Windows 7 use continues to climb
Adoption of Windows 7 continues to grow, with the weeks-old operating system accounting for 4 percent of PCs accessing the Web over the past weekend, according to Net Applications.
By contrast, it took Windows Vista seven months to reach that level, the Web-monitoring firm said in a report.
"The early anticipation and high expectations for Windows 7 seem to have been warranted," Net Applications Executive Vice President Vince Vizzaccaro said in an e-mail.
One of the key questions, though, is whether Windows 7 will help Microsoft regain share from Apple, Vizzaccaro said. "Can Windows 7 stop the slow Windows decline, or even reverse it? I think we'll see that answer develop in the next few months," he said.
A week ago, Net Applications noted that Windows 7 use had topped 3 percent. The new operating system tends to do better on weekends, the time when consumer use accounts for more of the market and then share dips back somewhat as the work week starts.
Windows 7 went on sale October 22, though it was already topping 2 percent market share in Net Applications' daily tracking statistics even before its official debut.
Market researcher NPD said last week that boxed copy sales of Windows 7 were also outpacing those of Windows Vista in its initial days on the market.
Microsoft has also said it is seeing strong interest from businesses, although typically corporations take many months to test a new operating system before deploying it widely.
At TechEd Europe, Microsoft talked about enterprise adoption of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, highlighting some early customers of the two products.
"We remain just pleased and humbled by the very warm reception we're seeing," Windows Vice President Tami Reller said in a Webcast on Monday.
During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried has changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. These days, most of her attention is focused on Microsoft. E-mail Ina. 
I don't see them reversing anything anytime soon. When people bite the bullet, take the plunge, or whatever metaphor you want to use for switching to Apple, they aren't going to just hop right back. That's one advantage to Apple's higher prices; if you switch it's more of a commitment. I can see it slowing the trend but not really reversing it.
Not trying to turn this into some silly "X is better than Y" claim. Just simply saying it goes both ways here. :)
It is unlikely that Apple will see a significant reduction though, but a one point reduction could be feasible if 7 sells lots of new machines.
Vista is/was terrible and people just want to upgrade off of the sorry excuse of an OS. In the college campus environment, and working as the ResNet manager I hear alot of smack talk about Vista and trying to support Vista on a student computer that does not even meet the "required" configurations is pain.
We have a few vista computer that can not get an ip address no matter what we try they can not get a ip address from our own dhcp....they are trying to get an ip from some other dhcp server...and this is/was after a reformat. Works fine with Ubuntu Live...just not in Windows Vista.
I think Microsoft should buy back all the copies of VISTA because it sucked soo much.
AFAIK Windows 7 is basically Vista a few years later with a service pack.
What makes it better now?
1. Lots of fixes in SP1 and SP2 bthat fix bugs and mainly speed
2. Hardware drivers were not ready in 2006. It took nearly 6 months for some vendors to create quality drivers. I'm looking at you Nvidia!!!
3. When Vista first came out lots of people were trying to run it on their PC they bought when XP was new in 2001/2002. Since then, people have upgrade their rigs to more competnent hardware.
Yes, Vista was bad but it has come a long way and is quite usable. Ever heard of the Mojave Project??
It's tiring to see ppl/media delibrately trying to push that suckish OS in completetion with MS.
Second thing - can someone list here 5 things which Apple's SL does better than Windows 7?
only 5 things...
any one.... .. C|Net moderators, Apple's babies... so called bloggers...
hellllllllllllooooooooooooooo. ....................
Windows 7 is the best Windows ever. Does that make you happy?
"networking, virtual desktops, boot-up times and shut dow time, graphics, multimedia, being able to see ALL your open and minimized windows in one glance. file previews (look at a doc w/o opening), ..."
All of which are available now. Some of those features have been available for *years* in previous versions. Some do require third party solutions like virtual desktops, but then again, that largely becomes a utility consumers are not likely to use, meant more for geeks and power users.
Please try again.
talking about who does it better. thats the question.
networking?? oh please!!
virtual desktop?? oh gosh!! try Hyper-V yet??
boot-up and shutdown? shut down some un-needed services in Win7 and don't install junk drivers and u'll see
multimedia? iTunes? gosh!!
being able to see ALL your open and minimized windows in one glance.! try win7 yet?
And how exactly you say it's better?
let's take your items 1 by 1
* networking - r u kidding?
* virtual desktops - Wait a minute.. Who uses this really? AND FYI, Linux can do this better then Apple OS.
* boot-up times and shut dow time - Have you heard of <25 second boot up and <15 second Shutdown??? That's Windows 7 for you.
* graphics, multimedia - Come out of your shell dear. FYI, It's 2009 and in few months it will 2010. Windows 7 was launched on Oct 22 2009. Time for you to try it out.
By the way, can you play all DVDs on your Mac without the Thirdparty application ?? Let me know when you are out of hibernation.
* being able to see ALL your open and minimized windows in one glance - O Man.. iif you live in a place, which has a bestbuy/frys/walmart, please go and get some hands on Windows 7
(hint to the other posters - check the date of the article ;) )
November 10, 2009 1:12 PM PST
Todays' date:
November 10, 2009
Was it different when you looked at it earlier? CNET's system does at times list the dates incorrectly, I know.
The desktop has always represented a platform to connect to and run Microsoft's other products. The truth is, despite all those commercials Apple runs trying to convince everyone that Microsoft manufactures computers, Microsoft loses little income when people purchase a Mac. They lose OEM license money. I don't doubt they would like to have it, but Dell and HP take far more of a blow than Redmond.
During most of Vista's run Microsoft had record revenue. While their client products showed an -8% performance shrink the Server Product was up +20%.. When the Linux community lost it's collective mind with Ubuntu disease and zero attention to growing awareness of it's superb qualities of cost and efficiency as a server platform, Microsoft quietly filled holes with SharePoint and consolidating the Accounting product with Dynamics.
Linux had Microsoft genuinely alarmed. The threat from Apple is mostly in the heads of Macheads and Job's lapdog press.
Re: threat from Apple, when you look at the comparative growth rates of Mac OS X and Windows, what do you think that means? (Not a snarky question, I'm genuinely curious!) I could assume you think the Mac's growth will slow down long before it becomes a significant threat (say, 20% of the market) -- if so, why? Thanks.
As an example, look at the iPhone. The fact that people are using them to run apps everywhere and that they are BUYING apps, is a significan threat to microsoft. It is not 1:1 competition, but it somewhat displaces Windows from the center stage.
Linux does not concern MS at all, at least on the desktop. Even the most optimistic projections don't see Linux eroding Windows share in less than a decade, if ever (and I personally am more on the side of never). Open Source Software in general does worry MS, but Linux has failed to cause any harm in over ten years, and there's no indication that that will change in the near future.
But even if you are happy with Vista (I was) there are some very nice things in 7 that you could benefit from. I love the jump lists in the taskbar, they are a real time saver. WiFi connectivity is much faster and reliable now, and battery life has seen a very significant bump in my two laptops. There are a few other things that create a nicer experience, so I suggest you try it out somewhere, you might find that it is worth the admission price even if you are happy now.
So 4x Windows 7 users to Linux users
And how exactly you say it's better?
let's take your items 1 by 1
* networking - r u kidding?
* virtual desktops - Wait a minute.. Who uses this really? AND FYI, Linux can do this better then Apple OS.
* boot-up times and shut dow time - Have you heard of <25 second boot up and <15 second Shutdown??? That's Windows 7 for you.
* graphics, multimedia - Come out of your shell dear. FYI, It's 2009 and in few months it will 2010. Windows 7 was launched on Oct 22 2009. Time for you to try it out.
By the way, can you play all DVDs on your Mac without the Thirdparty application ?? Let me know when you are out of hibernation.
* being able to see ALL your open and minimized windows in one glance - O Man.. iif you live in a place, which has a bestbuy/frys/walmart, please go and get some hands on Windows 7
NetApplications MarketShare
Operating System Market share
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10
In a sluggish economy, Windows 7 has a long way to go.
- by shycelticwitch November 11, 2009 9:20 AM PST
- @ nonicks....
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- by rapier1 November 12, 2009 8:47 AM PST
- Ummm... If OS X is so much more advanced why did it take until 10.4.6 for them to start including receiver side auto-tuning? Why is their network stack still one of the slowest on the market? Oh wait, that's right you don't know anything about the internals of your OS. Sorry, my bad.
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- by shycelticwitch November 12, 2009 1:49 PM PST
- What part of "superior technology" do you not understand? If Apple waited to do something, it was for the purpose of doing it better. And I know more about Macs than you'll ever know about PCs. Try reading profiles before you start throwing insults. Troll.
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- by shycelticwitch November 12, 2009 1:50 PM PST
- You also made my point about "greater numbers". Thank you. LOL
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- by Commandoclone87 November 13, 2009 11:36 PM PST
- wow, it sounds like someone needs to stop sniffing the clouds and pull a certain object out of a certain bodily oriface.
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(53 Comments)I am so very happy for you... your W7 finally gives you all the features that OS X users have been enjoying for years. You go on and play with your nice PC, I'm sure it's just perfect for you. And keep spewing mindless drivel about it too, it seems the other PC users here think it's gospel. The rest of us (the smaller part of the market share that seems to be what drives your insane hatred of all things Mac) will make sure we don't say anything bad about your superior, no-fault Windows OS that might unhinge you.
Go forth with the billions who share your small thoughts, but remember one thing... Ms has 92% of the market... but... being greater in numbers does not always indicate higher life form... cockroaches come to mind...