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Never thought I'd see the day that it would actually be news that the current version of Windows is still selling more licenses than Mac OS X.

• w1ntermute 13y ago
  Seeing as OS X is at 7% market share, I would say that it has less to do with OS X and more to do with users not upgrading from previous versions of Windows. Not that you would ever even think that when walking around SF.
  • kyllo 13y ago
    Yeah, I think it's mostly enterprises' "do not want" reaction to Win8. Win7 was great for enterprise, but Win8 is just a horrible fit for that market. I think it will get skipped by enterprises just like Vista did.
    • w1ntermute 13y ago
      > Win8 is just a horrible fit for that market If they bring back the Start menu (which they're half doing in 8.1) and allow the OS to boot directly into Desktop mode, then I think that Windows 7 and 8 would be essentially the same for enterprise users. They can just ignore all the new touch/consumer-centric features that have been added on. In fact, there are quite a few improvements under the hood from 7 to 8 that they could benefit from.
      • kyllo 13y ago
        So the selling point is that it's not worse than Win7, and the new consumer-centric touchscreen features can just be ignored, and there are various "under the hood" improvements that no one ever actually explains. I'm not exactly seeing a compelling reason to break out the corporate checkbook here.