Wow: 20% Of Mac Users Already Upgraded To Snow Leopard In Just One Month
1:32 pm, October 1st, 2009, Leander Kahney
About 18% of all Mac users upgraded to Snow Leopard in just a month, new numbers from the online research firm Net Applications suggest.
Snow Leopard was released on August 28. Thanks to its low $30 price tag, Mac users are pouncing on it. But a nearly 20% percent adoption rate is fast — by anyone’s standards.
Net Applications estimates market share by measuring the number of visits to a network of sites, recording things like browser and operating system. According to the firm, about 1% of all computer users are currently running Snow Leopard. The firm estimates that 5% of computer users worldwide are Mac users, which means about 18% of Mac users are running Snow Leopard.
On interesting thing to note is the peak in Mac users during weekends. Presumably, people are surfing on PCs at work during the week, and using a Mac at home over the weekend.
Posted by Leander Kahney in Apple, Macintosh, News, OS X | Comment on this article
“According to the firm, about 1% of all computer users are currently running Snow Leopard.”
I find a 1% market penetration to be quite unexciting – mainly akin to a rounding error – and not something to be crowing about.
Just my 2 cents.
iGenius, on October 1st, 2009 at 1:43 pm
you might like this article on mac operating system names over at the naming & branding blog ‘on the button.’ they muse on what will happen when apple runs out of cats…have a look: http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/apple-snow-leopard/
rose, on October 1st, 2009 at 2:11 pm
How many are still running Panther?
Yes, there are quite a few. There are developers still getting complaints that their software doesn’t support Jaguar.
MacRat, on October 1st, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Yes, well unlike some other operating systems, those with a year long public beta program, who shall remain nameless, we can trust that when we upgrade OSX, it will not be a major disaster leaving a nasty taste in the mouth for years to come! Much like any proper Unix upgrade I have done in the last 25 years, should hardly be noticeable that you have even upgraded.
“It just works!”, as we always say!
Fuzzypig, on October 1st, 2009 at 10:48 pm
About time for Apple to open up and license OS X to the world? What has it got to lose? 5% share vs potential 95% by Microsoft? Great stuff should be shared by all..
Kelvin8048, on October 2nd, 2009 at 2:36 am
“What has it got to lose?”
Mostly, the staggering profits generated by hardware sales (which is where Apple makes most of its money) versus increased software marketshare, much lower hardware sales, and hugely increased support costs by having to deal with non-Apple hardware.
The day Apple licenses Mac OS X is the day Apple’s in such a bad way that it’s the last throw of the dice.
Craig Grannell, on October 2nd, 2009 at 4:28 am
“…when we upgrade OSX, it will not be a major disaster leaving a nasty taste in the mouth for years to come! … “It just works!”, as we always say!”
Free Clues:
1. Go to the apple support forum for the iPhone 3GS.
2. Look at the threads on OS 3.1.
3. Stop making silly remarks about Apple.
Their stuff does NOT always “just work”. Many, many folks are VERY angry about 3.1 ruining their iPhones. And at this point, Apple can’t figure out how to fix it. And even worse, they won’t even acknowledge that a problem exists.
iGenius, on October 2nd, 2009 at 8:34 am