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This is a pure guess - people downgrading back to Windows 7. Maybe new laptop buyers install Windows 7 because they don't like 8.1, IE8 is default on Windows 7.

by arihant 11y ago

This is a pure guess - people downgrading back to Windows 7. Maybe new laptop buyers install Windows 7 because they don't like 8.1, IE8 is default on Windows 7. Could be a lot of things, but it is a good chance that this has something to do with Windows 7.

smcl 11y ago
It seems unlikely to me that enough people are tech savvy enough to downgrade a version of windows but can't (or don't want to?) switch from IE8 - which we can probably all agree is not a particularly nice browser
- Spooky23 11y ago
  Corporate images are almost all Windows 7... 8 is basically son of Vista.
- smhenderson 11y ago
  You don't have to be technically savvy to take advantage of downgrading though, resellers will do it for you. If you go to CDW, TigerDirect, NewEgg, etc. they all are selling PC's now, new and referbed, with Windows 8 licenses but with Windows 7 pre-installed. All you have to know from a technical standpoint is that you prefer 7 over 8.
  - 67726e 11y ago
    My gut feeling says that a consumer that isn't savvy enough to upgrade a browser is most likely shopping at a big box store, or maybe Amazon.
joshvm 11y ago
https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qpcustomb=0&qprid=11 https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share... Windows 7's share has increased by 2-3% in the last three months. I think it's probably upgraders since XP has decreased by ~ the same amount, and XP users are far more likely to be enterprise.
franciscop 11y ago
So before we had ie8 because it was the latest supported by Windows XP, now we get it because it's the one included in Windows 7. Oh, the irony.
- frik 11y ago
  There is IE11 for Win7. Though many corporations force the "IE8" compatibility mode in IE9-11. Also IE8 was the last IE that is compatible with WinXP.
mcbridematt 11y ago
Guessing along similar lines - ex corporate Win7 machines hitting the secondary market?
chippy 11y ago
I'm thinking it's people upgrading from XP. They know they can no longer use it, so they upgrade to 7

by arihant 11y ago

smcl 11y ago

It seems unlikely to me that enough people are tech savvy enough to downgrade a version of windows but can't (or don't want to?) switch from IE8 - which we can probably all agree is not a particularly nice browser

Spooky23 11y ago
Corporate images are almost all Windows 7... 8 is basically son of Vista.
smhenderson 11y ago
You don't have to be technically savvy to take advantage of downgrading though, resellers will do it for you. If you go to CDW, TigerDirect, NewEgg, etc. they all are selling PC's now, new and referbed, with Windows 8 licenses but with Windows 7 pre-installed. All you have to know from a technical standpoint is that you prefer 7 over 8.
- 67726e 11y ago
  My gut feeling says that a consumer that isn't savvy enough to upgrade a browser is most likely shopping at a big box store, or maybe Amazon.

joshvm 11y ago

https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qpcustomb=0&qprid=11 https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share... Windows 7's share has increased by 2-3% in the last three months. I think it's probably upgraders since XP has decreased by ~ the same amount, and XP users are far more likely to be enterprise.

franciscop 11y ago

So before we had ie8 because it was the latest supported by Windows XP, now we get it because it's the one included in Windows 7. Oh, the irony.

frik 11y ago
There is IE11 for Win7. Though many corporations force the "IE8" compatibility mode in IE9-11. Also IE8 was the last IE that is compatible with WinXP.

mcbridematt 11y ago

Guessing along similar lines - ex corporate Win7 machines hitting the secondary market?

chippy 11y ago

I'm thinking it's people upgrading from XP. They know they can no longer use it, so they upgrade to 7