Windows 7 way hotter than Vista off the line, now more popular than all OS X versions

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/os-tiny-curb.jpg (http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/windows-7-growing-faster-than-vista-overtakes-mac-os.ars)We learned back in November (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/windows-7-sales-234-higher-than-vistas-first-few-days-accordin/) that Windows 7 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Windows7/) was having a much (much!) better first few days in retail than Vista did when it launched, but now that the system has had a full quarter and change to make an impression, it looks as if that growth isn't slowing down. According to new figures from Net Application, Win7 is achieving a higher level of market penetration in a faster amount of time than Vista did; after a month, Vista was stuck at 0.93 percent, while Win7 nailed the 4 percent mark. After two months, Win7 jumped to 5.71 percent, while Vista was barely over 2 percent after the same amount of time. 'Course, the newest version of Windows had a holiday season to help it out right from the get-go, but there's still no denying that people are flocking to the system even now. What's most interesting, however, is that the overall market share of Windows 7 alone has now surpassed all OS X versions that are being tracked (10.4, 10.5 and 10.6), so put that in your pipe and smoke it. Smoke it long and hard (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/windows-7-sales-234-higher-than-vistas-first-few-days-accordin/).Windows 7 way hotter than Vista off the line, now more popular than all OS X versions (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/windows-7-way-hotter-than-vista-off-the-line-now-more-popular-t/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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