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Microsoft is probably 90% of computers already for everyone.
by MattGaiser 5y ago
Microsoft is probably 90% of computers already for everyone.
- zamadatix 5y ago~20 years ago this was true (for the US at least, and they had run into antitrust problems as a result) but nowadays it's more like 75%. ChromeOS is very popular in K-12 and macOS is decently common in University/Tech and not unheard of for the average consumer either. Traditional Linux is still marginal. This is only counting traditional desktop computing.
- Kranar 5y agoGoing off Wikipedia, Windows is approximately 75%, macOS is 15%, and other OS's (ChromeOS, Linux) make up the remaining 10% [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste...
- mensetmanusman 5y agoYou can write an OS on Windows, the same is not true on iOS.