* Posts by GreenPaperclip

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Windows XP beats 8.1 in December market share stats

GreenPaperclip

Desktops are becoming a niche product

Assuming there isn't an amazing new XP desktop in December that lots of people and businesses are buying, there can only be one reason for such market share growth: users are leaving the desktop market in droves for mobiles and maybe some tablets.

Remember that the data shows market share, not number of users. Higher market share doesn't imply more users.

I think you can probably ignore the Christmas factor - looking at the data the last Christmas had no material impact on market share in December 2013. Perhaps this is really showing that the desktop market is in freefall in December as more and more users leave desktops for web browsing on their mobiles?

Question is, will netmarketshare share the absolute numbers of users in the desktop market?

PS: I assume the OS market share figures are derived from those desktop users who browse the web, (which is a more consumer orientated view as this would exclude a lot of business desktop use)