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Windows 7 passes 20% global usage share in pre-Christmas surge

In the lead-up to Christmas, Windows 7 continued its meteoric rise in Internet usage share, gaining 1.2 by the beginning of December. The shocking thing is, despite being out for just over a year, Windows 7's growth doesn't seem to be slowing down -- in fact, if anything, it's speeding up! It's even more impressive when you figure in that these were pre-Christmas figures -- last Christmas, ...

Mac OS X slips in OS market share for fourth straight month

Earlier today, Lee Mathews told you how Windows 7 had passed Vista in OS market share, and how Windows XP still seems to have a little gas left in its tank. But what of Mac OS X? Things are looking okay, but not great, for Apple's desktop operating system, which lost ground for the 4th straight month, according to the July report from Net Applications (as reported by ComputerWorld). Apple's ...

Windows 7 now powers nearly 1 in 10 computers

Sebastian reported last month that roughly 1 in 7 Steam users has already made the jump to Windows 7. What about the big picture? How has Windows 7 fared with the rest of the computing world since its release on October 22, 2009? CNet's Ina Fried notes that Windows 7's market share reached nearly 10% over the weekend. That figure is based on NetApplication's statistics -- which tend to vary a ...