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Windows 8 gains as XP wanes Jan 4th 2014, 15:15, by Gregg Keizer Windows 8 surged in December to end the year with almost 12 percent of the user share of all Windows personal computers, while the destined-for-retirement Windows XP restarted its decline after a two-month pause, a Web analytics company said Thursday. Both were good signs for Microsoft, which has bet its future on Windows 8 and implored customers to abandon the aged Windows XP. According to Net Applications, Windows XP fell 2.2 percentage points in December to 29 percent of all desktop and notebook computers worldwide, the first time it breached that 30-percent barrier. But the 12-year-old operating system still accounted for nearly a third—32 percent—of Windows-powered PCs. Meanwhile, Windows 8's and 8.1's combined user share of all computers reached 10.5 percent. Of the systems running Microsoft's operating system, Windows 8/8.1 owned a user share of 11.6 percent. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: windows8scree-100008499-small.jpg

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