Andre Yoskowitz
4 Mar 2013 23:32
According to the most recent NetMarketShare figures, Windows XP remains relevant in the global market share in the operating system world.
Window 7 remained the leader, at 44.55 percent, followed closely by the ancient Windows XP at 38.99 percent.
Microsoft is killing support for Windows XP SP3 in April, 2014, meaning there will be no more tech support, no more hotfixes and no more security updates. Effectively, after 13 years, Microsoft is killing off the operating system. That should eventually lead to an exodus towards Windows 7 and Windows 8, but for now the OS remains incredibly relevant despite being outdated.
Windows 8 is now up to 2.67 percent share, growing just half a percentage point from January. Windows Vista remains with a 5.17 percent share, and Apple's Mac OS X 10.8 has 2.61 percent share, with older Mac operating systems amounting to another 4 percent.