TNW spent part of the week poking around the Microsoft decision to loan the Michael Dell and Silverlake consortium $2 billion to help with their purchase of Dell, the computer company. This puts the operating system neatly into second place on Steam, where it will likely stay for quite a while.Ĭertainly, any version of Windows has an advantage over OS X and Linux in the gaming market, but it must be heartening to Microsoft that their new product, while controversial, is being accepted by those most likely to buy new computers, or mod their current machines. Three months ago, Windows 8 passed OS X on Steam, and last month, Windows 8 passed Windows Vista. Now, after just four months of availability, Windows 8 has already passed Windows XP. Here’s the latest:Įver since its release, Windows 8 has been the only version of Microsoft’s desktop operating system to gain share on Steam. Steam, a popular gaming platform, is kind enough to release data from its userbase. Windows 8 has passed Windows XP among Steam users.

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