Windows 7 shows signs of early gains

InternetNews | at | by Mike

During slightly more than a week after Windows 7's consumer release on Oct. 22, the new operating system's market share rose 1.68 percent to 3.67 percent in daily tracking surveys, according to Net Applications.

As of Sunday, Nov. 1, Microsoft's Windows 7 held 2.15 percent of the total operating system market worldwide, the Web analytics tracking firm said.

Meanwhile, all versions of Windows held a combined total market share of 92.51 percent. Of that, Windows XP held 70.48 percent market share and Windows Vista had 18.83 percent.