The fastest selling operating system in history has given sufficient fuel to Microsoft to outpace Apple in terms of consumer satisfaction. Essentially, Windows 7 has bested Mac OS X Snow Leopard for the boost in satisfaction delivered to end users, revealed London-based market-research firm YouGov Plc. Both on the day of the release of the latest iterations of Windows and Mac OS X, and also throughout 2009, the proprietary OS from the Redmond-based company beat Cupertino’s favorite cat, as data extracted from the respondents in YouGov’s Chart of the Day reveals, according to Bloomberg.
Windows 7, which hit the shelves on October 22, 2009, boosted the level of consumer satisfaction for the software giant to on less than 67% for the entire week after launch. The increase was substantial, no less than 3% in a single day. Certainly, it was more substantial than the jump that Mac OS X Snow Leopard delivered to Apple, just 1%, bumping the consumer satisfaction level to 65%.
At the same time, Windows 7 managed to keep its momentum throughout the end of 2009. No less than 73% of respondents declared that they were satisfied with Microsoft on December 31, namely a 14% growth. By comparison, Apple customer satisfaction only grew by 6.9% by the end of the past year.
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