Just How Widespread is Windows 7?

Windows 7 Usage What OS are people using? Dec. 2008 Windows 7 beta is leaked via BitTorrent Nov. 2009 Win7 surpasses Apple's Snow Leopard market share Jul. 2010 75 million copies are sold over 65% Oct. 2009 Windows 7 is released Feb. 2010 Reaches 10% market share Businesses that wanted to migrate to Win7 within 12 months of its release Apr. 2011 350 million copies sold Worldwide Operating System Usage 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 2009 2010 2011 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows 1 out of 10 PCs in North American and Companies save $140 per PC per year after switching to Windows 7 European businesses use Windows 7 Little known facts about Windows 7 In April of 2011, the Windows 7 market share Windows 7 $140 • It has ambient light sensors that change the screen when used outdoors shot past Windows XP. • It has a virtual GPS 20% "Trigger start" allows for faster startup time. • It boots from a Virtual Harddrive As of April 2011, over 20% of PCs worldwide run Windows 7 240 million copies were sold in 1 year Desktop Operating System Total Market Share Market Share in U.S. Windows: 87.60% 31.71% 31.56% 19.07% 14.87% ios Java Mac: 5.61% iOS: 3.00% Java ME: 1.1% 2.09% 0.70% Other: 0.61% Other Windows Windows Vista Linux: 0.91% Android: 0.81% Windows7 sources: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/windows_7_market_share_us_passes_xp http://www.winrumors.com/windows-7-overtakes-windows-xps-u-s-market-share/ http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?spider=1&qprid=8 http://www.winrumors.com/windows-7-overtakes-windows-xps-u-s-market-share/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7 http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2011/04/22/windows-7-at-18-months.aspx http://www.beingmanan.com/wp/2008/11/7-less-known-facts-about-windows-7/ Percentage of Users