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Computing | by Stephen Schenck | Tue Dec 2, 2008 10:55AM | 0 comments

The small fraction of internet users accessing web sites from Apple computers has reached a new high point, with 8.87% of all web hits last month coming from users on Macs. The figures provided by Net Applications show the Mac numbers rising from 8.21% in October. This assessment doesn't include iPhone users, who account for an additional 0.37% of web hits. Microsoft seems to be taking the largest market share loss, losing in both the proportion of internet users getting online with Windows machines and in the proportion of users browsing with Internet Explorer. Opera's browser share dropped last month as well, with Chrome and Safari use making gains. The big browser winner is Firefox, which passed the 20% point for the first time last month, with one in five web connections from users running the browser.

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external link Apple Grabs 8 Percent of Online Market [Cult of Mac]
external link Apple Hits New Record With Internet Share [Ubergizmo]
external link Mac Internet share hits record 8.82%; Windows… [Fortune / Money]
external link Mac internet share hits record 8.87% [The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)]
external link Mac Internet share hits record 8.87%; Windows… [Techmeme]
external link Mac web share hits 8.9% while Firefox tops… [Electronista]
external link Safari Tops 7% Of Browser Market Share, Mac… [digg: Tech Popular]

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