66% Of All Windows Users Still Use Windows XP
Found on ConceivablyTech on Saturday, 02 October 2010
Almost one year after the introduction of Windows 7 it appears that the hype surrounding the operating has faded. The overall market share of Windows has turned into a slight decline again.
Especially Windows XP users seem to be happy with what they have and appear to be rather resistant to Microsoft's pitches that it is time to upgrade to Windows 7.
Many users are just tired of upgrades that require a lot of effort and come with the notion that the computer may not boot after the upgrade.
Previously, you gained more from upgrading hardware and software: the increase of speed was easy to notice, as well as the growth of storage resources. Today, the majority of users don't do much more than surfing the Internet a little, reading emails, listening to music and watching videos. Today's systems do all that pretty well and still have resources left. You don't hand out cash to quadruple your cores and memory and install a new OS just for the hell of it. Whether your average CPU/memory usage is 10% or 5% doesn't matter; there is still enough left. Besides, the new features aren't really that impressive either.