For this statistic, the data represents a combination of the estimated number of desktop computer shipments, available here, combined with the reported operating system market share provided by StatCounter.
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Estimated desktop PCs global shipments by OS 2014-2022
In 2022, based on global operating system shares and annual computer shipments, an estimated ** million Windows-based desktop computers were shipped worldwide. A further ** million OS X desktop computers were shipped globally in the same year.
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