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  Obsolescence
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  Printers
  Storage & Backup
  Passwords
  PC Safety
  Wireless Network
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  Keyboard Shortcuts
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General Trends

Processor
  Avg. CPU Speeds
  CPU MHz Ranges
  AMD/Intel
  Intel Market Share
Memory
  Avg. Memory
  Memory Ranges
Drives
  Avg. Hard Drive
  Optical Drives
Operating Systems
  Windows OS Version
  XP Market Share
Internet Connection
  Dialup vs. Broadband
  Bandwidth Ranges
Video and Displays
  Video Resolution
  Wide Screen Displays

Crosstabs

Location
Expertise
PC Type
Global Region

OpenOffice.org Office Productivity Suite

OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released in October 2005 and is proving to be a formidable contender in the office productivity suite arena. The fully featured open-source suite is freely distributed and is a direct competitor of Microsoft Office. The suite contains word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphic and database modules. It can read and write most of the of the file formats found in Microsoft Office and many other applications.

Based on the systems tested on the PC Pitstop web site, OpenOffice.org attach rates have grown approximately 300% since the release of version 2.0 in October 2005. The following charts show the prevalence of the application based on type of PC, business vs. home, expertise and world wide region.

Prevalence of OpenOffice.org by PC Type