Windows 7 overcomes XP to become the most popular OS
According to statistic data from Internet survey firm StatCounter , Windows 7 has surpassed XP to become the most popular operating system worldwide.
Windows 7 has a 40.21% market share in the desktop operating system market, compared with 38.64% for Windows XP. Following are Windows Vista, Mac OS X and Linux respectively.
Launched in October 2009, Windows 7 quickly captured the hearts of users, when the platform proved very flexible, with the ability to run on different types of computers, from low-profile netbooks. Only designed to run Windows XP, to powerful desktop and enterprise computers.
As a result, Windows 7 is increasingly demonstrating the role it deserves to replace the classic Windows XP operating system.
As planned, the descendant version of Windows 7 is Windows 8 (temporary name) will be released by Microsoft later next year, with the ability to support multiple devices, from desktop computers, laptops to tablets .
Below is a graph describing the market share of desktop operating systems announced by StatCounter.
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