http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php

The highlights :

Operating Systems

• At 60.55%, Windows XP is still three nearly 3 times more popular than Vista
• OSX sits at 7.11%
• Windows 7 is about to overtake Linux, and it’s not even out to retail yet
• iPhone OSX sits between the deceased Windows 98 and server based Windows Server 2003.  (I find it interesting that Server 2003 racks up a higher percentage than iPhone as by default it blocks trackers and cookies, also being a server OS, it typically isn’t used for web surfing)

Browsers

• IE 7 dominates, with Firefox 3 lagging 6% behind
• IE 8 is close on the heels of Firefox 3
• The aging IE 6 is still hanging in there with 14% of the share
• Buggy Firefox 3.5 is down in 5th place
• Slow on the uptake, Chrome is way down in 7th place with a measly 3.23% of the share

Screen Resolutions

• 1024×768 is still top dog
• VERY closely followed by 1280×800, which is a wide screen resolution, typically not found on new monitors having been superseded by :
• 1440×900 (as used by our office Dell desktops) which is in 4th with 8.68%, that’s a bigger share than the total OSX users – this will eventually overtake 1280×800 as the standard wide desktop resolution.

Summary
IE6 has double the market share of OSX as a whole.  So let’s stop banging on about ditching IE6 and get rid of OSX instead.