Microsoft’s Windows 7 took just three months to reach a penetration benchmark that Vista needed almost a year to make, Web measurement firm NetApplications.com said today.
Windows 7 finished January with a 7.5% usage share, a mark the little-loved Windows Vista didn’t attain until 11 months after its January 2007 debut.
"There’s no slowing of the Windows 7 growth curve," said Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice president with Net Applications, who also noted that on Sunday Microsoft’s newest OS accounted for more than 10% of all machines that were online. Windows 7’s share typically climbs on weekends and holidays, as more of the people online are running home computers, which are more likely to run the new operating system.
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