14 DAY TRIAL // We already knew that Kim Jong-un is an Apple fanboy, but it’s still sort of a surprise to see so many North Koreans using Mac OS X.
Market share data provided by StatCounter shows that, at least in April, computer users in North Korea were pretty much in love with Apple’s Mac OS X, as no less than 31.29 percent of them were running this platform.
This might be a little bit surprising given the fact that Apple devices are quite expensive and it’s hard to dominate a market in such a clear manner, but if these figures aren’t inaccurate, let’s just say that North Koreans are all using Hackintosh or Apple Minis these days.
The second desktop operating system in the charts kind of makes sense, especially because North Korean has been one of the countries that pushed for wider adoption of open source software. Linux is running on 30.92 percent of the computers in the country, according to StatCounter.
Where’s Windows?
So there you have it, Mac OS X on the first place, Linux on the second, but where’s Windows? This might come as a shock to many, but Linux is far behind these two platforms with unexpectedly low market share.
The most successful Windows version in North Korea is Windows XP (that’s not surprising in any way, though) with a share of 11.6 percent, while Windows 7 comes next with 9.41 percent. Windows 10 is the third most popular Windows version among North Koreans with 6.64 percent, followed by Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.
It goes without saying that nobody can tell if these figures are accurate or not, and since it’s North Korea we’re talking about here, it’s very clear that we’ll never find out the truth. So let’s take that as it is and congratulate Apple for becoming the preferred choice for North Koreans.