Windows has taken a significant drop over the years, going from being used by over 90% of people to being dropped down to under 60% (lemmy.nz)

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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What's the anomaly around 2023/2024 where people seemed to switch to OS X and then back?

That doesn't seem like a switch people would undertake lightly, considering they'd need new hardware.

[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Since it's just a share of total usage, that doesn't necessarily mean that people switched.

There were a lot of layoffs in 2023, and big companies tend to use Windows as their enterprise desktop. So a drop in Windows users at the enterprise level would necessitate that other OSs now have a larger share of the remaining pie.

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