![]() ![]() With millions of people working and studying from home due to a global pandemic, people's computing needs rapidly shifted. While macOS widened its lead over Chrome OS in Q4 2019, Chrome OS came roaring back in Q4 2020.ΔΆ020 was a unique year in terms of personal computing. The Q4 results are particularly notable as the fourth quarter tends to be the biggest for PC shipments. Q3 2020 and Q4 2020 confirmed the trend: Windows dropped further to 78.9% for Q3 and then 76.7% for Q4 macOS grew to 8.4% for Q3 and then fell back to 7.7% for Q4, while Chrome OS had 11.5% for Q3 and then 14.4% share for Q4. But in Q2 2020, Windows fell to 81.7%, macOS grew to 7.6%, and Chrome OS jumped to 10.0%. ![]() In Q1 2020, Apple and Google were neck-and-neck: Windows grabbed 87.5% market share, macOS took 5.8%, and Chrome OS captured 5.3%. Note that these figures are not cumulative, instead indicating figures of each respective quarter: Geekwire breaks down the figures on a quarterly basis as well. Windows still has a sizeable lead over Chrome OS and macOS, even if the latter two are combined, but a drop of almost 5% in a year is notable. Chrome OS market share went up from 6.4% to 10.8% in that same span. Windows market share dropped from 85.4% in 2019 to 80.5% in 2020. ![]()
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