Windows 8.1 overtakes Mac OS X 10.9 among desktop OS users

Monday, 2 December 2013

Windows 8.1 overtakes Mac OS X 10.9 among desktop OS users

Windows 8.1 get fifth most popular operating system.as recorded by web trackes applications.

Microsoft's latest version of Windows snagged 2.64 percent of all desktop OS traffic recorded by Net Applications. That number was gain from the 1.72 percent was checked in October.

The rise also pushed windows 8.1 just ahed mac ox 10.9 mavericks with 2.42 percent shares.

Windows 8 continued to shed its share of traffic in November as more users upgraded to its successor. But combined, Windows 8 and 8.1 took home a 9.3 percent share, easily outscoring Vista but still playing a distant third to Windows 7 with 46.6 percent and Windows XP with 31.2 percent.

XP has gradually lost ground since giving up its dominance to Windows 7 in August 2012. But the 12-year-old XP continues to hang on among users and businesses.