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Subject:
US penetration of household PCs and the percentage with USB ports?
Category: Computers > Hardware Asked by: clevermethod-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
08 Apr 2003 14:06 PDT
Expires: 08 May 2003 14:06 PDT Question ID: 187869 |
Do you know the US penetration of household PCs and the percentage with USB ports? Is there a website that lists this type of info? |
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Re: US penetration of household PCs and the percentage with USB ports?
Answered By: tar_heel_v-ga on 08 Apr 2003 14:38 PDT Rated: |
clecermethod... Thanks for your question. According to In-Stat/MDR, there were approximately 375 million USB-enabled devices on the market in 2002 with growth expected to hit over 860 million by 2007. This same report states that by the end of 2003, all desktop PC's will ship with USB enabled ports. According to Computer Industry Almanac, worldwide, there are over 600 million PCs in use. It would appear that a safe estimate would be that of the 600 million PC's in the world, approximately 62% are equipped with USB ports. However, USB ports can now be found on handhelds, cell phones and other devices, so the percentage is probably a bit on the high side. This same report estimates that by 2007, over 1 billion PCs will be in use worldwide. I did not find this info on a single site, however a great site with various statistics regarding computers and the Internet is CyberAtlas at http://cyberatlas.internet.com/ Thanks again for your question and I hope you find my answer helpful. If you need any additional clarification, please let me know prior to rating my anwer. Regards, -THV Search Strategy: USB usage References: PCs, Peripherals and Consumer Electronics Getting on the Universal Serial Bus http://www.instat.com/press.asp?ID=554&sku=IN030579MI PC Market Headed for Geographic Shift http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/hardware/article/0,,5921_988841,00.html#table |
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Re: US penetration of household PCs and the percentage with USB ports?
From: neilzero-ga on 09 Apr 2003 06:07 PDT |
Apparently tar heel supplied world wide (unsold inventory) data, but clever asked for USA penetration. If my friends and relatives are typical, penetration is about 50% of USA households with a slightly higher percentage USB equipped than for the world but my guess is the 62% USB does not reflect the many old computers that are still used occasionally. 40% is probably near correct. 62% certainly does not reflect the 200 million plus old computers that might, but probably won't, be put back in service. Some people own a lap top/notebook computer but no pc. Should these be counted as pc penetration? Neil |
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