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October 20th, 2009

How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard?

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 8:12 am

Categories: Apple, Microsoft, Poll of the Day, Trends, Windows 7

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

OK, time for a bit of fun. Windows 7 hits the General Availability make on October 22nd. How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard?

Here’s the data as it stood for September 09 as per Net Applications:

  • Windows 7: 1.52%
  • Mac OS X 10.5 3.03%
  • Mac OS X 10.4 0.96%
  • Mac OS X 10.6 0.77%
  • Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 combined 4.76%

How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard?

Note: Windows 7 has already beaten Linux’s market share of 0.96%.

How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard?

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Note: I’m pretty sure that Net Applications will be tracking market share hourly following launch.

Want to make a more precise guess? Pop it in the TalkBack!

[UPDATE: Via Twitter, PC Pro's Jon Honeyball suggested that a good metric would be to see how long it takes Windows 7 to grab the same percentage of the Windows install base that Snow Leopard has captured of the entire Mac OS X intall base - Interesting!]

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Years if you look at adoption rates  Bruizer | 10/20/09
adoption rate????  aks78 | 10/20/09
Agreed.  Sleeper Service | 10/20/09
Uh, no! Mac OSX 10.6 is already eclipsed  SnoBoy | 10/21/09
Market Share???  padapa | 10/21/09
27% of nothing is still nothing.  aktazdevil | 10/21/09
To the "Numbers Men" of either stripe ...  BL PUMPK9 | 10/21/09
Snow Leopard had a huge early adoption rate  aj.redmond@... | 10/21/09
sigh 18% of nothing is still nothing...  aktazdevil | 10/21/09
Market Cap  Jkirk3279 | 10/21/09
18% of something is something  aj.redmond@... | 10/21/09
Your Toyota disanalogy  jongunn@... | 10/22/09
What the H is a disanalogy?  aj.redmond@... | 10/22/09
Hmmmmm... could it be that  unclefixer@... | 10/21/09
WHat the heck is an adoption rate? Either you have it or you don't(nt)  socialism=nowhere | 10/20/09
learn to listen and listen to learn  sdorinzdnet | 10/21/09
Retard  Crestview | 10/21/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  bettynormal | 10/20/09
And Windows 7 isn't even out yet  nancyjones36507@... | 10/20/09
Not true...  Bill F. | 10/21/09
Add to that...  Wolfie2K3 | 10/21/09
And linux is always free and available.  rtk | 10/21/09
check your facts  Aussie_linux_user | 10/21/09
We have no facts  rtk | 10/22/09
You've found the Holy Grail. A car analogy that actually Works!  xuniL_z | 10/22/09
It doesn't ship until tomorrow  rtk | 10/21/09
Um, not exactly true  kaninelupus | 10/22/09
The point of course is  rtk | 10/22/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  shollomon | 10/20/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  Loverock Davidson | 10/20/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  Erroneous | 10/20/09
My vote: Weeks.  NStalnecker | 10/20/09
Pretty good? How about never happened before!  Heatlesssun | 10/20/09
I can't say  NStalnecker | 10/20/09
Not entirely "BEFORE release..."  Wolfie2K3 | 10/21/09
A large number of the early sales are going to be...  vulpine@... | 10/21/09
UK Preorders...  Wolfie2K3 | 10/21/09
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if by cognoscenti and intelligentsia you mean . .  eggmanbubbagee@... | 10/20/09
Cognoscenti plus  jpdemers@... | 10/21/09
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"doofii"  william@... | 10/22/09
Delusional much?(nt)  ShadeTree | 10/20/09
Silly reply  xuniL_z | 10/20/09
Obviously...  UsernameRequired | 10/20/09
How do you mean?  LiquidLearner | 10/20/09
Doesn't scale? That's interesting ...  de-void | 10/20/09
Probably by if it  Erroneous | 10/20/09
Arrogance?  xuniL_z | 10/21/09
You proved his point  Fred Fredrickson | 10/20/09
Sorry to get you all worked up man. I didn't mean to.  xuniL_z | 10/21/09
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It was a reply, not an expression of who I am. dum*s***  xuniL_z | 10/22/09
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You think much for yourself??  CrashPad | 10/20/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  transwizard | 10/20/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  softwaretailor | 10/20/09
It would be more interesting to see how this all shakes out  frgough | 10/20/09
It may primarily play there  Erroneous | 10/20/09
wait for 7 to see the shake out  eggmanbubbagee@... | 10/20/09
People still buy Windows?  aplman | 10/20/09
Yeah people still by Windows!  MSFTWorshipper | 10/20/09
OK, they "by" Windows, but do they "buy" it?  markbn | 10/21/09
Ummmmm  athynz | 10/21/09
A joke?  mngmikes | 10/21/09
Spoken like a tard who's never tried it...  Wolfie2K3 | 10/21/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  lordshipmayhem | 10/20/09
It's not worth your while to upgrade if...  PollyProteus | 10/20/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  dhays | 10/20/09
You won't be learning a new OS from scratch like if you...  PollyProteus | 10/20/09
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Easy to use  boomchuck1 | 10/21/09
Where did I talk about ease of use?  aj.redmond@... | 10/21/09
2 reasons why the guy above must own a Mac.  ulrichburke@... | 10/21/09
@ulrichburke  aj.redmond@... | 10/21/09
@ UlrichBurke  Jkirk3279 | 10/26/09
... just two clicks...  vulpine@... | 10/21/09
click click  boomchuck1 | 10/21/09
Nope, only one click.  Spiff1 | 10/22/09
my two cents, and one click  paladin2 | 11/15/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  powershaker | 10/20/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  bruce.robbie@... | 10/20/09
New PCs?  ashbyjm@... | 10/20/09
Yes and no.  Dauplat | 10/21/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  mdando@... | 10/20/09
Discounting splits...  vulpine@... | 10/21/09
MS stock  boomchuck1 | 10/21/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  Timpraetor | 10/20/09
The real question is how long it will take to beat WinXP  ComputerGeneralist | 10/20/09
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RE: How long until someone cares?  jdate@... | 10/20/09
Mac Users  Blogsworth | 10/20/09
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You Forgot...  Jkirk3279 | 10/26/09
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Okey Dokey !  Jkirk3279 | 10/27/09
Odd  Badgered | 10/21/09
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RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  ConstableOdo | 10/20/09
Shame on you, Adrian  theoxygenthief | 10/20/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  sudhir.vashist@... | 10/20/09
Already has  tonymcs@... | 10/20/09
already has (poll should have had that)  astro_z | 10/21/09
Adoption rates  jragosta | 10/20/09
And yet it still  Erroneous | 10/20/09
5 fiscal quarters.  matthew_maurice | 10/20/09
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Probably October 23rd  marks055@... | 10/20/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  Bozzer | 10/21/09
How long before another thinly disguised Microsoft advert from ZDnet  whisperycat | 10/21/09
Good question....  Badgered | 10/21/09
Any comparison of Win 7 to OSX is an advert for Apple  Rich_F | 10/21/09
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RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  syem@... | 10/21/09
....  Badgered | 10/21/09
You should have added "Who cares?"...  vikingnyc@... | 10/21/09
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RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  gatewoodj@... | 10/21/09
to gauge things...  gatewoodj@... | 10/21/09
Leaving MSFT over Vista/Win7  padapa | 10/21/09
Well Exactly...  bbneo | 10/21/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  izelatlan | 10/21/09
Cheaper?  johnwadelong@... | 10/21/09
You're a Nozzle  barbose | 10/21/09
And what idiot chooses an operating system according to market share?  qunungnauraq | 10/21/09
well said  Aussie_linux_user | 10/22/09
Well...  Jkirk3279 | 10/27/09
Do you really believe that the fanboyz/fangrrrlz/fanitz...  Heimdall222 | 10/21/09
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RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  mseiler@... | 10/21/09
Yea,I've got most of the marketshare.  qunungnauraq | 10/21/09
Lets face it...  santellan17585 | 10/21/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  mb06bps | 10/21/09
Actually  melekali | 10/21/09
If OS X isn't a threat, why do you care?  I12BPhil | 10/21/09
Consider the new PC Inventory in the pipeline  Rich_F | 10/21/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  b12sklfck | 10/21/09
I wonder if you trust...  sykandtyed | 10/21/09
My thing is bigger than...  sykandtyed | 10/21/09
This site sucks (sorry to go off topic)  stillgolfing | 10/21/09
I don't get that add all the time  unclefixer@... | 10/21/09
Thanks  stillgolfing | 10/22/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  merc2dogs` | 10/21/09
Zdnet metrics  monei011 | 10/21/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  hrral@... | 10/21/09
Usually, I find some interesting things here...  unclefixer@... | 10/21/09
Apple has enough *cash* to buy every Dell share  macgroover | 10/21/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  dmendels | 10/21/09
Poor Urlich, living in a dream!  Spiff1 | 10/22/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  spikedstrider | 10/22/09
Close,  rtk | 10/22/09
It's the engine, stupid.  Spiff1 | 10/22/09
The engine is intel, moron,  rtk | 10/22/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  levstein | 10/22/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  k1080 | 10/22/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  Dave Mount | 10/22/09
Doesn't it only need to beat Mac OS 7?  HyperCog | 10/22/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopa  jr.mag@... | 10/22/09
Who Cares?  mflanery | 10/22/09
How Long... This is Stupid  sfaid | 10/22/09
RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?  DSilda | 10/22/09
Dodgy bootcamp drivers perhaps ?  sjaak327 | 10/24/09
12:01AM, October 22, 2009  James T. Kirk | 10/23/09
Moot. Win 7's share beat Snow Leopard's before launch  andy@... | 10/24/09
How long?  JJ Brannon | 10/26/09

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