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Windows Rapidly Losing Market Share in the US, Market Share Drops to Historic Low of 57 Percent
Gizmochina ^ | Mar 7, 2023

Posted on 04/29/2023 9:38:07 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica

Microsoft’s Windows has always dominated the desktop OS space globally, as the operating system is widely available with many PC manufacturing partners such as Dell, HP and Lenovo. However, a recent trend shows that Windows, the operating system by Microsoft, is rapidly losing popularity in the US, due to the rise of macOS and ChromeOS in the country.


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To: doorgunner69

I could have easily resisted that. I would have had to have a minimal clue what it meant before even considering it.


21 posted on 04/29/2023 12:02:19 PM PDT by webheart
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Slowly my engineering software is going on the cloud. Some work on on any platform in any browser (OnShape). Just about anything else is available “on the cloud” so not any reason for OSs to get better.

I am still stuck with windows but it is nice having my spare laptops running linux in the office running the backups and email servers.


22 posted on 04/29/2023 12:11:04 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Jonty30

I bought the samsung phone with windows CE. It had a stylus, a real keyboard, Windows, microSD ram slot, everything I wanted. I hated it. The software would not work, the stylus was cumbersome, the keyboard would creak on certain keys but not others. I got Android immediately after. I didn’t buy iPhone for years because I was pissed about having to get ATT service to have one. I used Verizon. I had a samsung galaxy 3 until I slammed it in my car door, then went with Motorola Razer and Razer Max before getting completely sick of Android not being updated on Android phones. I have been using iPhone since 8 and I will never go back.


23 posted on 04/29/2023 12:11:06 PM PDT by webheart
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To: webheart

My Samsung 10+ note runs brave browser and has ghostery. No ads and powerful


24 posted on 04/29/2023 1:21:19 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Revel

#9 Correct!
Telling people their perfectly good computer will not work with Windows 11 is very stupid. Also forcing people to rent Office 365 did not help. Microsoft fixed that and you can buy Office for cheap https://bmlkeys.com/


25 posted on 04/29/2023 8:24:49 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Krosan

Doesn’t the graph show that it’s the year of the Mac desktop?


26 posted on 04/30/2023 7:58:59 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (The historians must be stopped. They're destroying everything.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica; rdb3; JosephW; martin_fierro; Still Thinking; zeugma; Vinnie; ironman; Egon; ...
Sorry for the delay on this ping. I was on a road trip over the weekend without my computer.


27 posted on 05/01/2023 4:59:54 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: McGruff

Most jobs I have had over the last 10 years or so allow and support Mac…at least in some capacity.

Windows still dominates the corporate landscape. But it isn’t like it used to be.


28 posted on 05/01/2023 5:03:31 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Jonty30
"Their follow up windows phone was nice."

Wozniak liked it better than Apple or Android...

29 posted on 05/01/2023 5:17:09 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
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To: ShadowAce

Microsoft has pushed us away.


30 posted on 05/01/2023 5:58:07 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: minnesota_bound

Thanks for that link to buy buggy bloatware.


31 posted on 05/01/2023 8:33:41 AM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Fai Mao

Well, Apple xOS’ of any flavor are free. Good hardware is the premium expense


32 posted on 05/01/2023 11:54:38 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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