About what share of the world's desktop computers run Windows?
Answerabout 63%
Windows has dominated desktop computing for decades, though macOS and Linux have chipped away at its lead.
Source: StatCounter Global Stats gs.statcounter.com
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Hardware facts & stats
4 sourced facts about computer hardware, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
The basics
About what share of the world's desktop computers run macOS?
Answerabout 15%
Apple's Mac lineup holds a steady but distant second place behind Windows worldwide.
Source: StatCounter Global Stats gs.statcounter.com
Going deeper
By 2017, about how many solid-state drives (SSDs) shipped worldwide in a year?
Answerabout 227 million (2017)
SSD shipments grew rapidly through the 2010s as flash memory got cheaper and denser than spinning hard drives.
Source: Wikipedia, citing industry shipment data (2017) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
The SSD market's annual revenue is projected to reach about how much by 2028?
Answerabout $67 billion (projected)
Rising storage demand from AI and data centers is projected to keep pushing SSD revenue upward through the decade.
Source: Wikipedia, Solid-state drive (citing Yole Group analysis) (2024) en.wikipedia.org
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