Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Desktop Market Share - 2015

I have just found out this interesting statistics about desktop computers. And it tells me some more interesting possibilities:

- Apple Operating System is by far better than Windows in everything, everybody know this. But according to these statistics, it is the 5th most popular OS. Well, it is not that easy to work a "hackintosh", and Apple OS is originally installed on Apple computers ONLY, wich are MUCH more expensive than PCs, like this old I5 of mine.

- Windows XP is still under that heavy use? SERIOUSLY? Unless you pay MS for it, you will not have the security updates that you really need. And most people will definitively not pay for this. But, they are still using XP for activities like ... their bank account. This is insane, almost a financial suicide. But, I think that the word "security" is still not clear enough to people in general. Until something bad really happens.


- Okay, Linux definitively is not ready for desktops, although I've been using it for almost 10 years, and I DO CONSIDER it as the most affordable and safe option. But anyway, Linux market share has overcame the old Apple OS versions. No, it is not superior to these recently old Apple OS versions (not yet, and it will take a long time to happen). Apple users update their OS more frequently than Linux and Windows users, and older versions become less used very quickly. That's why Linux has "beaten" them.

This universe of desktops, will always be so difficult to be understood...

The full statistic link can be read here.

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