Windows 8.1 has surpassed Vista in global market share, according to the latest stats, giving Microsoft’s latest OS a 10% slice of the market.

Net Applications’ latest round of usage statistics shows Windows 8.1 has climbed to 3.9% of the global market since its September arrival, topping Vista’s 3.3% for the first time.

 Let’s get the disclosure bit out of the way first: this is not going to be a completely objective view of the Nexus 5.