Steam says Windows 8 has overtaken Windows XP

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Mummelmann said:

disolitude said:

Mummelmann said:
So they're saying that PC gamers hate Vista and are slow to adopt the very smartphone-ish looks of Windows 8? What else is new.

They are saying they hate Vista and are adopting Windows 8 faster than rest of the population. Over 2X faster than latest internet traffic for Windows 8 appears to be at 3%.

I have some issues with the latest internet traffic data though. I have access to Google analytics data for 100s of sites which can track data based on operating system.

Business related sites have virtually 0% windows 8 traffic. However Entertainment sites are higher (around 7-8%). I think this shows where Windows 8 adoption is headed. Growth is more towards home users and entertainemnt PCs, while business is standing firm on Windows 7.

If MS force gamers to adopt Windows 8 by making future versions of DX incompatible with Win 7 and Vista it will speed up. For me, Windows 8 looks very unappealing. I'm deeply satisfied with Windows 7 though, its stable, simple, sleek, flexible and resource friendly.

Windows 7 is a great OS for sure and it has benefits for mouse and keyboard users over Windows 8.  I'm not crazy to argue that Windows 8 beats windows 7 on a desktop with a keyboard and mouse...but it's not that far behind and once you add a touch monitor in to the mix, it becomes a whole new ballgame.

I think I just like the idea of a personalized PC ecosystem that Windows 8 offers, which Windows 7 just doesn't. Much like a cell phone... except at little to no loss of PC functionality.

The idea of carrying a full windows 8 like device in my pocket, which is no different that than the PC I have at homeis quite appealing to me... and it could be a reality a few years down the road.

Something along the lines of this vision, which Microsoft released today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ho00x7ZvDLw