Windows the most popular operating system for the PC. Against the background of dynamic mobile devices industry, changes in the prevalence of different computer operating systems change slowly. Sometimes, only a decade after its debut, the old platform is starting to fade into the background, giving place to the new. 2018 Microsoft made important long-awaited achievement, which the software giant was a few years.
According to Netmarketshare, considered by Surur (Surur) in the published resource mspoweruser.com note, in December 2018, the company Microsoft has achieved important success of Windows 10 is finally surpassed by the prevalence of the version of Windows 7, released ten years ago.
In December 2018 Windows 10 has finally surpassed Windows 7 in the prevalence of
In the final last year, the month, the share of Windows 10 made 39,22%, more than Windows 7 (36.9 per cent).
Among browsers for computers leading Google Chrome — 67,18% (65,57%). The proportion of browsers from Microsoft continued to decline and is: for Edge — of 4.09% (4,22%); for Internet Explorer — 8,31% (9,64%). Firefox — 9,58% ( 8,96%). This browser user interest again grew. In parentheses for comparison are the figures for November 2018.
During the year the share of Windows has declined and ChromeOS, MacOS and Linux — increased
If we compare the figures of Dec 2018 and 2017, the trend is not too good for Microsoft as a Windows share as a whole declined slightly.
- Windows: Dec 2017 — 88,51%; December 2018 — with 86.2%
- MacOS: Dec 2017 — a 9.02%; December 2018 — 10,65%
- Linux: Dec 2017 — 2,12%; December 2018 — 2,78%
- Chrome: Dec 2017 — 0,33%; December 2018 — 0,32%
Grew market share of some operating systems: Linux and, more significantly, MacOS. Fortunately for Microsoft, the computer operating system Apple’s growth potential is limited by the company because of the high prices of its devices.
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