always annoy those who have pure faith in materials things (or Gaia for that matter) and they usually lack perspective and, most importantly, humour.

i think the point most are making is you rarely (if ever) makes posts that help people out with their problems. the core reason this message board exists is to help people diagnose problems. you just chime in to do opinion pieces.

 

[SIW2]

This is the news section.

 

[Ray8]

This is the news section.

Yes, some don't quite understand that.

 

[McGee]

Hi, I'm a Frog Eater, you know, people in west Europa, crippled with problems...
As Ray8 i'm asking...
"What are the benefits of W8 on W7 as general way of use for ordinary and industry people"
I know, my english language knowledge is bad !

 

[Ray8]

Hi, I'm a Frog Eater, you know, people in west Europa, crippled with problems...
As Ray8 i'm asking...
"What are the benefits of W8 on W7 as general way of use for ordinary and industry people"
I know, my english language knowledge is bad !

Your English is fine, better than many born to the language.

From my point of view, you really won't get any significant benefit from going to Windows 8 if you have a Windows 7 system that is working fine. Windows 8 provides some underlying improvements to the OS core, but they are not things the average person will miss in Windows 7 (or even Windows XP).

One of the things Windows 8 does is integrate Windows Firewall with Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), but if you've installed MSE in Windows 7, there's nothing extra to gain. There are some additions to the way that some programs display and the information they provide, like Task Manager and Windows Explorer, but nothing you cannot live without. Also, the 'Ribbon' menu is becoming more standardised across supplementary programs, but most people rarely use things like the Task Manager and the menu change isn't a big deal.

Some say Windows 8 is faster, but my experience is that there isn't any real difference when it's started up. Windows 8, on my system, actually takes a lot longer to boot up than Windows 7. Then there's the removal of the start button and the introduction of the start screen, and a general move away from the desktop. For many ordinary, and as you allude 'industry', people that is a significant and annoying change. Yes, you can adapt to it or install third party programs to bring back the Windows 7 user interface, but that's really not the point as to why many are critical of the forced change.

In a nutshell, the only real difference that most people will notice between Windows 7 and Windows 8, and dislike or not, is the user interface; performance in most cases is neither here nor there. If your Windows 7 system is not broken, don't try and fix it with Windows 8.

 

[McGee]

Thanks for your answer Ray8.
It confirms what I thought.
You are living in a large and great Country, you can be proud of it and for your legendary freedom of thinking.
I think i'll travel next year to Australia for 5 weeks.

 

[Ray8]

The experience will be quite different to anything in Europe.

 

[HippsieGypsie]

Yea. I hear dinosaurs live there.

 

[McGee]

Héhéhé...

 

[Ray8]

Yea. I hear dinosaurs live there.

Absolutely, we put up with anything, even these:

 

[XweAponX]

Someone say, "Trolls?"

 

[McGee]

"baguette & whine" are better !

 

[XweAponX]

That image is SO true! hahaha. The Culture of America consists of Patriotic Garb, piddle-Flavoured Beer, and Hamburgers. At least it does in my neighborhood - Downtown, they are more like the guy in the right pfhahaha!

 

[HippsieGypsie]

Yea. I hear dinosaurs live there.

Absolutely, we put up with anything, even these:

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Oh! Surely you don't mean the woman do you?!! Your skating on very thin ice if you are. Is that really your wife there with you?

 

[HippsieGypsie]

That image is SO true! hahaha. The Culture of America consists of Patriotic Garb, piddle-Flavoured Beer, and Hamburgers. At least it does in my neighborhood - Downtown, they are more like the guy in the right pfhahaha!

Hey! Don't ruin our image. Americans work very hard to go spend their money at Walmart to buy all that stuff!

 

[Ray8]

Yea. I hear dinosaurs live there.

Absolutely, we put up with anything, even these:

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Oh! Surely you don't mean the woman do you?!! Your skating on very thin ice if you are. Is that really your wife there with you?

They just represent some of the quixotic tourists that visit Australia. We get all kinds.

 

[HippsieGypsie]

Oh, so that's what you mean. You can be quite vague sometimes in your posts. I thought some Aussies look like that.

Anywho, I wouldn't be so judgmental of tourists who probably pump millions of dollars or other denominations into your economy. Not good for business, wouldn't you say? People can decipher that kind of attitude.

 

[Ray8]

Oh, so that's what you mean. You can be quite vague sometimes in your posts. I thought some Aussies look like that.

Anywho, I wouldn't be so judgmental of tourists who probably pump millions of dollars or other denominations into your economy. Not good for business, wouldn't you say? People can decipher that kind of attitude.

I'm not sure of the numbers, but it seems the majority of tourist we get are backpackers, they spend sweet FA if they can help it. Other tourists are Japanese and Chinese who fly in and out virtually on one day flights to see one or two attractions and buy souvenirs from shops owned by or with arrangements made with the tour companies.