More than 10% of PCPro.co.uk visitors on Windows 7

Could you publish this once a month?

It would be very interesting to see (a) what the take-up is and (b) what shared of Vista or XP is being replaced.

By cheysuli on 27 Oct 2009

I think the real story here is that 6.8% of people are still using Windows 95.

By peterm2k on 27 Oct 2009

Sadly not this geek, who would love to escape Vista, and has a box waiting to installed on his VAIO, if only Sony would cough up an updated driver for his NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT. Whoever put Sony in charge of their NVIDIA drivers needs their head examining.

By c6ten on 27 Oct 2009

@peterm2k
I agree, but that figure can't be right, what about Windows 98 and Me? I think its more likely to be Windows 9x users. But even so, it just shows what a battle MS have to bolster security if that proportion of PCPro users (who you would think would be savvy) are still using out-of-date OSes.

By rjp2000 on 27 Oct 2009

Figures are correct

Windows 98 and ME are further down the list. There's still a lot of people clinging to Win 95.

Barry Collins
Online Editor

By Barry_Collins on 27 Oct 2009

@c6ten

Go to Nvidia's website and download their Windows 7 driver for your gpu or www.laptopvideo2go.com have custom nvidia driver.

By lavann on 27 Oct 2009

Nvidia is the problem

Downloading a Nvidia driver isn't always the answer to a problem. I have downloaded the latest Geforece version for my Windows 7 installation and it just doesn't work properly, as Nvidia admits in answer to complaints on their website forums.

By PeterBlue on 27 Oct 2009

@lavann It was helpful advice, but neither of the compatible drivers will install. NVIDIA have a scanner, and it tells me that Sony are responsible for this particular driver. Considering it took them a year to provide the last update (after NVIDIA released it), I am not hopeful.

By c6ten on 27 Oct 2009

I'm shocked that people are still using 95. What is wrong with these people? It would be bad enough if the figure was for 98 and ME, but for 95...!

By Grunthos on 27 Oct 2009

So there are nearly as many Windows 95 users visiting PC Pro as there are Mac Users! That's just bizarre!

By Bassey1976 on 27 Oct 2009

Win 95 6.8% - Not Convinced

Call me a doubting Thomas but I just don't believe the Windows 95 figure. I haven't seen a Win 95 PC in the wild for years. Has anybody else seen one recently? What browser would/could they be running?

By rjp2000 on 27 Oct 2009

Ha Ha

More Windows 95 users than Linux and nearly as many as Mac!

That's terrible a 15 year old computer, anyone still using Amiga too.

By JStairmand on 27 Oct 2009

Well i'm typing this on a sinclair QL ...

:-)

By Jaberwocky on 27 Oct 2009

I've seen a win 95 pc, though it was a few months backs, I believe the hardware it uses is sufficient for its OS.

I'd be more interested to know if the figures above include the Beta version of Win 7, as this is what I'm currently toying with and will muck about with it up until it dies.

I think I'll run win98 in a virtual machine an access this site too - just for the fun of it!

By nicomo on 27 Oct 2009

^^ Maybe the figures could be calculated from the number using win7 RC before the release and then compared to how many 'new' users Win7 users have arrived - to reflect the relevant increase. - Or set up a poll on the site!

(sorry I rushed thru the article initially & had not read it fully)

By nicomo on 27 Oct 2009

Obviously this 10% had more sence than to PRE ORDER through Comet

Is it just Comet or the pc industry in general that does not grasp the concept of why customers pre order. whether it's books, films or CD's I have always received my order on the day of release. yet with Windows 7 still no disk, despite ordering it back in July

By andy493 on 28 Oct 2009