Android overtakes Windows as most used operating system

I've been running a Samsung Chromebook for what seems like 3 or 4 years now. I am by no means a techie. The last HP laptop I bought came with Windows 7. It was terrible compared to Windows XP. I absolutely hate it now, now that it has been "upgraded" to Windows 10. Windows 10 is junk, complete junk. I found Windows 98 and Windows XP Pro to be the most useful for my day in and day out needs.

Now, a little 4 year old Chromebook does almost all of it. And I am perfectly happy with it. Also happy with my outdated Samsung Galaxy Note 4. So far, so good.

I just bought an Asus Flip Chromebook which uses the Google Chrome OS- it will use Android apps.
I installed Ubuntu on it, but I honestly just use Chrome OS most of the time- great battery life, very lightweight- small screen, but big enough.

Windows might still dominate the pc platform
But Android dominates mobile devices, phones and tablets
Chrome O/S is gaining popularity, especially in the net book platform
Both Android and chrome came from Google
I use my Android tablet everyday, some days I do not turn on the pc

Microsoft had some good products over the years. Instead of enhancing and updating them, they threw them out the "window" with Window's 10. It was a flop. I wish Android would make operating software for my computer.

I never bought a Ford truck just because of the "best selling truck" marketing, and I wouldn't consider Android for the same reason. What suits my needs isn't necessarily what the masses seek. I'll keep my Mac OS X & iOS for home, business, cell, and tablet computing needs.

That said, Micro$oft has forsaken their home users for over a decade putting out OS products that few rarely like.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Now let's break it down a bit further. Phone operating system or computer/laptop/tablet operating system ???? I suspect that theRE is a massive divergence here. Android owns the phones and Windows owns the computers.

It's been in the news for years, supposedly nobody's buying computers anymore (well, consumers at least?)

I imagine the numbers include Phones, Tablets, Chromebooks, Smart TVs, Smart Refrigerators, Networked video players (Roku, etc) and smart assistants like Alexa and Home

Now let's break it down a bit further. Phone operating system or computer/laptop/tablet operating system ???? I suspect that theRE is a massive divergence here. Android owns the phones and Windows owns the computers.

I can edit 4k video easier on my cell phone than I can on my desktop... I paid $700 for the phone and $3500 for the desktop. The phone takes about 10 watts while editing 4k video, the desktop takes over 700 watts.

The phone's ARM SoC is optimized for 4k video, cpu, gpu, storage all working together. The PC needs a $1000 cpu, a $1000 gpu and $1500 worth of drives to barely keep up with what the phone is doing. The PC uses brute force to convert the video into something it's outdated architecture can understand, and then when it's time to convert it back into a web format again, well, grab a few beers, it's gonna take a while.

Yes, Android/ARM does not multitask well. Only one "task" is really held in the foreground at one time, and background apps really suffer. Gdetrailer, you and I are dinosaurs in this technology game. Modern apps have no need for client side multitasking. A web based environment keeps the multitasking on the server, stored in a database, managed by sessions.

There are a few business apps out there that work very well on Android/Arm, through the cloud. The State of Michigan's emergency management app is beautiful. It's all HTML-5 based, no Java, no Flash, no "requires Internet Explorer 6." It multitasks great, allowing teams large and small to effectively communicate, sharing information and resources, using whatever device they have, as long as it has a modern browser.

8.1 Van wrote:


Android held just 2.4% market share five years ago.

"personal" use OR "BUSINESS" use?

Makes a huge difference on the real "stats" and omitting BUSINESS use will most certainly fudge the end results..

Especially considering cell phones and Tablets make up a huge share of Android based devices and many folks have more than one device with Android..

There are MANY things that Android cannot do that Windows can do..

Try running any business software on "droid", how about HD video editing or running multiple "windows" or tasks, doesn't work on Android, does it?