Microsoft really does worry first about raw market share, and XP is the market leader by a long shot. We’ll see about that prediction, but I think Wilcox is spot-on that Windows 7’s primary competition is XP. My prediction: Windows 7 will slow Mac share gains, which alreadyĭeclined over the last three quarters, according to both Gartner Mac share is inconsequential to Microsoft compared to Windows XP. (Those numbers just came out, and the Mac numbers are up year-over-year.) Release Q3 preliminary numbers in the next couple of days.) Mac market share was 7.6 percent in the United States Microsoft’s first challenge will be getting XP users to move up to Windows 7’s biggest competitor will be Windows XP, which runs onĪbout 80 percent of PCs, according to combined analyst reports. Ignore his upfront needling against straw-man “Mac fanboys”, and Joe Wilcox makes a good point in this piece about what Microsoft’s competition is for Windows 7: Microsoft’s Competition for Windows 7 Thursday, 15 October 2009
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