12 Months Later Vista 11 Still MIA (Very Small Share) and in Some Places Vista 7 Has Higher Share Than Vista 10!

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-08-24 01:42:01 UTC
Modified: 2022-08-24 01:44:30 UTC

Related: 6 Months After Vista 11's Official Release the Market Share of Windows Falls to 28% (All-Time Low) | Microsoft 'Delighted' by Windows 11 (Vista 11) Usage, Which is Only 1% Three Months After Official Launch and Six Months After Release Online

Vista 7 in 2022
Vista 7 (released well over a decade ago) still has majority share in 2022 among Windows versions! In at least one country...

Summary: What's curious about these latest figures is that no place really adopted Vista 11 (in any meaningful way; a tough economy discourages PC sales and Microsoft has mass layoffs)

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