“After a month on the market, Windows 8’s usage uptake resembles 2007’s Vista — ultimately a poor performer for Microsoft — rather than the eventually successful Windows 7, a Web measurement company said Saturday,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld.
“According to Net Applications, 1.2% of all Windows PCs ran Windows 8 during November, more than double its share the month before,” Keizer reports. “While Windows 8 uptake rate edged Vista’s first full month — that OS ended February 2007 with a 1% share of all Windows systems — the new edition actually jumped less than the problem- and perception-plagued Vista. From January to February 2007, Vista increased its share more than five times, compared to the doubling of Windows 8.”:
Keizer reports, “By the end of Vista’s second month, it accounted for 2.2% of all copies of Windows. To equal that, Windows 8 will have to add another full percentage point to its share in December. Net Applications’ statistics corroborate other data that showed Windows 8 has not prompted consumers or businesses to buy new PCs. 
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