{"id":318531,"date":"2019-09-03T08:23:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T06:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=318531"},"modified":"2019-09-03T08:26:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T06:26:03","slug":"windows-10-passes-50-market-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/318531-windows-10-passes-50-market-share.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 passes 50% market share"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data from NetMarketShare<\/strong><\/a> shows that Windows 10’s market share surpassed 50% in August.<\/p>\n

50.99% of the consumer desktop operating system market is now Windows 10, while Windows 7’s market share has dropped to 30.34%.<\/p>\n

The transition of many users from Windows 7 to Windows 10 has been accelerated after\u00a0Microsoft announced<\/strong><\/a> that support for Windows 7 will end in January 2020.<\/p>\n

Microsoft recommended that users upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 to continue receiving updates in the future.<\/p>\n

However, Windows 10 has suffered various issues<\/strong><\/a> over the past few months, which are likely to have limited uptake of the operating system.<\/p>\n

Most recently, the latest Windows update\u00a0caused performance issues<\/strong><\/a> for many users due to high CPU usage.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the latest version of Mac OS X, 10.14, increased from 5.68% to 5.95% market share, while Linux droped from 1.66% to 1.26%.<\/p>\n

Windows XP also saw its market share decrease – from 1.68% to 1.57% over the past month – although it is still more popular than Linux, despite being over 18 years old.<\/p>\n

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