NetApplications' trending for desktop OS share.
(Credit:
NetApplications)
Windows XP is still the dominant OS worldwide after more than 10 years, but
Windows 7
continues to narrow the gap.
continues to narrow the gap.
XP ended last year with a 46 percent slice of the OS market, according to December data from NetApplications.
Although impressive after a decade, that number proved a hefty drop in
use for XP, which kicked off 2011 with a 55 percent share and has fallen
each month since then.
On the upswing, Windows 7 rang out the year with almost 37 percent of
the market, a solid gain from 22 percent last January and further proof
of its ongoing monthly growth.
In third place was Windows Vista, which dropped to 8 percent from more than 11 percent at the start of 2011.
