Overall April was quite an eventful month for the OS and Browser wars. On the OS front, Windows 7 (Win7) release candidate was made available to the public, which has received quite a positive response. Microsoft also started advertising how cost effective windows machines are in their “I’m a PC” advertisement campaign.
Browser wise, webmaster have been encouraged by Google to inform their IE6 users about the alternative browser available and the disadvantages of IE6. The effect this has had on IE6 users is debatable, but overall IE6 is slowly disappearing.
IE8 has been released, but unfortunately will not be a high priority until around the 20th April 2009.
Biggest Rise: Safari (3.09%) Biggest Fall: Other (-2.82%)
OS Statistics
WinXP is still very dominant, but is losing ground to Vista and other OS’s.
Biggest Rise: Vista (0.31%) Biggest Fall: WinXP (-0.39%)
Internet Penetration
Latin America/Caribbean and North America had the same increase in Internet Penetration in March 2009. Could the gradual increase in Internet Penetration be a sign that the recession is soon to subside?
Internet Usage
Internet Usage stayed relatively constant in relation the previous month, even though there was an increase in internet penetration.
*This data is an average from approximately 25 differently sources (Some listed above). Feel free to use the graphs and pie charts; however a link back would be appreciated.
IE8 has been released, but unfortunately will not be a high priority until around the 
WinXP is still very dominant, but is losing ground to Vista and other OS’s.
Biggest Rise: Mac (0.9%)
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WinXP is still a very dominant OS even though it had a -1.53% fall.
Asia currently has the highest internet usage.