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“Hallelujah!” Redmond may be shouting. Microsoft‘s Windows 7 has surpassed Windows XP as the most-used desktop operating system in the United States, according to StatCounter. Windows XP was the OS that would never die – largely because Microsoft bungled the release of Windows Vista. But now...

As recently as a year ago, Windows XP was the kingpin of PCs in the US with 43.1 percent market share. But that's rapidly changing. StatCounter shows that while Mac OS X is creeping up slightly and Windows Vista continues its death march, Windows 7 is on the rise, steadily closing the gap with...

Computerworld - Windows 7 has passed the 10-year-old Windows XP in U.S. usage share, according to data from an Irish Web analytics company. In the first 10 days of April, Windows 7's average daily share was 32.2% as measured by StatCounter, besting XP's average of 30.7%. Link Removed