Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux
by michaelmrose on Monday October 12, 2020 @10:37AM
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Can you clarify where you are getting your stats I had a very hard time digging up an OS market share breakdown for just laptops but intuitively it seems like it ought to be relatively similar to the desktop market share save for the addition of chromebooks.
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Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux
by tracker1 on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:51PM
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Agreed, outside of developers and the wealthy (overlap) I would be surprised of non-chromeos laptops are even 50% apple.
Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux
by michaelmrose on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:04PM
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I think historically apple has maintained approximately a 10% market share plus or minus 3 points with a higher share for the US and collegiate market.
ChromeOS is supposedly 6% of the desktop market share according to stat counter that I believe confusingly includes desktop/laptop under the same grouping. I'm guessing that about nobody is running chromeOS on a desktop so a reasonable guess is that their share of the laptop market is could easily be 10ish percent.
This would leave windows with somewhere between 70% and 80%
Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux
by tracker1 on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:05PM
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Aside, I've considered using a ChromiumOS for older desktops as a refurb option a few times, and for the likes of my mother in-law who likes desktop form factor, but needs something more "safe" than a typical desktop.