Browser Wars: Microsoft's IE Rises on Win 7, Falls Overall Discussion

While Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) is gaining use against other browsers on Windows 7, IE and Mozilla Firefox are both losing ground to Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari in the broader browser wars, according to the latest numbers from Net Applications.

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I'm not sure that the gain in IE market share is necessarily a good sign for Microsoft:

Study Suggests Internet Explorer Users Are, Um, Kind Of Slow : The Two-Way : NPR

It's pretty obvious that less advanced Windows users stick with IE because it's a preinstalled component of the operating system. Apple has over 90% of the $1,000+ notebook market, leaving Windows 7 with just a handful of high-end business and gaming niches and the lowest end of the consumer mass market. I don't think that people at that low end of the market are making a qualitative judgment about IE relative to other browsers, or even considering the safety ramifications of using IE.

 

There are so many things that are... off... about that statement.

First, just because someone chooses not to spend $1000+ on a laptop does not mean they don't know anything about computers, security, etc. I bought my X120e for $350. Does that mean I can't make the "qualitative judgments" you refer to?

Also, yes, IE is preinstalled on Windows-equipped computers. But, then, why is Safari's usage share still so much smaller than that of Macs as a whole? It'd definitely be a stretch to say that Mac users are as a whole more adept than PC users and download "better" browsers.

I think IE is being unfairly demonized, really: it's been shown that in pretty much all categories (except perhaps web standards adherence), IE9's neck-in-neck or ahead of all other browsers. Even IE8 wasn't that bad. I'd say it's no surprise that more Windows 7 users are sticking with IE9.

Finally, I find it difficult to believe the statistic you quote that "Apple has over 90% of the $1,000+ notebook market." Which study drew that conclusion?

 

NDP is an independent firm that does market research. The actual research found that Apple has 91% of the over $1,000 segment. Of course, the same research found that the average selling price for a PC was $500 and the average selling price for a Mac was $1,400.

 

this sound like BBC doing, tell u only half of the true, it is like: the whole true is , MAc r more than 1k, and most mac user don't use windows on their machines. and bbc story :" most people who spend more than 1k on their machine don't use windows". This remind me of a story i learn back in sociology class about media lies (they don't actually lies, they only bend the true, or simply not the whole true): it went something like this :" the number of teenager got gun down since the 197X ( i forgot actual year) is double every years >>> 2^35 or so >>we r all dead while the whole true is that it is double since then ... but even if they tell you that, there is still the increase in population that the haven't mention... sorry to go off topic, just want to point out the lies in the media