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Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.

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[–] Mio@feddit.nu 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That is very little and propably due to steam deck.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Which is not a desktop.

[–] darkmatterstyx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That looks like a pretty solid base before microsoft attempts to decommission millions of computers that have many years of useful life left. I wish I could say that's great for me, but more of that hardware is going to end up in local landfills than resold.

At that rate market share will double after about four years. Since it took a hell of a lot more than four years to get to this point then that means that growth is accelerating.