Windows 7 was launched with much fanfare by Microsoft in 2010as the latest and perhaps the best OS yet by the software giant. However, Windows XP, despite being an older OS continues to be the most dominant OS worldwide. It has been 10 years since XP was launched but there are no signs of people giving it up though many have switched over to Windows 7. The year 2012 will be a decisive year for both XP and Windows 7. The year 2011 ended with share of XP dropping to 46% of the total market share. Though this is still very impressive considering it is a decade old product, one has to realize that XP started the year with 55% market hare. During the year, this market share fell with every month. On the other hand, Windows 7 started the year with a market share of 22% and ended with a bang with a market share of 37%. Windows Vista was a distant third I the race with the OS dropping from 11% market share at the beginning of 2011 and ending at just 8%.
Microsoft has been trying desperately to convince companies around the world to switch to its latest OS Windows 7 and has even declared that it will withdraw support to XP by 2014.
