Stats show that Windows XP is incredibly popular in the country

Dec 5, 2013 04:15 GMT  ·  By

We all know that Microsoft will officially retire Windows XP in approximately five months, but it’s still surprising to see that despite Redmond’s efforts, lots of users are still running the aging OS.

Figures provided by StatCounter reveal that North Korea is one of the countries still addicted to Windows XP, with Microsoft’s modern operating system still having a rather small market share.

At this point, Windows XP is running on 60.44 percent of computers in the country, while Windows 7 is next with 30.36 percent. Surprisingly, Mac OS X is third with 2.68 percent, while Windows 8 is fourth with only 2.37 percent.

Of course, Microsoft can’t really be pleased with such news, especially because it tries to move Windows XP users to newer platforms, not only due to the security risks, but also because it hopes to bring more adopters for its modern operating systems such as Windows 8 and 8.1.