Talk:Usage share of operating systems

Directly comparing Mobile/non-Mobile OS market share, usage and popularity meaningless

Comparing the popularity/market share for mobile operating systems, versus desktop/laptop operating systems makes zero logical sense. These are entirely different devices, made and used for entirely different reasons.

For example, saying that, "Android is more popular than Windows globally" is the same logically as saying "An airplane can fly higher than a car." It's not even apples to oranges, it's apples to flashlights.

Operating systems should be classified and compared by device type - Desktop/Laptop, "mobile computer" (such as tablets), and finally smartphones. Direct comparisons between widely different classes of computing devices serves no purpose but to confuse the reader. Looneybunny (talk) 03:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

• Very blurry lines nowadays: I agree to some extent for pre-2015, but since then millions more people are now using Chrome OS, iOS/iPadOS and Android in many form factors including desktops, laptops, phones and tablets, they often run the same software apps and websites across them, many plugged into big screens when at an office or home. 12think (talk) 05:46, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

"Entirely different devices"? No, they're all on a continuous spectrum of devices of varying degrees of portability. It might make sense to separate servers from end-user devices, but desktops/laptops/tablets/smartphones are all just computers with a user-friendly UI, and classifying by device type doesn't make much sense.

And since most servers use the same kernel as most smartphones, I don't think it makes sense to separate even them; though I can appreciate that reasonable people might disagree on this one. Insulation2 (talk) 15:09, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

• Indeed, I second that. For example, check what Granter use as definitions of that 'grey zone' for their recent years surveys: https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/glossary/ultramobiles As you see, under the common category of 'ultramobiles' they distinguish three sub-categories, some of which fall more towards 'computers' while others more towards mobile devices. Svilenov 12:32, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Reads in some places as promotional

The iPadOS and Android tablet section contains info about Androids coverage in a vastly larger number of countries as a bit Android promotional along with spelling mistakes (occational instead of occasional)

The image of the Sierra supercomputer contains a description which reads as politically propagandistic and not neutral. 37.65.47.77 (talk) 18:31, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

"...a vastly larger number of countries as a bit Android promotional", if you mean the lead couple of paragraphs then I don't understand, as it is from exactly the same country stats as iPadOS, the article is a comparison of the world's most-used operating system when judged by web use.

"...Sierra supercomputer contains a description which reads as politically propagandistic and not neutral." You are welcome to update the image to the most recent supercomputer with a relevant neutral description. 12think (talk) 09:33, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Desktop OS marketshare numbers are WAY off

In February 2023, Windows holds 57.37% of the desktop OS market in the US, macOS holds 29.62% and Chrome OS holds 7.47% so the numbers in this article are either outdated or completely made up 2600:1702:5342:9600:0:0:0:10 (talk) 18:39, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

The article is about global marketshare, I have checked and the numbers are correct. 12think (talk) 09:41, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

You are referring to shipments or usage? Could you please give us that source from February 2023? Svilenov 14:46, 24 July 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Svilenov (talk • contribs)

Windows under 50% of desktop in some countries, even down to cs. 20% – because of Android?!

See: this map. E.g. Guinea, Congo (DRC); and here because of "Chrome for Android" seemingly explaining "Unknown" desktop. comp.arch (talk) 00:49, 3 February 2024 (UTC)