Praps its because Windows 7 hasn't been out as long as the others (Yet)Not trying to start a heated argument, are lambaste Win7, but I was surprised to see that it's usage is still below Vista, and waaaay below XP. It's funny how the media can make you think that "everybody's" switching to 7! lol
Assuming of course, that my source is accurate: NetMarketShare
Hmmm... if you look at Steam's survey - Steam Hardware Survey we have....
XP... 32.3% (Note that XP usership is down by 3.8 since last month/survey)
Win 7 (64-bit)... 24.4%,
Vista (32-bit)... 14.5%.
Granted this is ONLY a snapshot of the "gaming" comunity so. And as noted, XP has been around for ages, plus many many people simply don't upgrade like we do. Given this i'm not suprised XP still has a huge footprint.
However.... you can't purchase XP anymore, and new machines are carrying Windows 7, and quite a bit by the way are carrying Windows 7 x64
So to say Windows 7 isn't quite as popular as XP is like saying new cars aren't as popular as old cars.... Well.... who's been around longer
My two cents
Thanks for the link, and good points. Sorry, I didn't make myself more clear. Of course, I realize that Win7 is new, and hasn't had time to overtake the other OS's, and I have no doubt it will. My point was that I was surprised by the current numbers. From what I had been hearing, hardly anyone was using Vista, and XP was quickly being replaced by Win7.
Maybe, I too, was getting my info from a gaming community.
Thanks for the link, and good points. Sorry, I didn't make myself more clear. Of course, I realize that Win7 is new, and hasn't had time to overtake the other OS's, and I have no doubt it will. My point was that I was surprised by the current numbers. From what I had been hearing, hardly anyone was using Vista, and XP was quickly being replaced by Win7.
Maybe, I too, was getting my info from a gaming community.
Yeah I’ll bet that if you broke those numbers down by groups you'd see some interesting things as to what group uses which OS, i.e. enthusiasts vs. non-enthusiasts. Looking at the steam numbers, things look a little different then the numbers posted in the original post.
At any rate, it’s not that 7 isn’t popular, it’s that it hasn’t been around as long as XP. Thus the comparisons aren’t fair at this point in time.
A better comparison would be how are sales between the two at a given period (First year release sales vs. XP’s first year release sales).
I'm not sure that 7 will top XP. Reason: MS wants to release another OS in 3 years time. So, some may simply skip right over 7 and onto the next thing.
