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Developers are going Mac and Linux, Schools are going Chromebooks and many adults are going phones. Companies, constantly being behind the curves are still stuck in MS land.

You have linked to the desktop market. Yes there rules MS, but the desktop market is being destroyed by the phone market where MS doesn't even have an offer.

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I wouldn't say really destroyed by the phone market, but yes, I feel like the markets are getting more and more specialized. From what I've seen Windows machine still have two big markets: Companies (for various software compatibility / historical reasons) and Gaming. If I look at all the persons I know using Windows as their main OS, and that's quite a few, reason nb 1 is video games.

> reason nb 1 is video games.

I'm hoping this comes to an end soon with Valve backing Proton due to the Steam Deck. I don't think I'll be upgrading to Windows 11 at any rate, I'll keep Win 10 as long as possible then migrate to Linux and live with the consequences if a minority of my games won't run on it.

I run Linux and Steam, but not the latest and greatest games. A lot of games run out of the box. A lot of the rest run if you tick the box for "yes, run this game anyway even though it's not officially compatible with Linux." The one major bug I've run into is that if I save my password, it doesn't start up - so I have to log into Steam every time.

I am not sure main OS even makes sense. My mum is not a gamer, 70% of her screen time is on her phone, but she does use a Windows PC from time to time. If you only looked at her desktop use her main OS would be Windows, but really it is Android.

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