Windows 8 'runs' less than 5 times less than Windows 7

The percentage of users testing Microsoft's new operating system is only 0.33% compared to 1.64% of the "predecessor".

Statistics table of the percentage of users who installed Windows 7 and 8 before launch.

New research data released yesterday by Net Application shows that Windows 8 has not really created the same big effect as when Windows 7 was about to launch three years ago. The percentage of users installing trial versions of this operating system on a total of Windows computers is only 0.33%. In other words, for every 10,000 computers running Windows, only 33 have new OS installed from Microsoft.

Meanwhile, at the end of September 2009, with the same period before its launch, Windows 7 OS accounted for 1.64% of the total number of Windows computers.

Not only last month, Windows 8 was also inferior to its predecessor all months since it introduced the trial version to users. At the same time three months before its launch, Windows 7 has a user ratio of four times that of Windows 8 and the gap has been widening so far. The statistics also give a share of Windows 8 market share a month before the launch is just the same as Windows 7 at 6 months before launch.

Windows 8 is a combination of Windows 7 and a new touch interface.

Received less enthusiastic users, but Computerworld said that Windows 8 can change the face when officially sold thanks to good prices. Users will only have to spend $ 40, the lowest level of all time for a computer operating system license from Microsoft.

However, research firm Gartner said it would continue to recommend users to skip the upgrade to Windows 8 and predict the share of the operating system market share after launch only stops at 20 to 25. %

Windows 8 will be officially released on October 26. At the same time, there will be many models of laptops, tablets and desktops pre-installed with this operating system to be marketed.