Windows 8 - How well is it accepted?

 

Microsoft made some radical changes in its new version of operating system. The desktop is totally different with the applications arranged in tile format, which facilitates the touchscreen input. The conventional Start button has been changed.  There are many more changes in the operating system, which you may stumble upon when you upgrade from winows previous version of operating systems. Microsoft hasn’t left any stone unturned to make Windows 8 a big success. It has also offered free windows 8 pro upgrade if you purchase a Windows 7 computer between 2-June, 2012 and 13-January, 2013.

 

According to the latest market share by Net Applications, one of the analytical farms, the share of Windows 8 is at the end of the week of November, 18, is 1.18%. The number doesn’t give much insight as it is long way to go for Windows 8. However, it is interesting to see that Windows xp , which is an age old windows operating system, still acquires 39.27% of the market share. It tells us that a good number of people are still reluctant to change their operating system and moving to upgraded version very slowly. And I trust that most of them are commercial users, who are NOT in favour of taking any business risk and invest in new operating systems. However, in the view that Microsoft is stopping its support in 2014, it is ideal time for these users to upgrade their operating system to either windows 7 or windows 8.

 

Let us consider some more statistics. The market share of Windows xp has been reduced to 39.27% in the week of Novemebr 18, 2012 from 40.66% in the end of October, 2012. That means that there is a decline of 1.39%. Assuming that majority of these users moved to upgraded versions of Windows platform, they might have moved to windows 7 or windows 8.  In the same period, Windows 8 sale has been increased by 0.77% and windows 7 share by 0.78%. The total of increment in market share for windows 8 and windows 7 is close to decline in market share of windows xp. I believe that it is not a bad indication at this period of time. Unless any new issue surfaces about Windows 8, it is expected to capture the market slowly.

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