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areppim line chart and statistics of trends of Operating systems market share in South America since 2008. Microsoft's OS take the top three ranks of the computer OS South American market. Win7 holds the largest share or 61%, followed by Win8.1 with 15%. and WinXP with 10%. Apple's MacOSX, as well as Linux are far behind with 3% and 2% respectively.

Microsoft's OS take the top three ranks of the computer OS South American market. Win7 holds the largest share or 61%, followed by Win8.1 with 15%. and WinXP with 10%. Apple's MacOSX, as well as Linux are far behind with 3% and 2% respectively.

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

Date	WinXP	Win7	WinVista	Win8	OS X	Win8.1	Linux	Unknown	Win2003	Win2000	Android	iOS	Win98	WinNT	WinME	Other
2008-07	83.55	0	10.75	0	1.67	0	0.89	0	0.29	1.5	0	0	1.09	0.02	0.22	0.02
2008-08	83.89	0	10.93	0	1.4	0	0.97	0	0.27	1.25	0	0	1.02	0.01	0.21	0.02
2008-09	83.53	0	10.72	0	1.33	0	1.85	0	0.32	1.14	0	0	0.89	0.01	0.18	0.02
2008-10	86.16	0	10.28	0	0.82	0	0.87	0	0.26	0.84	0	0	0.61	0.01	0.15	0.02
2008-11	86.9	0	10.39	0	0.53	0	0.78	0	0.19	0.62	0	0	0.45	0.01	0.12	0.01
2008-12	86.5	0	10.95	0	0.54	0	0.72	0.01	0.17	0.58	0	0	0.39	0	0.11	0.01
2009-01	86.01	0	11.55	0	0.56	0	0.69	0.05	0.16	0.52	0	0	0.35	0	0.09	0.01
2009-02	85.73	0.12	11.75	0	0.6	0	0.71	0.04	0.17	0.48	0	0	0.31	0	0.09	0.01
2009-03	85.54	0.15	11.89	0	0.61	0	0.77	0.03	0.18	0.44	0	0	0.29	0	0.08	0.01
2009-04	85.22	0.18	12.34	0	0.56	0	0.77	0.04	0.17	0.37	0	0	0.27	0	0.07	0.01
2009-05	84.46	0.38	12.85	0	0.56	0	0.82	0.11	0.17	0.35	0	0	0.24	0	0.07	0.01
2009-06	83.64	0.62	13.32	0	0.59	0	0.86	0.16	0.17	0.35	0	0	0.22	0	0.06	0.01
2009-07	83.39	0.86	13.57	0	0.59	0	0.82	0.03	0.16	0.3	0	0	0.2	0	0.06	0.01
2009-08	82.96	1.2	13.64	0	0.61	0	0.88	0.03	0.16	0.27	0	0	0.18	0	0.05	0.01
2009-09	82.53	1.54	13.69	0	0.63	0	0.9	0.03	0.17	0.27	0	0	0.17	0	0.05	0.01
2009-10	82.02	2.05	13.72	0	0.64	0	0.89	0.05	0.17	0.26	0	0	0.15	0	0.04	0.01
2009-11	81.08	3.34	13.28	0	0.66	0	0.92	0.12	0.18	0.23	0	0	0.13	0	0.04	0.01
2009-12	79.71	5.12	13	0	0.66	0	0.81	0.16	0.17	0.2	0	0	0.12	0	0.03	0.01
2010-01	78.01	7.22	12.71	0	0.73	0	0.73	0.13	0.16	0.17	0	0	0.1	0	0.03	0.01
2010-02	76.23	9.02	12.67	0	0.81	0	0.76	0.03	0.14	0.2	0	0	0.1	0	0.03	0.01
2010-03	74.75	10.45	12.48	0	0.93	0	0.86	0.04	0.15	0.21	0	0	0.11	0	0.03	0.02
2010-04	73.16	12.33	12.09	0	0.92	0	0.85	0.18	0.14	0.19	0	0	0.1	0	0.03	0.02
2010-05	72	14.14	11.31	0	0.93	0	0.92	0.26	0.14	0.17	0	0	0.09	0	0.02	0.02
2010-06	70.95	15.88	10.84	0	0.95	0	0.92	0.02	0.13	0.17	0	0.01	0.08	0	0.02	0.02
2010-07	69.66	17.69	10.44	0	0.96	0	0.84	0.02	0.12	0.15	0	0.01	0.07	0	0.02	0.02
2010-08	68.2	19.65	9.8	0	1	0	0.95	0.02	0.12	0.14	0	0.02	0.06	0	0.02	0.02
2010-09	66.85	21.61	9.26	0	0.99	0	0.92	0.02	0.12	0.13	0	0.02	0.06	0.01	0.01	0.02
2010-10	65.36	23.56	8.82	0	1	0	0.9	0.02	0.11	0.11	0	0.03	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.02
2010-11	64.29	25.02	8.31	0	1.04	0	0.98	0.02	0.11	0.11	0	0.04	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.02
2010-12	63.01	26.89	7.85	0	1.02	0	0.87	0.02	0.11	0.1	0	0.05	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.02
2011-01	61.15	29.16	7.51	0	1.05	0	0.78	0.02	0.1	0.09	0	0.07	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.02
2011-02	59.72	30.86	7.12	0	1.08	0	0.86	0.02	0.11	0.09	0	0.07	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.02
2011-03	58.05	32.79	6.81	0	1.1	0	0.89	0.02	0.11	0.08	0	0.08	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.02
2011-04	56.43	34.77	6.46	0	1.08	0	0.9	0.03	0.11	0.07	0.01	0.09	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.02
2011-05	54.84	36.68	6.1	0	1.09	0	0.94	0.03	0.11	0.06	0.01	0.1	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02
2011-06	53.09	38.8	5.81	0	1.06	0	0.86	0.04	0.1	0.05	0.02	0.11	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01
2011-07	51.46	40.79	5.58	0	1.04	0	0.75	0.03	0.1	0.05	0.02	0.13	0.02	0.01	0	0.01
2011-08	50.17	42.36	5.18	0	1.07	0	0.82	0.01	0.1	0.06	0.02	0.15	0.02	0.01	0	0.01
2011-09	48.23	44.26	5.06	0	1.14	0	0.85	0.02	0.1	0.07	0.02	0.19	0.02	0.01	0	0.02
2011-10	46.69	45.68	4.96	0	1.21	0	0.9	0.04	0.11	0.06	0.05	0.24	0.02	0.02	0	0.02
2011-11	45.75	46.56	4.8	0	1.26	0	1.02	0.02	0.11	0.07	0.06	0.29	0.02	0.02	0	0.02
2011-12	44.53	47.82	4.7	0	1.33	0	0.93	0.03	0.11	0.06	0.08	0.34	0.02	0.02	0	0.03
2012-01	42.32	50.32	4.42	0	1.36	0	0.84	0.04	0.1	0.06	0.1	0.39	0.02	0.02	0	0.03
2012-02	40.5	51.9	4.38	0	1.46	0	0.95	0.04	0.1	0.06	0.11	0.45	0.01	0.02	0	0.02
2012-03	39.79	52.75	4.07	0.01	1.49	0	1.03	0.09	0.1	0.05	0.11	0.45	0.01	0.02	0	0.02
2012-04	37.79	54.92	3.87	0.09	1.51	0	0.99	0.02	0.09	0.05	0.12	0.48	0.01	0.02	0	0.03
2012-05	36.64	56.07	3.62	0.09	1.6	0	1.06	0.02	0.1	0.04	0.14	0.55	0.01	0.02	0	0.04
2012-06	35.45	57.26	3.48	0.16	1.6	0	1.04	0.03	0.09	0.04	0.16	0.6	0.01	0.02	0	0.06
2012-07	34.21	58.65	3.32	0.18	1.59	0	0.99	0.02	0.09	0.04	0.18	0.65	0.01	0.02	0	0.04
2012-08	34.07	59.53	3.19	0.23	1.68	0	1.11	0.02	0.09	0.04	0.01	0	0.01	0.02	0	0
2012-09	32.72	61.05	3.03	0.27	1.67	0	1.08	0.02	0.09	0.04	0.01	0	0.01	0.02	0	0
2012-10	31.75	61.96	2.92	0.32	1.75	0	1.1	0.02	0.09	0.03	0.01	0	0.01	0.02	0	0
2012-11	30.55	62.94	2.76	0.73	1.75	0	1.09	0.02	0.08	0.03	0.01	0	0.01	0.02	0	0
2012-12	29.02	63.94	2.68	1.31	1.78	0	1.07	0.03	0.08	0.03	0.02	0	0	0.02	0	0
2013-01	27.92	64.38	2.56	2.1	1.79	0	1.04	0.03	0.09	0.03	0.04	0	0	0.02	0	0
2013-02	28.11	63.47	2.53	2.56	1.82	0	1.27	0.03	0.1	0.04	0.05	0	0	0.02	0	0
2013-03	27.24	63.56	2.38	3.52	1.75	0	1.32	0.03	0.09	0.04	0.04	0	0	0.02	0	0
2013-04	25.48	64.45	2.18	4.74	1.67	0	1.23	0.03	0.09	0.04	0.06	0	0	0.02	0	0
2013-05	24.71	64.14	2.08	5.83	1.69	0	1.24	0.03	0.09	0.04	0.1	0	0	0.02	0	0
2013-06	23.92	63.97	2.01	6.77	1.8	0	1.16	0.03	0.09	0.04	0.18	0	0	0.02	0	0
2013-07	22.99	64.04	1.93	7.61	1.8	0.01	1.15	0.03	0.09	0.04	0.27	0	0	0.02	0	0.01
2013-08	22.27	63.67	1.88	8.46	1.87	0.02	1.24	0.04	0.09	0.04	0.4	0	0	0.02	0	0.01
2013-09	20.99	63.95	1.77	9.46	1.87	0.03	1.25	0.03	0.08	0.03	0.51	0	0	0.02	0	0.01
2013-10	20.64	63.24	1.68	9.8	1.94	0.28	1.55	0.03	0.08	0.03	0.7	0	0	0.02	0	0.01
2013-11	20.05	62.86	1.66	9.65	1.99	0.96	1.72	0.04	0.08	0.03	0.93	0	0	0.02	0	0.01
2013-12	19.46	62.49	1.62	9.84	1.99	1.58	1.53	0.03	0.07	0.03	1.32	0	0	0.02	0	0.02
2014-01	18.51	61.97	1.53	10.47	2.15	2.16	1.45	0.03	0.06	0.02	1.6	0	0	0.02	0	0.02
2014-02	18.2	62.41	1.51	10.53	2.3	2.54	1.45	0.27	0.06	0.03	0.64	0	0	0.02	0	0.04
2014-03	17.84	62.5	1.48	10.88	2.37	3.01	1.44	0.34	0.06	0.02	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.04
2014-04	17.64	62.06	1.43	10.66	2.67	3.48	1.62	0.29	0.06	0.02	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.04
2014-05	16.73	61.9	1.43	10.62	2.91	4.11	1.69	0.49	0.06	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.04
2014-06	16.59	61.26	1.32	10.45	3.17	4.9	1.81	0.36	0.06	0.03	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.05
2014-07	15.59	61.94	1.27	10.34	2.89	5.71	1.68	0.43	0.06	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.05
2014-08	14.8	62.52	1.24	10.04	2.78	6.48	1.6	0.41	0.05	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.05
2014-09	14.27	62.32	1.14	9.76	2.96	7.32	1.54	0.54	0.06	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.06
2014-10	12.86	62.32	1.02	9.96	2.57	8.55	1.67	0.9	0.05	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.07
2014-11	11.35	62.77	1.04	8.39	2.84	11.22	1.45	0.79	0.04	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.08
2014-12	11.33	62.9	0.97	7.75	2.9	11.86	1.44	0.69	0.04	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.08
2015-01	11.57	62.07	0.97	7.28	3.01	12.64	1.48	0.76	0.06	0.03	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.11
2015-02	11.47	61.42	0.95	7.01	3.24	13.25	1.53	0.82	0.07	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.2
2015-03	11	60.37	0.91	6.64	3.57	14.6	1.63	0.97	0.08	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.21
2015-04	10.67	61.07	0.88	6.67	3.19	14.48	1.64	1.07	0.08	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.23
2015-05	9.84	60.6	0.83	6.94	3.18	15.35	1.74	1.19	0.06	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.26
Average change rate (last 12 months)	-4.3%	-0.2%	-4.4%	-3.5%	0.7%	11.6%	0.2%	7.7%	0.0%	-5.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0%	n/a	16.9%

Source: StatCounter Global Stats

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

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