According to recently published statistics, Apple's latest OS X Yosemite release is seeing slightly better take up rates than last year's OS X Mavericks launch, with current North American distribution pegged at 12.8 percent as of Wednesday.
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The results, provided by the research arm of ad network Chitika, found OS X Yosemite more than one percent of all North American Web traffic generated by OS X users on . This is more than double first-day adoption rates set by Apple's prior OS X Mavericks and OS X Mountain Lion releases.
Chitika points out that the slightly higher uptake could be a result of higher Mac sales over the past year. Last week, Apple announced it sold over the three months ending in September, an all-time record. The performance smashed Apple's previous record set in the fourth fiscal quarter , when the company sold 4.9 million Mac computers.
As for the disparity in Web traffic compared to OS X Mountain Lion, the research firm notes the two-year-old operating system was a $19.99 upgrade from OS X Lion, potentially prompting slower initial uptake. Since Mavericks, Apple has made OS X updates free to download from the Mac App Store.
Apple released OS X Yosemite on Oct. 16 with a new "flat" aesthetic and support for so-called "Continuity" features that integrate tightly with iOS 8. For example, users can now phone calls, SMS texts and create with a connected iPhone.