Win8 not faring well
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 08/02/2013 03:19 PM
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The uptake in sales of Windows 8 desktop computers, which has never been particularly fast, has slowed, according to stats for July from web traffic pollsters Net Applications.
Windows 8 was officially released in Oct. 2012, showing only a growth rate of less than one percent a month in desktop usage.
This is tough news for Microsoft.
Here is another disturbing fact. Windows XP, which is in second place in the stats, had a resurgence during July. XP, released in 2001, clawed back 37.19 percent of the market, which shows a pause in the long term trend toward its demise. Many companies, moving off XP, are going to Win7, which is now the number one most used desktop OS.
Windows XP will officially turn off extended support in April 2014.
Windows 8 was officially released in Oct. 2012, showing only a growth rate of less than one percent a month in desktop usage.
This is tough news for Microsoft.
Here is another disturbing fact. Windows XP, which is in second place in the stats, had a resurgence during July. XP, released in 2001, clawed back 37.19 percent of the market, which shows a pause in the long term trend toward its demise. Many companies, moving off XP, are going to Win7, which is now the number one most used desktop OS.
Windows XP will officially turn off extended support in April 2014.
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