According to a Saturday report by Web measurement firm Net Applications, the usage uptake of Microsoft's latest Windows 8 operating system - which was officially launched on October 26 - till now resembles the usage uptake of the problems-plagued Windows Vista version than the ultimately more successful Windows 7 version.

As per the Net Applications figures, while the January 2007-launched Windows Vista version had a 1 percent share of all Windows systems in February 2007 - after one full month of its release; the newest Windows 8 OS powered nearly 1.2 percent of the Windows PCs during the month of November.

The Net Applications statistics also drew attention to the fact that even though the first full month uptake of Windows 8 was higher than that of Windows Vista, the latest version merely increased its share by two times from the month before, while Vista had increased its share five times from January to February 2007.

In comparison to the usage uptake of Windows 8, the figures for the 2009-launched Windows 7 were quite remarkable; with that OS version having captured 4.3 percent of all Windows devices by the end of its first full month of retail sales.

Moreover, going by the Net Applications data, Windows 7 added 2 percentage points in its debut month in 2009; while Windows 8 has added just seven-tenths of a point --- that is, less than 50 percent of the percentage points added by Windows 7!