Home PC owners are using their older PCs longer According to the latest large-scale national survey, Technology User Profile 2003 Annual Edition by MetaFacts, the average age of both
home and workplace personal computers is growing, while the self-employed are replacing their personal computers faster than one year ago
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst with MetaFacts, said
"Nationwide, just less than half (49%) of U.S. home PCs were bought in the previous two years, where this was 61.5% only two years ago, in 2001. Also, while workplace PCs are still refreshed more
often than in the home, this rate is dropping. In 2003, 57.6% of workplace PCs were bought in the previous two years, where this age represented 65% only two years ago, in 2001."
MetaFacts
further reported that the self-employed have increased their PC buying, with 63.4% of their PCs being two years old or newer, up markedly from 59.8% in 2002. In related results, cellphone buyers are
replacing them at a slower rate. Where currently over six in ten (63.9%) cellphones were purchased in the prior two years, this is down from over two-thirds (70.5%) in 2002.
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