According to the latest market share data from Net Applications, Mac OS X’s slice of the computer operating system market grew 3.56% in January while Microsoft Windows’ dropped .36%.
Mac’s market share stands at a record 7.57%, up 21.7% from Jan. 2007.
“Apple’s market share gains in December for the Mac and iPhone are impressive,” the report concludes. “However, for the last days of December, the numbers are nothing short of spectacular.”
The really good news for Apple, according to Net Applications, came in the last two days of the month, when Mac OS X hit 8.01%.
Windows is still dominates the desktop, of course, with a 91.46% share, but that’s down from 93.33% a year earlier.
The January results are summarized in the table below.
