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%).
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Desktop Operating Systems
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Desktop OS Share – Total
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| Windows | 91.59% |
| Mac | 6.27% |
| Linux | 2.14% |
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Desktop OS Share – Version
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| 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.