A new report claims that the market share for Microsoft's Windows XP actually went up among other PC operating systems worldwide in January 2012 while Windows 7's share went down.



From Neowin:

Did Windows XP, a PC operating system that's over 10 years old, actually gain some new users in January? That's what the newest report from Net Applications claims. The report shows that Microsoft's OS is not only the world's most used PC operating system but in January 2012 it had a worldwide market share of 47.19 percent. That's higher than December 2011's 46.52 percent.

While the report does claim that it is based on preview data that has not been reviewed by the company's Quality Assurance team, the fact that the data even suggests a rise in Windows XP is interesting.

  Report: Windows XP market share went up in January 2012