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Windows 8.1 overtakes Windows XP in global internet usage

Windows 8 usage dropped from 5.94% to 4.9% in November

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Windows 8.1 has overtaken Windows XP in terms of global Internet usage.

According to PC World, that's partly due to record growth for Windows 8.1, which went from 9.31 per cent in October to 10.95 per cent last month.

Meanwhile, usage of Windows XP constantly fell in its entire seventh month without Microsoft support, dropping from 11.95 percent to 10.69 per cent.

The report added that Windows 8 usage dropped from 5.94 per cent to 4.9 per cent in November.

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First Published: Dec 02 2014 | 6:34 PM IST

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