Windows 7 catches up with XP global market share

Sina Technology News Beijing time on October 3 evening news, according to the famous US technology blog ZDNet report, Internet statistics company StatCounter provided data on Monday, Windows 7 global use The share has surpassed windows xp.

According to the company's October statistics, Windows 7's global market share reached 41%, while Windows XP's market share was close to 40%.

In addition, the global market share of Microsoft's other operating system, Windows Vista, has fallen below 11%. Apple's Mac OS X remained steady, with a slight increase, and its global market share reached 7%.

It has been 10 years since Windows XP was released in 2001. Windows xp is currently the most popular operating system in the world, but the development of windows xp is not smooth.

After a few weeks after the release of Windows XP, its Volume License Keys were stolen by hackers, which also led to the piracy of the newly launched operating system in emerging markets. In addition, the release date of Windows XP was just after the terrorist attacks in the United States, so Microsoft also reduced the scale of its conference. In addition, the "terrorist attack" has also greatly affected Microsoft's high-profile marketing activities.

This year, Windows XP, which has just passed its 10th year, has gradually given up its market share to less than 50%, making way for the development of Windows 7.

In addition, Microsoft's Windows 8 is also receiving attention. Windows 8 introduces a new Metro interface that makes it easy for users to touch and instantly display useful information.

At present, the development direction of Windows 8 is still unclear, but Windows 7 has been qualitative, it is difficult to have fundamental changes, so the global share of Windows 7 will increase in the future. (彪赫)