Apple wrestled more computer users from the grasp of Microsoft, according to a November survey of Web users released Monday. Macs comprise nearly 9 percent of computers online, Net Applications announced.
The November marketshare of 8.82 percent is an increase over Cupertino’s 8.21 percent share NA reported in October.
Conversely, Microsoft’s share of Internet usage fell in November. Windows fell to 89.69 percent of online users, slipping below the nine-out-of-10 marketshare Redmond has enjoyed for years.
Along with the Mac, iPhone devices eroded the Windows lead. The iPhone jumped 12 percent in November to 0.37 percent of the 40,000 Websites monitored by Net Applications. In October, the iPhone comprised 0.33 percent of operating systems accessing the Internet.
Microsoft Internet Explorer fell below 70 percent of the market for Web browsers, IE dropping 2 percent to 69.77 percent in November. Safari hit 7 percent of the market in November, climbing 8 percent over October’s 6.57 percent rating.
In another milestone, Firefox topped 20 percent of browsers, rising four percent from 19.97 percent posted in October.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
