Computerworld – Windows 8’s user share in October climbed past the 10% milestone for the first time since the launch of the radically-overhauled OS a year ago, an analytics company said Friday.
The operating system’s share of all computing devices running Windows, a tally that included Windows 8.1, rose to 10.2% in October, according to California-based metrics company Net Applications.
Yet the gain, just fourth-tenths of a percentage point, was sluggish compared to past advances, and represented only half the monthly average over the last 12 months and a third of the increase of September alone.
The slower increase signaled that the OS took a breather in its uptake race, most likely caused by the one-two punch of the end of back-to-school sales in September, and a pause in purchases as buyers awaited new hardware with Windows 8.1 and the higher-than-usual discounts many experts believe will mark this year’s holidays.
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