Windows 8.1 Finally Passes Windows 8 In Market Share 187
An anonymous reader writes "May was the seventh full month of availability for Microsoft's latest operating system version: Windows 8.1 continues to grow slowly while Windows 8 remains largely flat, allowing the former to finally pass the latter in market share. At the same time, Windows 7 has managed to climb back over the 50 percent mark, while Windows XP still has more than 25 percent of the pie, despite support for the ancient OS finally ending in April."
Re:12.64 percent in only 17 months (Score:4, Insightful)
will take more than a start button to fix windows 8.x
that's like putting parsley garnish on a dish full of shit
Re:12.64 percent in only 17 months (Score:5, Insightful)
Actually, from a structural standing, Windows 8 is fine, even better than the ones that came before.
It's the UI they changed.
Re:12.64 percent in only 17 months (Score:5, Insightful)
It is a shame the next update still won't have the promised start menu.
Yeah, but funny as hell that, combined, Windows 8.x (all versions) is only ~25% after three years (a complete tech cycle in the consumer realm). It's doubly funny that this is in spite of every bix-box OEM pimping 8.x as hard as they friggin' can (go ahead and try to buy a laptop in BestBuy or Wal-Mart with something other than Windows 8 in it...)
Now compare that crappy growth curve to XP, 98, 95...
Re:12.64 percent in only 17 months (Score:5, Insightful)
For the majority of users the OS is the UI.
Re:12.64 percent in only 17 months (Score:1, Insightful)
I have yet to experience a Windows release where the majority of the chant was exactly this, until the HUGE, OBVIOUS, AND UNMISTAKABLE structural issues come to light after a few major security breaches. Not even Windows 8 has failed this test, and it is already getting owned in the wild with little abandon.
Re:12.64 percent in only 17 months (Score:5, Insightful)
And who, exactly, wants a touchscreen on a laptop? Touchscreens are a crappy interface for devices too crappy to include a keyboard and mouse.
Re:Dear Microsoft (Score:3, Insightful)
Somebody's panties are in a wad.
It amazes me how Windows is the only operating system on earth that MUST. HAVE. A. START. MENU. or omg I'mma kill someone.
Anyway, didn't Windows 7 work? That's all you guys have been screaming for the past few years. Then when I would come in and say "just use Windows 7"... crickets. So, if you hate Windows 8 so much then 1) Why are you using it? 2) Why not go back to Windows 7? 3) Why not put your money where your mouth is and support an OS with a great Start menu? (Let me know when you find one.)
Re:ME and Vista (Score:2, Insightful)
I run a Linux-only household. I don't have to buy a new computer every two or three years because my OS is too much of a resource hog for what I've got.
A Linux desktop is more resource hog than Windows these days. I'm not joking. You have to step down to minimalistic XFCE/LXDE style desktop environments to get the similar performance to Windows.
Don't blame me because you keep on drinking the MS kool aid.
How do you know that you're not drinking Linux Foundation kool aid?