Vista Use Grows as Mac OS X Stays Flat

jdelator writes to mention ComputerWorld is reporting that Microsoft's Windows Vista has increased their market share steadily every month while their main opponent, Mac OS X, has remained essentially flat. "According to Net Applications, in June Windows Vista accounted for 4.52% of all systems that browsed the Web, up from January's 0.18%. Vista has grown its usage share each month since its release to consumers Jan. 30, hitting 0.93% in February, 2.04% in March, 3.02% in April and 3.74% in May. Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X, meanwhile, accounted for 6.22% in January and hit its high point of 6.46% in May, but it slipped back to 6% in June. If Vista's uptake trend continues, it should pass Mac OS X in Web usage share by the end of August."

Back to School, Beyotches

[water-and-sewer]

August begins next week, and within three weeks zillions of students will head back to school. A lot of them are eying that tasty "buy a Mac, get a free Ipod Nano" advertisement as I write. I suspect macs will spike soon enough.

Not that I care. I've given up advocating Mac OS X. Let Windows keep its monopoly so all the virus writer's choice remains clear. The rest of us can enjoy an easier existence. It's like going into the mosquito swarm with a fat, naked friend. Go get'em! Have fun downloading your latest virus definition file, suckers.

Naturally

[Anonymous Coward]

Well sure. Now that Safari is available on Windows, why switch?

Oops

[Thyamine]

Sorry, that bump in May was because I bought my new Macbook Pro for my birthday. Didn't mean to disrupt everything. Move along. This isn't the Macbook you're looking for. Move along.

Is this what passes for windows FUD these days?

[greg_barton]

Seriously. This is about the weakest FUD I've seen in years. If this is the best the windows side has to offer, they're in trouble.

So the ACTUAL news is...

[kahei]

That vista has not passed MacOS X yet, despite the benefit of being on a huge and much-encouraged upfrade path.

I'm no anti-MS crusader at all (death to the tyranny of Unix is more my motto) but to be fair, now, that's the real news.

Also I am SO DRUNK you would not believe it. Really, it's disgusting and even a bit scary. To give you some idea I drank a bottle of wine using ond of those 'shooter' things. And that was the start of the evening.

And yet, even *I* can see that Vista uptake, while not disastrous, is notable more for its slowness than for anything else. Maybe it will work out for MS, maybe not, but either way this aricle is bekeeen fearmongering and outright trolling.

Also, and I lie to you not, my /. digging compadres, there is a passed-out ex-girlfreind in my bed who has really only gotten more adorabhle with time, and yet STILL I felt it reasonable to walk over here and point out the obvious. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.

God this post is embarrassing.

Re:Is this what passes for windows FUD these days?

[hey!]

Damn straight. When I was a newbie I had to go to work in a river of bullshit -- upstream both ways.

Kids today get all worked up about stepping in a little cowpat. We didn't take any notice of anything until we had to wave our hat over our heads to keep it clean.

Err... Explains a lot about the way things are today, I guess.

Linux share grows 60% from July 2006 to June 2007

[morningstar8]

The article's headline is no surprise. But also note that the data quoted by the article [hitslink.com] shows that Linux's share of the market increased from 0.44% in July 2006 [hitslink.com] to 0.71% in June 2007 [hitslink.com]. Go Linux!

Re:So the ACTUAL news is...

[Ant P.]

THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.

You had to walk over to the computer. That's the problem, you shouldn't have left it in the first place.