Windows XP takes about 7

Windows XP takes about 7
According to the online statistics service StatCounter Windows 7 has replaced the somewhat outdated Windows XP operating system with the widest distribution. The latest surveys show that Windows 7 is currently reaching a global market share of around 41 percent, while XP has slipped to 37.5 percent - the beginning of the year, the share of XP was just under 49 percent. Far behind the direct predecessor of Vista landed in third place with 11.6 percent, followed by Mac OS X with 7 percent. In Germany, drew from this trend at the end of 2010, as Windows 7 stringently reached a higher market share than XP.
StatCounter generates its data from its tracking service, and the page impressions are counted. However, such statistics should be treated with caution, since it is not a representative sample of Web users. Also, let the figures do not draw conclusions about the motives of the users to opt for a specific Windows version: Because the operating system is installed when you purchased a new computer in general already, an increase was the Windows 7 users expect to .
Windows 7 has appeared in 2009, but needed a good two years to get over the XP version. Although again at this year's Build-conference to increase the use of Microsoft's latest operating system, especially in business, was called Windows 7 probably will not have much time to solidify his status. The software company has also introduced the latest version and at least developers available for download.