[AccessD] Windows 8

The WIn8 numbers will include all the new machines sold nominally with Win8 ( essentailly 
every machine sold since its introduction i.e. with Win 8 licences). It doesn't tell you how 
many  wer regressed to Win7 by the buyers (which would be the vast majority of corporate 
purchases).

-- 
Stuart

On 5 Mar 2014 at 4:07, Darryl Collins wrote:

> Yeah,  It puts the Mac (OS X PC at least) market into perspective that
> is for sure.  I would also guess that a the W8 numbers are made up of
> some early adopters and testers, but mainly folks who just buy from
> the Shop when their old PC dies and meekly accept whatever OS it comes
> with.  It is clear there is little enthusiasm for W8.x from majority
> of the PC customers.  I mean, even Vista has managed 3.1% share and
> that is a widely unloved OS.  Not that far behind W8.1 on 4.3%.   I
> would really love to see Enterprise/Business vs consumer in here.  I
> would bet that the W8 installs are widely biased towards the consumer
> market.
> 
> I would also suspect that much of the W8.1 number is cannibalising the
> W8.0 percentage, given it is a free update and does offer a better
> experience that W8.  Even so - I am surprised that those number are
> not reversed, more folks on 8.1 than 8.0.  To me, that adds support to
> my "mum and dads" theory on W8 user base.  These folks are large not
> tech savvy, what other explanation can there be to have a higher W8 vs
> W8.1 percentage?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Benson
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2014 2:56 PM To: Access Developers discussion
> and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8
> 
> Darryl, I have to laugh that they bothered putting Win 98 in the
> table, just to show it at 0.00%. I appreciate your posting what you
> did because it surprised me 8 is as far along as it is, in just a
> couple years. Weird. I took the only win 8 machine I owned back to the
> store where I bought it. I wonder if sales are one way in that
> compilation?
> 
> ;)
> 
> It was interesting to see Win 8/8+ has more market share than all Mac
> software combined.
> 
> I read that in Dec 2013 Win 7 had its biggest monthly market share
> gain in a year, continuing to rise even while MS presses manufacturers
> and the public to adopt 8.1. In my non industry expert guess it is due
> to the fact that sales of XP are not commercially available anymore
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