Win10 is too strong: Win8/Win8.1 market share declines

Computer Store News: 2014 is a very extraordinary year for Microsoft. For the first time, Microsoft released an update for Windows 8.1 to improve system performance. At the end of September, Microsoft announced Windows 10, which is compatible with multiple platforms such as desktop platforms, mobile platforms, Xbox and Internet of Things. The public version of Windows 10 will also be released sometime this year.

All along, Microsoft's fate is closely intertwined with Windows, but next year's upgrade shoulders an unusual task, just like the upgrade to Windows 7 in 2009.

Before looking forward to the arrival of Windows 10, let us look at the development of other Windows platforms. Market analysis company Net Applications today released their latest statistics, bringing us some unexpected and worrying results.

According to the latest data, the market share of Windows 7 has dropped further from 56.51% at the beginning of December 2014 to 54.57% now. The share of Windows 8.1 also dropped from 12.1% to 8.3% during this period, while the market share of Windows 8 system replaced by Windows 8.1 is currently 3.28%, which is quite surprising, because in the last statistics of Net Applications The share of Windows 8 still seems to remain at a relatively strong 6.55%.

In contrast, the Windows XP system, which recorded the lowest historical record in the past month, has added new users, with the share increasing from 13.57% to 14.22%. Windows Vista continued to move lower, with the share shrinking from 2.65% to 2.54%.

Let's take a look at Microsoft's competitors. Apple's OS X Yosemite (10.10 version) system has increased from 2.79% to 3.48%.

At present, we still don't know what caused the decrease in the market share of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 systems. I believe this should have a lot to do with the Windows 10 Technology Preview. According to some official Microsoft statistics, the Windows 10 Technology Preview has been downloaded more than 1 million times, and currently active users are about 500,000.

Scheduled for the grand opening of Windows 10 on January 21, this new operating system is designed to bring together Microsoft's multiple platforms to make mobile phones, tablets, PCs, and even Xbox all the same. Based on the code. After the launch of Win10, developers can develop applications that are common to all of these devices more easily than ever before, allowing these devices to work together to provide a seamless experience for customers (for example, watching the same video on different devices) ) may also become easier than ever.