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May 16, 2008 by lyle in The Pit Blog
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More so than any other part of our PC, the most exciting and interesting sub system is the processor. Heck, Gordon Moore, the visionary who coined Moore's Law, worked for Intel. Furthermore, the processor of your PC defines the performance characteristics of your PC more so than any other sub system.
This section looks in depth at the world of processors. Roll over any chart for a more detailed analysis of the information. Also, the information is updated monthly, so come back often to see how the world of processors is evolving.Median Clock Speed Exceeds 2Ghz
Increase In Average Desktop CPU MHz Showing Signs of Slowdown
Desktop Processors Now Outnumber Portables
Desktops Smoke Portables in Overall Computational Power
Intel Portable Marketshare Continues To Tumble
Australia Retains its number One status in The CPU Clock Rankings
Australia Is Gaining on Canada In The Most CPU\'s/PC Contest
Canada Barely Wins The Gold in the CPU Olympics
Intel - Strong in ROW, Growing in Europe
Your Home PC Out-Computes your Work PC
Business Prefers Intel
Men Are Faster than Women
Men Have More Brains Than Women
Men Have 26% More Computational Power than Women
Women Prefer Intel Over AMD
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June 6th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Wow!!! Very informative! Thanks for those stats!
June 7th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Good information…
August 8th, 2008 at 10:13 am
What's missing is a graph on how old the computers are. I suspect that Australia and Canada came out ahead because they are adding and upgrading their old computers at a faster rate then elsewhere.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
That's interesting stats. Obviously woman are prone to user old out dated stuff.
November 14th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
One statistic I would realy like to see is wether the computer being tested at the PC Pitstop site was originally built by the tester or bought already built.
The question could be "did you assemble this computer from parts yourself?" The question would appear at the last stage of the test (before the results).
I suspect Canadians roll their own more frequently than other nationalities, but even so it would be only a tiny percentage of all computer owners.
November 14th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
As a Canadian citizen I have to say that it is true that Canadian assemble there own, it is a trend and a good practice encourage by our education system to build new machines and upgrade older ones. But this goes also for the woman and the man.
November 27th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
The figures about power to gender are hardly unsurprising as blokes (I'm one of 'em) do tend to look at the figures and perhaps ignore almost everything else. Is there anything else?
January 26th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
If the woman are using single processor, which most of them probably are, how they run their programs? They must be using stuff from 2000 or something. Sure they're running windows XP, but at the same time they use that useless Microsoft Works or something of the sort.
February 13th, 2009 at 2:36 am
As a builder of desktop systems for many years now I am still at odds as to why people are happy to be manipulated by seemingly large companies blinding them with science and letting them lead them down a path to nowhere! Why not get off their backsides and do something with the tools in their hands and reap the benefits in return.