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1/3 of New PCs Being Downgraded to XP
Tuesday, 19 August 2008 00:00
More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, a performance and metrics researcher said today.
According to Devil Mountain Software Inc., which operates a community-based testing network, nearly 35% of the 3,000-plus PCs it examined had been downgraded from Vista to XP.
"Either these machines were downgraded by [sellers like] Dell or HP, or they were downgraded by the user after they got the machine," said Craig Barth, chief technology officer at Devil Mountain. "In any case, these machines are no longer running Vista."
Barth used data provided by users to Devil Mountain's Exo.performance.network — which it kicked off last year and has expanded by partnering with InfoWorld, a Computerworld sister publication — to come up with his numbers. By collating such things as the vendor and system model number with manufacturers' catalogs, Barth was able to identify machines that were probably shipped within the past six months, a period when virtually every new PC was offered with Vista preinstalled.
Facebook has overtaken rival social network MySpace for the first time - provoking an angry outburst from the man who paid $580m for MySpace only three years ago.
Facebook had 123m unique visitors in May, an increase of 162% on May 2007, according to the latest Comscore figures.
By contrast, MySpace drew 114.6m uniques, with visitors growing by only 5% since May 2007.
It's the first time Facebook has managed a significant lead over its chief rival, after the pair were almost level-pegging in Comscore's April figures.
The news hasn't gone down well with News Corp boss, Rupert Murdoch, whose company bought MySpace back in 2005. He claims Facebook has "done a great job of being flavour of the month the last six months of last year," but that Facebook isn't a real social network, claiming the site is "just a directory".
WOW..WOW..WOW..
that is so cool and that kid rocks...
Tim says:
2008-08-06 17:25:44
Igor Falechki
The kid playing the drums is named Igor Falecki- and he's only four years old!
Gwuinifer says:
2008-06-10 23:35:45
Boom-dee-yada!!!!
Tim says:
2008-06-07 20:11:36
Thanks Peggy- I'll keep an ear out!
Peggy Burt says:
2008-06-07 17:52:40
Referral
Hi Tim! Wanted you to know that I've been thinking about you and miss seeing you around Forks. I referred you to a good friend today - a local physical therapist who may need your expert help! Take care.
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