From HeXus comes this…
PC upgraders chose Windows 7 over Windows 8.X during March
With the official end of support for Windows XP just under a week away the OS still holds over 27 per cent – over a quarter – of the market according to the latest Net Applications data (via TNW). During the last full month of XP’s support it dropped in market share by just 1.84 per cent compared to February.
The latest data also shows us that more people are choosing to jump over to Windows 7 rather than Windows 8.X. In March Windows 7 gained 1.46 per cent to catch 48.77 per cent of the market. For the three previous months Windows 8.X had won over more converts but the impending Xpcopalypse seems to have favoured Windows 7.
Windows 8 was basically a non-mover on the chart but Windows 8.1 gained 0.59 per cent. In aggregate the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 share now stands at 11.30 per cent.
It seems like a recent initiative by Microsoft which attempted to attract Windows XP machine upgraders with $100 off a new Windows 8.X device has had all the impact of a gnat…
