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Posted 02 August 2010 - 05:10 PM

images/news/windows7.jpgMicrosoft's Windows 7 reached a major milestone in July, while Apple's Mac OS X lost ground for the fourth straight month, a Web analytics firm Net Applications said Sunday.

Microsoft's Windows 7 reached a major milestone in July, while Apple's Mac OS X lost ground for the fourth straight month, a Web analytics firm said Sunday.

According to California-based Net Applications, Windows 7 passed Vista for the first time last month by posting a usage share of 14.5%, versus its predecessor's 14.3%.

Net Applications uses data acquired from the 160 million unique visitors who browse the 40,000 Web sites it monitors for clients.

Windows 7 has been on a fast pace to supplant Vista as Microsoft's -- and the world's -- No. 2 operating system, behind the nearly-nine-year-old Windows XP. By Net Applications' calculation, Windows 7 needed just nine months to hit a mark that Vista took more than 21 months to match.

Vista's share crested at 18.8% in October 2009 and has been in decline since: Vista has lost 4.5 percentage points, or 24% of its peak share, since Microsoft launched Windows 7.

Microsoft has not been shy about flaunting Windows 7's success, calling it the firm's fastest-selling operating system with more than 175 million licenses sold , and claiming that Windows 7 runs 16% of the world's personal computers.

Computerworld





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