Windows 8 has definitely been slow to pick-up sales numbers, but web
analytics show the truth may actually be more dismal that we thought.
It would seem the extensive promotional
activities that Microsoft indulged in haven’t done much for the
company's latest OS, Windows 8, if figures from the OS adoption report
from Net Applications, a web analytics firm, are to be believed.
It would seem the extensive promotional
activities that Microsoft indulged in haven’t done much for the
company's latest OS, Windows 8, if figures from the OS adoption report
from Net Applications, a web analytics firm, are to be believed.
Data compiled by Net Applications shows that Windows 8
has only snagged only 1.6 percent of the web traffic usage share (all
machines) through till December 22. In comparison Vista had already
garnered a 2.2 percent usage share within the same time span.
Currently, analytics show that Windows 7
is the most prevalent operating system in the market, accounting for
48.89 percent of the Windows machines accessing the net. Windows XP
occupies the second place, at 43.54 percent. Windows 8 (desktop and
touch versions combined) accounts for only 1.21 percent. Vista currently
holds a 6.23 percent share of the Windows machines accessing the net.
The report does reveal an alarming truth
that Microsoft’s Windows 8 might have failed to pick up the way the
Redmond crew had hoped it would. While the analytics are alarming, we
can’t help but wonder if the analytics are not correctly accounting for
the several beta versions of Windows 8 that were released prior to the
release of the final version of Windows 8.
Many users are probably still using the
Consumer and Release Preview versions of Windows 8 and have not yet
upgraded to the final version of Windows 8.
Source: Net Applications