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May 16, 2008 by lyle in
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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.
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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.
March 25th, 2010 at 9:51 am
I've been building my own desktops since 1996. My first store bought PC was my laptop I got for going back to college 2 years ago and I paid $600 for it. The inexpensive laptop craze has hit the desktop market and home built market. I just recently updated my desktop because there are still games and such that I have that won't run on anything less than a high end laptop. My case is probably 10 years old, I had to replace it changing from AT to PS/2 type board. What I have built is way cheaper than buying a box off the shelf and will always be.
March 29th, 2010 at 1:47 am
the pc at my work don't out power my home pc that's for sure,well I am a geek:-)
May 7th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
i would like to know what my newly built pc is? 32 bit or 64 bit xp pro sp3
June 19th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Id like to know why it is men seem to think women dont know any thing about computers. some women know a hell of a lot more than some of you men that think you know everything.
the person that has a newly built pc if its running xp its most likely 32bit and if you built it yourself you should know that, do your research before you build a pc. then you know what your getting.
For BM who seems to think all women are idiots when it comes to the computer. this one im on right now has an AMD Turian(TM)64 x 2 processor is that from the year 2000 i dont think so. get your facts straight before you start putting every one in the same group.
August 9th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
the ability for technology to advance at the rate of which moore's law describes is nothing short of miraculous innovation. the human race will be known for and most certainly changed forever simply by moore's law. were will it take us in the next twenty years? i foresee some very interesting advances in processor technology that will have nothing to do with frequency either in megahertz, nor in gigahertz. rather processors will be rated in light speed or rather in time.