Windows 10 and Windows 7 dominate the desktop OS market

13 April 2017
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The latest figures from NetMarketShare show that Windows 7 and Windows 10 completely dominate the desktop operating scene.

The statistics for March 2017 reveal that Windows 7 and 10 had a combined market share of just under 75%.

Windows XP is still hanging in there, placing third on 7.44%. This is despite the OS reaching end of support over three years ago.

Total operating system numbers placed Windows first, at 91.59% market share, with Mac second (6.27%) and Linux third (2.14%).

Desktop Operating Systems
Desktop OS Share – Total
Windows 91.59%
Mac 6.27%
Linux 2.14%
Desktop OS Share – Version
Windows 7 49.42%
Windows 10 25.36%
Windows XP 7.44%
Windows 8.1 6.66%
Mac OS X 10.12 3.22%
Linux 2.14%
Windows 8 1.57%
Mac OS X 10.11 1.46%
Mac OS X 10.10 0.93%
Windows Vista 0.72%

This article first appeared on MyBroadband and is republished with permission.

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