Absrtact: August 10, according to Gartner's report, 42% of the world's computers will be equipped with Windows 7 operating systems by the end of the year. Windows 7 will also exceed Windows XP as the largest operating system. Annettegamp Annette Jump, Gartner analyst, said: 2010 and 2011
By the end of this year, 42% of the world's computers will be equipped with Windows 7 operating systems, according to Gartner, a August 10 news report. Windows 7 will also exceed Windows XP as the largest operating system.
Annette Jamp Annette Jump, Gartner analyst, said: "It budgets for 2010 and 2011 have been steadily upgraded to accelerate the deployment of Windows 7 in the U.S. and Asia Pacific Enterprise markets, where windows 7 shifts began to accelerate on a large scale. ”
The report also noted that the deployment of Windows 7 slowed in some areas, such as the Middle East and Japan, as a result of riots and economic downturns.
Gartner believes 635 million PCs worldwide will run Windows 7 by the end of the year.
Last year, Microsoft's rival Apple also got a boost, with MAC OS shipping accounting for 4% of the world's new PCs. According to Gartner, Mac OS will account for 4.5% of new PCs by the end of this year, and Apple Mac OS will account for 5.2% of new PCs by 2015. Over the same period, Linux OS operating systems will remain below 2% in the next 5 years.
Gartner does not believe that Chrome OS, Android or HP webOS will get a lot of share in the coming years.
According to the NET Applications report, Windows XP accounts for 49.69% of the global operating system market, the first operating system, followed by Windows 7, which accounts for 27.92%,windows Vista to 9.27% rows third, Mac OS X 10.6 to 3.76% Row fourth.
Windows 7 was launched in October 2009 and has sold 400 million copies so far.