Windows XP Still Top Dog, Windows 8 To Steal the Show?

One would think that by now Windows XP's market share would have been greatly diminished by Windows 7. Apparently that isn't happening.

As of right now XP still has a 47% market share. This is amazing considering Windows XP was actually released to the world over 10 YEARS ago.

I can see three different possible reasons why the OS is still going strong.

1. The Economy is not doing that great and people still do not see the use of upgrading their PC's operating system if their current one is sufficient when money is an issue.

2. Windows XP is still widely considered the "best OS", which I highly doubt.

3 Or maybe its just that the other operating systems suck? I don't believe this likely as Windows 7 was widely seen as a successful operating system, fixing what Vista was lacking and adding plenty of new features.

I am currently loving windows 7 and am glad I am using it over XP. Is it worth the 100$? Yes I think so. Would I buy windows 7 right now considering Windows 8 beta is months around the corner? Probably not.

Lets just hope that the Metro UI Microsoft is implementing in Windows 8 isn't a letdown. Microsoft is betting a lot on Windows 8 being a great OS for both PC's and Tablets, but I hope this doesn't lead to a diminished experience for PC users.

The Windows 8 beta is widely expected to show up sometime in the next few months.