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Windows 7 surpasses Windows XP in Web traffic

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 02 Oct 2012 10:30 User comments (1)

Windows 7 surpasses Windows XP in Web traffic According to the latest numbers from research firm Net Applications, Windows 7 has surpassed Windows XP in global Web traffic among desktop OS.
As of the end of September, Windows 7 accounted for 44 percent traffic, beating out Windows XP which fell to 41.2 percent.

Windows 7 initially surpassed its older brother in August by a fraction, 42.76 percent to 42.5.

Microsoft's latest, Windows 8, moved to 0.3 percent ahead of its launch later this month.

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I have windows 8 installed, so I'm part of that .03% ^_^

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