In line with StatCounter, it’s taken roughly two years for Redmond’s latest to surpass XP and become the world’s most excellent operating system. October 2011 marks the primary time that Windows 7 has overtaken XP globally, with a 40 percent share of the market versus the latter’s 38. As for Vista, it has been holding steady at around 11. Not that it’s much of a surprise, as in North America, Windows 7 took the crown back in April of this year . Rounding out the head five, are OS X (though it is not clear whether that captures all of Cupertino’s beasts) and Linux, which are available in at 7 and zero.82 percent respectively. But don’t take our word for it, hop on over to the source links and get your interactive chart on.
[Thanks, Pipera]
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