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Mac Market Share Hits All-Time High Following Windows 7 Launch

Written on November 02, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 2 people have commented

Microsoft’s advertising strategy with the latest installment of Windows is basically to none-too-subtly deride its predecessors, and it does appear to be helping Windows 7 gain traction among consumers. Unfortunately, it also might be contributing to the success of Mac OS X, or at least, it isn’t doing anything to slow down the steady progress [...]

November OS Share Numbers: Should Microsoft Be Scared?

Written on December 03, 2008 by Tom Reestman and 24 people have commented

The latest numbers from Net Applications’ Operating System stats are available, and they provide a nice epilogue to last month’s numbers. In October the Mac’s share was down, and Vista’s was up, prompting some to write about the apparent anomaly.
I countered that notion with my own writeup that showed both Windows and Mac have ups and downs in [...]

Windows XP Lives On…Again

Written on October 08, 2008 by Nick Santilli and 5 people have commented

Several websites have reported in recent days that Microsoft are once again extending their period of official support for vendors offering Windows XP on new machines. The proposed deadline had already been extended to the end of January 2009, but appears now to have been prolonged to July 31, 2009.
For Microsoft, it is usual practice [...]