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[matt4077]

80% on 10.9 or 10.10: http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/os-x-market-share-st...

Only 50% on Windows 7 or 8: https://analytics.usa.gov

Oh, wait, Windows 7 is from 2009. Only 10% use a Windows younger than two years.

[barrkel → matt4077]

A large chunk of this is due to business use of Windows.

Microsoft would not be able to get away with the shenanigans that Apple are pulling here.

[s_q_b → barrkel]

Don't worry, my company uses plenty of Macs, and they're plenty upset. As does the U.S. government. I wouldn't count on this "oh, we're just not going to backport the update" sticking around. Unless they want to loose all of their government and commercial sales.

[xenophonf → s_q_b]

Alupis, I support federal government scientists (biologists, chemists, entomologists, etc.), and many of them use Macs. Naturally, there are more Windows PCs than there are Macs, but there are plenty of Macs in our labs.

[Alupis → s_q_b]

> As does the U.S. government.

The government is largely Windows PC's (mostly XP and Win7).