{"id":206578,"date":"2017-04-13T08:54:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T06:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=206578"},"modified":"2017-04-13T08:55:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T06:55:56","slug":"windows-7-and-10-completely-dominate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/206578-windows-7-and-10-completely-dominate.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 and 10 completely dominate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest figures from NetMarketShare show that Windows 7 and Windows 10 completely dominate the desktop operating scene.<\/p>\n

The statistics for March 2017 reveal that Windows 7 and 10 had a combined market share of just under 75%.<\/p>\n

Windows XP is still hanging in there, placing third on 7.44%. This is despite the OS reaching end of support<\/strong><\/a> over three years ago.<\/p>\n

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

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Desktop Operating Systems<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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Desktop OS Share – Total<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows<\/td>\n91.59%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac<\/td>\n6.27%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linux<\/td>\n2.14%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Desktop OS Share – Version<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 7<\/td>\n49.42%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 10<\/td>\n25.36%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows XP<\/td>\n7.44%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 8.1<\/td>\n6.66%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.12<\/td>\n3.22%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linux<\/td>\n2.14%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 8<\/td>\n1.57%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.11<\/td>\n1.46%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.10<\/td>\n0.93%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Vista<\/td>\n0.72%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Now read:\u00a0IBM\u2019s Watson now offers tech support<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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