Star Windows 7 Hits 3% Market Share, Approaches 4%
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 23:59 UTC
Windows Windows 7 has been out and about for little over a week now, and as it turns out, Microsoft's new baby is doing relatively well. That is, according to the figures by NetApplications: Windows 7 already reached the 3% mark this weekend, and is already closing in on the 4% mark.
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RE[7]: Windows market share
by lemur2 on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 23:01 UTC in reply to "RE[6]: Windows market share"
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If you can run this software on a Windows 7 machine or alternatively on a Kubuntu/Ubuntu machine, why would anyone choose to run it on the Windows 7 machine which was: more costly; slower; carries severe licensing restrictions and was more prone to existing, known security risks?


Backup link:

Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/11/03/windows-7-vulnerable

User Account Control did block one sample; however, its failure to block anything else just reinforces my warning prior to the Windows 7 launch that UAC's default configuration is not effective at protecting a PC from modern malware.

Lesson learned? You still need to run anti-virus on Windows 7.


And if you still need to run anti-virus software, then your machine will be slower.

Edited 2009-11-03 23:04 UTC

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