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Windows 7 Usage Passes All Versions of Mac OS X.

Windows 7 users outnumbering those on Macs. The overwhelming majority of the market uses Microsoft Windows, so it should come as no surprise that Windows usage this past weekend was higher than that of Mac OS X. The interesting stat, however, was that Windows 7 usage surpassed all versions of Mac OS X combined. According to tracking firm Net Applications, Windows 7 commanded an average of 5.07 percent usage last Saturday and Sunday. The growing slice of market share was enough to move past the 5 percent that Apple held across all its current versions of OS X for that week. "It"s safe to say that Windows 7"s daily share did peak above Mac"s weekly share," said Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice president at Net Applications, according to Computerworld. Looking at Window 7"s full week average, which started out lower than numbers attained over the weekend, Mac OS X still led ahead by nearly a percentage point. Windows 7"s week averaged at 4.15 percent usage. Vizzaccaro believes that the growth of Windows 7 will mean that it"ll soon leave OS X behind. "Certainly, the trend line shows Windows 7 will surpass Mac share soon," he predicted. Follow us on Twitter for more tech news and exclusive updates here.


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