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areppim line chart and statistics of trends of Operating systems market share in Europe since 2008. Microsoft's operating systems take the top two places of the European OS market. Win7 takes the largest share or 52%, followed by the newcomer Win8.1 with 19%. WinXP with 9%, but losing share at the rate of -4% per month is number four, after Apple's MacOSX with 10%, while Linux stays at 2%.

Microsoft's operating systems take the top two places of the European OS market. Win7 takes the largest share or 52%, followed by the newcomer Win8.1 with 19%. WinXP with 9%, but losing share at the rate of -4% per month is number four, after Apple's MacOSX with 10%, while Linux stays at 2%.

Computer Operating System Percentage Market Share — Europe
(As of May 2015)

Date	Win7	WinXP	WinVista	OS X	Win8.1	Win8	Linux	iOS	Win2003	Unknown	Win2000	Android	Playstation	Chrome OS	Win98	Win8.1 RT	WinME	Other
2008-07	0	75.4	16.62	3.92	0	0	1.26	0	0.67	0	1.61	0	0	0	0.32	0	0.14	0.06
2008-08	0	73.2	19.59	3.87	0	0	1.06	0	0.56	0	1.27	0	0	0	0.26	0	0.13	0.05
2008-09	0	73.78	19.27	3.77	0	0	1	0	0.59	0	1.21	0	0	0	0.22	0	0.11	0.05
2008-10	0	73.06	20.1	3.8	0	0	0.98	0	0.56	0	1.12	0	0	0	0.21	0	0.11	0.05
2008-11	0	72.29	21.49	3.5	0	0	0.96	0	0.49	0	0.93	0	0.03	0	0.18	0	0.09	0.05
2008-12	0	71.18	22.84	3.3	0	0	0.94	0	0.46	0.05	0.87	0	0.1	0	0.15	0	0.08	0.03
2009-01	0	70.61	23.36	3.33	0	0	0.92	0	0.44	0.15	0.85	0	0.1	0	0.15	0	0.07	0.03
2009-02	0.22	70.13	23.6	3.4	0	0	0.93	0	0.44	0.11	0.83	0	0.1	0	0.14	0	0.07	0.04
2009-03	0.32	69.79	23.74	3.49	0	0	0.98	0	0.46	0.13	0.75	0	0.1	0	0.14	0	0.07	0.03
2009-04	0.41	68.6	24.77	3.61	0	0	1.01	0	0.45	0.15	0.67	0	0.11	0	0.12	0	0.06	0.03
2009-05	0.79	67.71	25.24	3.61	0	0	1.01	0	0.47	0.25	0.61	0	0.11	0	0.11	0	0.05	0.03
2009-06	1.15	66.27	26.07	3.68	0	0	1.13	0	0.49	0.28	0.62	0	0.13	0	0.11	0	0.05	0.03
2009-07	1.5	64.39	27.46	3.87	0	0	1.32	0	0.47	0.09	0.58	0	0.15	0	0.1	0	0.05	0.03
2009-08	2	63.67	27.89	4.02	0	0	1.03	0	0.46	0.08	0.54	0	0.14	0	0.08	0	0.04	0.03
2009-09	2.45	62.72	28.08	4.28	0	0	1.05	0	0.46	0.08	0.58	0	0.14	0	0.08	0	0.04	0.03
2009-10	3.21	60.44	29.32	4.6	0	0	1.06	0	0.42	0.08	0.55	0	0.16	0	0.08	0	0.04	0.03
2009-11	5.76	58.42	28.54	4.8	0	0	1.12	0	0.39	0.17	0.48	0	0.17	0	0.07	0	0.04	0.03
2009-12	8.56	56.33	28	4.65	0	0	1.1	0	0.35	0.26	0.43	0	0.2	0	0.06	0	0.05	0.03
2010-01	11.08	54.62	26.76	5.11	0	0	1.12	0	0.36	0.22	0.41	0	0.18	0	0.06	0	0.04	0.03
2010-02	12.77	53.74	26	5.11	0	0	1.15	0	0.41	0.11	0.42	0	0.17	0	0.06	0	0.04	0.03
2010-03	14.28	53.06	24.98	5.23	0	0	1.19	0	0.44	0.11	0.42	0	0.18	0	0.06	0	0.03	0.03
2010-04	15.98	51.74	24.53	5.3	0	0	1.21	0	0.44	0.13	0.39	0	0.18	0	0.05	0	0.02	0.03
2010-05	17.55	50.49	24.11	5.4	0	0	1.25	0.02	0.42	0.12	0.36	0	0.18	0	0.05	0	0.02	0.03
2010-06	18.79	50.13	23.23	5.35	0	0	1.28	0.08	0.45	0.07	0.35	0	0.17	0	0.04	0	0.02	0.03
2010-07	20.24	49.15	22.85	5.27	0	0	1.25	0.12	0.43	0.07	0.33	0	0.2	0	0.04	0	0.02	0.03
2010-08	21.92	47.47	22.72	5.44	0	0	1.21	0.17	0.42	0.07	0.29	0	0.2	0	0.04	0	0.02	0.03
2010-09	23.68	46.43	21.89	5.69	0	0	1.14	0.18	0.4	0.07	0.27	0	0.17	0	0.03	0	0.02	0.02
2010-10	25.54	44.57	21.71	5.95	0	0	1.13	0.2	0.36	0.07	0.23	0	0.17	0	0.03	0	0.01	0.02
2010-11	26.85	43.69	21.14	6.08	0	0	1.16	0.22	0.36	0.07	0.22	0	0.15	0	0.03	0	0.01	0.02
2010-12	28.7	42.74	20.33	5.94	0	0	1.15	0.29	0.35	0.08	0.2	0	0.17	0	0.03	0	0.01	0.02
2011-01	30.44	41.45	19.55	6.26	0	0	1.12	0.37	0.34	0.07	0.19	0.01	0.16	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.02
2011-02	31.9	40.63	18.93	6.23	0	0	1.12	0.37	0.35	0.07	0.18	0.01	0.15	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.02
2011-03	33.35	39.87	18.16	6.29	0	0	1.15	0.39	0.34	0.07	0.17	0.01	0.14	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.02
2011-04	34.69	38.98	17.68	6.25	0	0	1.16	0.47	0.32	0.07	0.14	0.02	0.16	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.02
2011-05	35.76	37.84	17.31	6.52	0	0	1.25	0.55	0.33	0.09	0.12	0.02	0.17	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.02
2011-06	36.41	37.73	16.65	6.52	0	0	1.24	0.67	0.33	0.1	0.11	0.03	0.17	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.02
2011-07	37.68	37.04	16.14	6.35	0	0	1.22	0.79	0.32	0.08	0.11	0.04	0.18	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.02
2011-08	39.25	35.68	15.76	6.39	0	0	1.21	0.9	0.34	0.05	0.14	0.04	0.2	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.02
2011-09	40.17	35.03	15.17	6.66	0	0	1.24	0.94	0.33	0.06	0.13	0.04	0.19	0	0.02	0	0.01	0.02
2011-10	41.58	33.85	14.64	6.79	0	0	1.29	1.04	0.29	0.07	0.12	0.1	0.18	0	0.01	0	0.01	0.02
2011-11	42.62	33.54	13.8	6.79	0	0	1.32	1.15	0.31	0.04	0.11	0.1	0.17	0	0.01	0	0.01	0.03
2011-12	44.23	32.49	13.28	6.6	0	0	1.27	1.31	0.29	0.06	0.1	0.13	0.18	0	0.01	0	0	0.03
2012-01	45.63	31.17	12.65	6.9	0	0	1.25	1.57	0.28	0.06	0.09	0.17	0.16	0	0.01	0	0	0.04
2012-02	46.62	30.49	12.3	6.88	0	0	1.27	1.7	0.29	0.06	0.09	0.18	0.05	0	0.01	0	0	0.04
2012-03	47.44	29.88	11.86	6.87	0	0.02	1.27	1.81	0.3	0.13	0.09	0.2	0.07	0	0.01	0	0	0.04
2012-04	48.51	28.22	11.82	7.1	0	0.12	1.28	2.13	0.27	0.03	0.08	0.23	0.14	0	0.01	0	0	0.05
2012-05	49.51	27.56	11.1	7.3	0	0.12	1.35	2.25	0.27	0.02	0.07	0.25	0.13	0	0.01	0	0	0.05
2012-06	50.53	26.63	10.78	7.19	0	0.16	1.35	2.49	0.26	0.02	0.07	0.29	0.14	0	0.01	0	0	0.05
2012-07	51.23	26.23	10.42	6.98	0	0.18	1.33	2.71	0.26	0.03	0.06	0.34	0.15	0	0.01	0	0	0.05
2012-08	53.97	26.37	10.42	7.21	0	0.27	1.36	0	0.25	0.04	0.06	0.02	0	0	0.01	0	0	0.02
2012-09	54.51	25.63	10.15	7.64	0	0.32	1.38	0	0.23	0.04	0.06	0.01	0	0	0.01	0	0	0.02
2012-10	55.19	25.12	9.75	7.73	0	0.41	1.41	0	0.23	0.04	0.06	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0.02
2012-11	55.23	24.64	9.41	7.79	0	1.12	1.42	0	0.21	0.06	0.05	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0.02
2012-12	55.72	23.86	9.23	7.55	0	1.86	1.4	0	0.19	0.07	0.05	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0.02
2013-01	55.46	23.39	8.76	7.82	0	2.76	1.37	0	0.21	0.06	0.06	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
2013-02	55.32	23.12	8.42	7.85	0	3.45	1.4	0	0.22	0.04	0.06	0.1	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
2013-03	55.29	22.68	8.39	7.69	0	4.12	1.4	0	0.24	0.04	0.06	0.06	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.02
2013-04	55.47	21.57	8.14	8	0	4.87	1.48	0	0.25	0.06	0.06	0.07	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.02
2013-05	55.36	20.71	7.93	8.32	0	5.57	1.61	0	0.25	0.05	0.06	0.12	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.02
2013-06	55.44	20.23	7.64	8.29	0	6.18	1.63	0	0.25	0.06	0.06	0.19	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.02
2013-07	55.33	20.16	7.38	7.92	0.01	6.81	1.71	0	0.26	0.05	0.05	0.27	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.02
2013-08	54.81	19.97	7.45	7.85	0.02	7.35	1.79	0	0.26	0.05	0.05	0.37	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.02
2013-09	54.57	19.9	7.34	8.01	0.03	7.76	1.56	0	0.25	0.05	0.04	0.45	0	0.02	0.01	0	0	0.02
2013-10	54.29	19.52	7.23	8.01	0.45	7.99	1.56	0	0.24	0.05	0.04	0.57	0	0.02	0	0	0	0.02
2013-11	54.3	19.07	6.88	7.91	1.48	7.69	1.58	0	0.22	0.05	0.04	0.72	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
2013-12	54.92	17.45	6.21	8	2.77	7.68	1.59	0	0.14	0.03	0.03	1.06	0	0.05	0	0.04	0	0.02
2014-01	54.32	16.95	5.78	8.57	4.05	7.16	1.62	0	0.15	0.03	0.03	1.19	0	0.07	0	0.06	0	0.02
2014-02	54.98	16.48	5.61	8.62	4.85	7.04	1.59	0	0.16	0.18	0.03	0.26	0	0.08	0	0.08	0	0.02
2014-03	54.97	15.88	5.37	8.86	5.61	6.92	1.66	0	0.14	0.36	0.03	0	0	0.09	0	0.09	0	0.02
2014-04	54.82	14.74	5.21	9.18	6.5	6.93	1.9	0	0.13	0.34	0.03	0	0	0.11	0	0.1	0	0.02
2014-05	54.83	13.88	5.07	9.29	7.3	6.65	2.14	0	0.12	0.47	0.03	0	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.01
2014-06	55.29	13.5	4.86	8.83	8.06	6.58	1.95	0	0.12	0.55	0.03	0	0	0.11	0	0.11	0	0.01
2014-07	55.65	12.59	4.76	8.63	9.12	6.5	1.75	0	0.12	0.6	0.03	0	0	0.13	0	0.12	0	0.01
2014-08	55.23	11.91	4.66	8.91	10.16	6.3	1.84	0	0.11	0.56	0.03	0	0	0.15	0	0.12	0	0.01
2014-09	54.97	11.66	4.5	9.17	10.89	5.94	1.8	0	0.11	0.65	0.03	0	0	0.15	0	0.12	0	0.01
2014-10	54.26	10.65	4.45	9.41	12.44	5.7	1.77	0	0.1	0.88	0.02	0	0	0.17	0	0.13	0	0.02
2014-11	54.19	10.01	4.24	9.77	14.38	4.34	1.79	0	0.1	0.81	0.02	0	0	0.18	0	0.13	0	0.02
2014-12	53.9	9.91	4.13	9.55	15.88	3.54	1.88	0	0.1	0.82	0.03	0	0	0.18	0.01	0.04	0	0.03
2015-01	53.38	10.16	3.77	9.96	16.48	3.11	2.01	0	0.11	0.73	0.04	0	0	0.19	0.01	0	0	0.05
2015-02	52.77	10.19	3.57	9.95	17.16	3.01	2.14	0	0.1	0.76	0.03	0	0	0.19	0.01	0	0	0.13
2015-03	52.33	9.8	3.37	10.24	17.71	2.86	2.37	0	0.1	0.84	0.03	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0.16
2015-04	52.1	9.49	3.3	9.95	18.48	2.8	2.45	0	0.09	0.95	0.02	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	0.17
2015-05	51.5	8.82	3.38	10.33	19.45	2.69	2.33	0	0.09	0.96	0.02	0	0	0.21	0.01	0	0	0.2
Average change rate (last 12 months)	-0.5%	-3.7%	-3.3%	0.9%	8.5%	-7.3%	0.7%	n/a	-2.4%	6.1%	-3.3%	n/a	n/a	6.4%	n/a	-100.0%	n/a	28.4%

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Computer Operating System Percentage Market Share — Europe(As of May 2015)

Computer Operating System Percentage Market Share — Europe
(As of May 2015)