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What versions of Windows are currently the most popular

Answer 1

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I don't know exact numbers, but I am pretty sure XP is the most used one.

This wikipedia articles gives some numbers and claims Windows XP to be 63.53% market share.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows_versions

clamp 2009-04-29 16:40:49

Here's a better Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_desktop_operating_systems

Michael Myers 2009-04-29 16:59:14

Answer 2

+1 A:

XP is definitely the most used, since Vista came out with several problems people don't like, but soon Windows 7 will be out which is a refined version of Vista. So that could make a dramatic change.

Windows market share goes in detail of some numbers you can look at.

TStamper 2009-04-29 16:41:20

Answer 3

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Emil H 2009-04-29 16:42:40

Interesting... the adoption of Vista is even slower than I thought

Andomar 2009-04-29 16:45:01

+ 1 for the link

SQLMenace 2009-04-29 16:48:27

Indeed. I might add that w3schools is ranked as one of the top thousand most visited sites on the net according to alexa, so their logs a probably based on enough data to be rather accurate. However, since it's a web development site, there's probably some bias since web developers are probably more likely to use some platforms such as firefox and linux/mac than the average user.

Emil H 2009-04-29 16:49:38

Vista comment by Andomar is my exact reaction

Duncan Edwards 2009-04-29 16:52:09

this was nice :)

Peter Perháč 2009-04-29 17:00:26

That graph is excellent! Thank you. Bring on Windows 7.

Duncan Edwards 2009-04-29 17:28:17

I would argue that w3schools is a lousy site to pull this information from for the simple reason that only technical users visit it.

Chris Lively 2009-04-29 17:48:11

Yep. That's a valid concern. I do however believe that this reflects more on the browser stats than on the OS stats. Granted, w3schools will probably show a higher percentage of linux users, and a higher percentage of firefox users. I don't think that the distribution of windows versions differs that much from normal users, though.

Emil H 2009-04-29 18:03:52

Answer 4

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Here are some stats for my site

XP                  71.81%
Vista               21.67%
Server 2003         5.28%    
NT                  0.97%
2000                0.28%

SQLMenace 2009-04-29 16:46:33

Answer 5

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Please explain how this is programming-related.

Of course it's programming related. We program for and within operating systems.

Sherri 2009-04-29 17:10:28

this is not a forum.

SilentGhost 2009-04-29 17:12:37

I asked him to explain how this is programming-related. He did. The question is open. What's the problem?

Michael Myers 2009-04-29 17:24:31

@mmyers: i think he problem is because of "Member for today " ;)

SilentGhost 2009-04-29 17:27:04

Woah, I didn't realize I had to walk on eggshells around here.

Sherri 2009-04-29 17:40:36

I didn't know that the question was already answered by editing the original question.

Sherri 2009-04-29 17:46:12

Nah, you don't have to walk on eggshells. It would be nice, though, if you wouldn't use answers to respond to meta-comments. ;)

Michael Myers 2009-04-29 18:54:04

Yeah, I noticed the comment functionality, after I did that. Heh.

Sherri 2009-04-29 20:16:37

Answer 6

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My own experience , I have changed 3 job in 2 years working for 1000+ people company. They all use XP. Never heard anything about upgrading to Vista plan.

RocketsLee 2009-04-29 17:39:22

Answer 7

+1 A:

Valve releases their survey statistics. Helps with operating system versions, but not your .NET 3.5 issue.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

umilmi81 2009-04-29 18:04:03

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