Microsoft recently completed the development of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update , but it seems that this did not help the new operating system increase its market share.
Instead, Windows 10 declined during the month of February, according to NetMarketShare data, dropping from 34.29% to 34.06%.
While the drop isn't significant, it does raise questions about how quickly Windows 10 can overtake Windows 7, which is expected to reach end of support in January 2020.
In turn, Windows 7 has lost market share in February, falling to 41.61% from 42.39% in January. In this case, however, the drop is more logical, especially since Windows 7 was launched in 2009 and the transition to the newer operating system is something to be expected.
On the other hand, Apple's MacOS managed to increase its share last month, increasing from 4.46% to 4.96%.
Overall, Windows now runs on 87.66% of computers, one of the lowest market shares in recent years for Microsoft's operating system, and down from 87.79% the previous month. macOS has a market share of 9.89% for February.
As a reminder, Microsoft's Windows has been gradually declining since early 2017. In January 2017, Windows was running on 89.03% of systems worldwide and since then it has been losing market share almost every month before finally reaching 87.66% in February 2018.
While many believe Microsoft should be really worried, the gap between Windows and other office platforms remains huge, and with the software giant's investments in its operating system, it's hard to believe that Apple or anyone else can close the gap.
The next version of Windows 10 is Redstone 4 and is expected to launch next month and we will likely see an increase in market share for both Windows overall and Windows 10 in particular.
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