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Given the anti-trust focus on large tech firms at the moment it seems unlikely, at least in the short term. Windows has a huge market share in desktop (~80% fro

by remus 6y ago

Given the anti-trust focus on large tech firms at the moment it seems unlikely, at least in the short term. Windows has a huge market share in desktop (~80% from a quick search) and very substantial share in laptops (~40%) and I can't imagine they want to make any moves (e.g. buying out a competitor) that might lead a regulator to believe they're flexing a dominant market position to their advantage.

hutzlibu 6y ago
But they are not really competing against Ubuntu in the Laptop market. Much rather against apple and chromebooks and they cannot buy them. So I doubt they do not buy cannonical because of fear of regulators.
michaelmrose 6y ago
Can you clarify where you are getting your stats I had a very hard time digging up an OS market share breakdown for just laptops but intuitively it seems like it ought to be relatively similar to the desktop market share save for the addition of chromebooks.
- tracker1 6y ago
  Agreed, outside of developers and the wealthy (overlap) I would be surprised of non-chromeos laptops are even 50% apple.
  - michaelmrose 6y ago
    I think historically apple has maintained approximately a 10% market share plus or minus 3 points with a higher share for the US and collegiate market. ChromeOS is supposedly 6% of the desktop market share according to stat counter that I believe confusingly includes desktop/laptop under the same grouping. I'm guessing that about nobody is running chromeOS on a desktop so a reasonable guess is that their share of the laptop market is could easily be 10ish percent. This would leave windows with somewhere between 70% and 80%
    - tracker1 6y ago
      Aside, I've considered using a ChromiumOS for older desktops as a refurb option a few times, and for the likes of my mother in-law who likes desktop form factor, but needs something more "safe" than a typical desktop.

by remus 6y ago

hutzlibu 6y ago

But they are not really competing against Ubuntu in the Laptop market. Much rather against apple and chromebooks and they cannot buy them. So I doubt they do not buy cannonical because of fear of regulators.

michaelmrose 6y ago

Can you clarify where you are getting your stats I had a very hard time digging up an OS market share breakdown for just laptops but intuitively it seems like it ought to be relatively similar to the desktop market share save for the addition of chromebooks.

tracker1 6y ago
Agreed, outside of developers and the wealthy (overlap) I would be surprised of non-chromeos laptops are even 50% apple.
- michaelmrose 6y ago
  I think historically apple has maintained approximately a 10% market share plus or minus 3 points with a higher share for the US and collegiate market. ChromeOS is supposedly 6% of the desktop market share according to stat counter that I believe confusingly includes desktop/laptop under the same grouping. I'm guessing that about nobody is running chromeOS on a desktop so a reasonable guess is that their share of the laptop market is could easily be 10ish percent. This would leave windows with somewhere between 70% and 80%
  - tracker1 6y ago
    Aside, I've considered using a ChromiumOS for older desktops as a refurb option a few times, and for the likes of my mother in-law who likes desktop form factor, but needs something more "safe" than a typical desktop.