Wednesday, May 6th 2020
Windows 10 Market Share Drops Between March and April
Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system has historically been rising in market share thanks to the slow depreciation of Windows 7 OS, and Microsoft's efforts to push it as only Windows OS available for desktop users. However, according to the information by NetMarketShare, a company providing statistics about the market share of Internet Technologies (browsers and OSes), Windows 10 has seen a decrease in market share. This news is a surprising discovery, given that the OS is expected to be gaining new market share slowly, given that Windows 7 has reached the end of life in January.
From 57.37% of market share in February, Windows 10 got down to 57.34% in March and 56.08% in April. While this may seem just like a few percentage decrease, given the massive amount of PCs available, it can be counted in thousands. What could be the reason behind this is the current COVID-19 related pandemic and slower demand for office PCs, as everyone is working from home now. This was a big growth sector for Windows 10 as the previous version of Windows, the 7, was very popular in office space before its EoL. Of course, this is just a speculation which you should take with a big grain of salt. Some of the interesting things to point out is that Ubuntu, a Linux kernel based operating system, has massively increased its market share from 0.27% in March to 1.89% in April.
Sources:
NetMarketShare, Forbes
From 57.37% of market share in February, Windows 10 got down to 57.34% in March and 56.08% in April. While this may seem just like a few percentage decrease, given the massive amount of PCs available, it can be counted in thousands. What could be the reason behind this is the current COVID-19 related pandemic and slower demand for office PCs, as everyone is working from home now. This was a big growth sector for Windows 10 as the previous version of Windows, the 7, was very popular in office space before its EoL. Of course, this is just a speculation which you should take with a big grain of salt. Some of the interesting things to point out is that Ubuntu, a Linux kernel based operating system, has massively increased its market share from 0.27% in March to 1.89% in April.
53 Comments on Windows 10 Market Share Drops Between March and April
The nonsense Microsoft has tried to make the public accept is one of the main reasons people have been very resistant to adoption of Windows 10 and likely has something to do with it's recent decline. I wonder if that will continue?
Ah yes, I'll start with Apple. Apple controls the whole of their ecosystem, everything from how their hardware is designed to 95% of their software ecosystem. They have very few hardware configuration varieties when compared to the Windows world. And yet, even with their limited hardware and software ecosystem even Apple can't get it right all the time. In fact, there have been a number of real doozies of bugs in the Apple camp but of course you don't hear about it here but trust me, as a person who has an iPhone I tend to keep my ear to the ground in the Apple communities and I hear just as much complaining about how Apple can't get their shit right. You'd think that with Apple's limited hardware and software ecosystem they'd get every damn thing right. Right? But they don't!!!
And now we come to Microsoft. We expect Windows to run on damn near everything. Everything from high-end servers to custom-built high-end gaming systems with premium hardware to even a cheap piece of shit Dell that uses that cheapest shit hardware Dell can find to even a Frankenstein box cobbled together from pieces strewn about in someone's attic. That amounts to billions, if not TRILLIONS of hardware configurations. And then let's lop on top of that the fact that every single one of these TRILLIONS of hardware configurations are running different combinations of software. We're talking everything from different drivers and versions of those drivers loaded, different antivirus software, etc. Oh shit, all of that makes for a number of configurations that are as numerous as the stars in the night sky.
Oh... but we expect Microsoft to be perfect! Right guys? PERFECT! Beta testing will solve everything! Again... BULLSHIT!!! I come back to my first half on this post. If Apple can't even get it right on their limited hardware and software ecosystem, just how the fuck do you think Microsoft can? That's right... THEY CAN'T!!!
But keep believing Microsoft is stupid and all, meanwhile I'll sit back and marvel at the sheer thought that Windows even works let alone boots, bugs and all. Why? Because I understand just how complicated all of this shit is.
I wasn't aware there was a period between March and April. :rolleyes: