Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Pass 10% Market Share, Windows XP Falls Below 30%

An anonymous reader writes "With the release of Windows 8.1 to the world in October, Microsoft ended 2013 with two full months of availability for its latest operating system version. While Windows 8.1 is certainly growing quickly and eating into Windows 8s share, the duo has only now been able to pass 10 percent market share, while Windows 7 seems to be plowing forward unaffected. The latest market share data from Net Applications shows that Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 made steady progression in December 2013, gaining a combined 1.19 percentage points (from 9.30 percent to 10.49 percent). More specifically, Windows 8 gained 0.23 percentage points (from 6.66 percent to 6.89 percent), while Windows 8.1 jumped 0.96 percentage points (from 2.64 percent to 3.60 percent)."

Re:Windows XP still at 28.98%

[mwvdlee]

...and 10.49% of all PC users are running disastrously new systems.

Re:Sigh

[mwvdlee]

when did this site become the new site for Microsoft uninteresting press releases about their so-called successes ?

Since this isn't a MS press release, I'm guessing "when" is "somewhere in the future".

You have been found out! [slashdot.org]

Re:Glass have water

[flonker]

But hey, at least Win8 beat Congress! [gallup.com]

Linux record growth

[jamesl]

And meanwhile, desktop Linux made record growth from 1.56% to 1.73%.

Re:It doesn't matter

[TheloniousToady]

It gets even better when you've got two screens. Instead of being able to think of the two screens as one big screen with a large black bar in the center, you now have to consider the land mines planted near left edge of the black bar.

Re:It doesn't matter

[sandytaru]

I was a Surface apologist for almost a year. The thing worked beautifully out of the box, and the OS isn't as much of an abomination when it's used with the stylus. Microsoft seemed to get their hardware integration just right - Windows 8 on regular third party hardware is a rickety pile of fail.

Then I saw a Surface have a Blue Screen of Death for the first time last week. All hope is lost.