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Results of the Macintosh Survey
Since 1st October 2004 overall 3'092 persons have participated in this survey with the following results.
The results show for every question the 10 most given answers sorted descending by their frequency. Or read the current feedback of the participants for the ongoing poll.
- Computer and Software
- Display
- Further Data
- Acquired Values (e.g. Mac OS X share)
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1. Computer and Software
| 1.1 What Macintosh do you currently work with? | ||||
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| Power Mac | 32.7% |  |
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| PowerBook | 26.0% | |
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| iMac | 15.7% | |
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| iBook | 14.7% | |
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| eMac | 2.7% | |
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| MacBook Pro | 2.2% | |
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| MacBook | 1.6% | |
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| Cube | 1.4% | |
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| Mac mini | 1.1% | |
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| Mac Pro | 0.9% | |
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| 1.2 What processor powers your Mac (CPU)? | ||||
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| PowerPC G4 | 62.5% | |
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| PowerPC G5 | 16.6% | |
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| PowerPC G3 | 12.0% | |
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| Intel Core / Core 2 | 6.5% | |
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| Intel Xeon | 0.7% | |
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| PowerPC 60x | 0.7% | |
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| Other processor | 0.4% | |
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| Don't know | 0.4% | |
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| Motorola 680x0 | 0.2% | |
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| 1.3 What operating systems do you often use on this Mac1)? | ||||
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| Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) | 69.8% | |
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| Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) | 7.4% | |
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| Mac OS 9.x | 6.9% | |
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| Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) | 4.3% | |
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| Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) | 4.2% | |
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| Classic in Mac OS X | 3.6% | |
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| Other system | 1.5% | |
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| Older than Mac OS 9.0 | 0.8% | |
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| Mac OS X 10.0 / 10.1 | 0.5% | |
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| Windows XP / Vista | 0.5% | |
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| 1.4 What Web browsers do you regularly use on this Mac1)? | ||||
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| Safari 1.x | 44.2% | |
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| Firefox (Firebird, Phoenix) | 22.1% | |
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| Internet Explorer 5.x | 8.1% | |
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| Safari 2.x / 3.x / 4.x (RSS) | 6.8% | |
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| Camino (Chimera) | 6.1% | |
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| Mozilla / SeaMonkey | 3.8% | |
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| Netscape 7.x / 9.x | 3.5% | |
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| Opera | 2.0% | |
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| OmniWeb | 1.7% | |
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| Other browser | 0.8% | |
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2. Display
| 2.1 How many displays do you use with your Mac? | ||||
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| 1 display | 80.4% | |
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| 2 displays | 18.9% | |
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| More than 2 displays | 0.8% | |
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| 2.2 What display types do you use1)? | ||||
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| LCD flat-panel display | 70.6% | |
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| CRT display | 26.5% | |
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| Don't know | 1.5% | |
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| Other display type | 1.3% | |
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| 2.3 What display size do the used displays have (diagonal viewable image size)1)? | ||||
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| 17-inch (43.2 cm) | 23.7% | |
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| 15-inch (38.1 cm) | 21.1% | |
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| 12-inch (30.5 cm) | 15.8% | |
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| 19-inch (48.3 cm) | 10.1% | |
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| 20-inch (50.8 cm) | 9.3% | |
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| 14-inch (35.5 cm) | 4.4% | |
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| 21-inch (53.3 cm) | 4.4% | |
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| 23-inch (58.4 cm) | 2.9% | |
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| Larger than 23-inch | 2.2% | |
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| 22-inch (55.9 cm) | 2.1% | |
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| 2.4 What screen resolution have the used displays usually set (in pixel)1)? | ||||
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| 1024 x 768 | 31.5% | |
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| 1280 x 1024 | 16.3% | |
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| 1280 x 854-960 | 11.7% | |
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| 1440 x 900-960 | 8.8% | |
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| 1152 x 768-870 | 6.1% | |
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| 1600 x 1200 | 6.1% | |
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| 1680 x 1050 | 6.0% | |
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| 1920 x 1200 | 4.3% | |
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| Less than 1024 x 768 | 2.7% | |
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| Don't know | 1.8% | |
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3. Further Data
| 3.1 In which country or region do you live and use your Mac? | ||||
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| Sweden | 33.7% | |
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| Finland | 23.4% | |
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| Switzerland | 11.5% | |
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| Germany | 8.0% | |
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| United States | 7.5% | |
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| France | 2.8% | |
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| Iceland | 2.0% | |
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| United Kingdom | 1.5% | |
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| Canada | 1.3% | |
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| Estonia | 1.3% | |
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| Austria | 1.1% | |
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| Norway | 0.6% | |
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| 3.2 Do you have wireless access to the Internet (e.g. with AirPort)? | ||||
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| Yes, AirPort | 45.5% | |
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| No | 44.1% | |
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| Yes, other Wi-Fi product | 9.8% | |
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| Don't know | 0.6% | |
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| 3.3 Do you use an MP3 player to listen to music (e.g. iPod, iPhone, Zune, Sansa or Zen)? | ||||
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| No | 46.5% | |
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| Yes, iPod / iPhone | 45.8% | |
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| Yes, other music player | 7.3% | |
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| Don't know | 0.4% | |
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| 3.4 Remarks regarding the survey or explanations for questions |
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| Revised and made anonymous user feedback with comments from Prismo for the running online survey. |
4. From the Answers Acquired Values
| 4.1 Computer type of the Mac | ||||
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| Desktop / tower | 54.5% | |
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| Portable / notebook | 44.6% | |
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| Other computer | 0.7% | |
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| Don't know | 0.2% | |
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| 4.2 Often used operating systems1) | ||||
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| Mac OS X 10.x | 87.8% | |
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| Mac OS 9.x or older | 10.7% | |
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| Other system | 1.4% | |
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| Don't know | 0.1% | |
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| 4.3 Number of used operating systems (with Mac OS X Classic environment) | ||||
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| 1 operating system | 91.4% | |
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| 2 operating systems | 7.6% | |
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| 3 to 5 operating systems | 1.1% | |
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| 4.4 Number of regularly used browsers | ||||
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| 1 browser | 52.4% | |
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| 2 browsers | 34.3% | |
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| 3 to 5 browsers | 13.1% | |
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| More than 5 browsers | 0.2% | |
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| 4.5 Microprocessor family or chip manufacturer of the Mac main processor | ||||
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| PowerPC | 91.8% | |
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| Intel | 7.2% | |
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| Other processor family | 0.4% | |
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| Don't know | 0.4% | |
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| Motorola 680x0 | 0.2% | |
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1) For these questions multiple answers were possible.
Evaluations
The analysis for these months is available:
- December 2004
- November 04 (German)
- October 2004 (German)
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Detailed Web statistics with historic trend.
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