Windows 8 now third most used Operation System

Niels Bosch Published:November 22, 2019 Updated:February 15, 2022

Microsoft’s Windows 8 just managed to get 7,40% market share bypassing both Mac OSX with 7.30% and Windows Vista with 4.11%. The big winner is Windows 7 which has over 45,63% market share and on second place, surprisingly is Windows XP with 33,66% while Microsoft is just 1 year away from ending costumer support for Windows XP

While Microsoft is winning little territory with their Desktop OS it isn’t doing very well on the Tablet and Smartphone market, of which it now owns 3.7% IDC research has shown compared to Android with 79% and iOS with 13.2%

Niels Bosch

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Hello, my name is Niels Bosch
and I am the founder of AmongTech. Currently living in Philadelphia. My main interests are web development, playing video games once in a while, Apple, Marketing and SEO. I studied Business administration, Networking & Security and Database management have been working for various tech startups over the last decade.

Windows 8 now third most used Operation System

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