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These figures, which cover the second quarter of 2016, show that Android has actually increased its market share by 4 percent over the last year. All other operating systems are down, with iOS losing 1.7 percent [..] I think it's fair to declare Android the winner in the mobile operating [system] wars at this point. —
Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer (PC) market with over 90% market share, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced in 1984, while Microsoft has in 2020 lost its dominance of the consumer operating system market, with Windows down to 30%, lower than Apple's 31% mobile-only share (65% for desktop operating ...
The article "Usage share of operating systems" provides a broader, and more general, comparison of operating systems that includes servers, mainframes and supercomputers. Because of the large number and variety of available Linux distributions , they are all grouped under a single entry; see comparison of Linux distributions for a detailed ...
A rare piece of good news for Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows came out of a new IDC report on tablet PC sales. Over the period from 2012 to 2016, the market share of Windows as a tablet OS ...
Linux desktop distributions also offer multiple desktop workspaces, greater customization, free and unlimited support through forums, and an operating system that doesn't slow down over time. Environmental reasons are also cited, as Linux operating systems usually do not come in boxes and other retail packaging, but are downloaded via the Internet.
Version market share As a percentage of desktop and laptop systems using Microsoft Windows , [ 1 ] according to StatCounter data as of November 2024 [ 2 ] : Desktop OS
Android is the most used operating system on phones in virtually all countries, with some countries, such as India, having over 96% market share. [366] On tablets, usage is more even, as iOS is a bit more popular globally.
The global market leader has been Lenovo in every year since 2013, followed by HP and Dell. Previously, Compaq was the global market leader in the late 1990s until the year 2000, while HP and Dell shared market leadership in the 2000s. For data about PC vendors' market shares in laptop computers specifically, see Laptop#Historic market share.