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Thread ID: 89532 2008-05-03 07:38:00 How many PCs are there in NZ ? Digby (677) PC World Chat
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665406 2008-05-03 07:38:00 OK, let me rephrase my previous thread.

Does anyone have an intelligent guess as to how many PC's (including Mac's) there are in New Zealand that are currently being used.

Just a rough guess, but it needs to be intelligent, ie counting those in homes and those in offices and factories etc.
Digby (677)
665407 2008-05-03 07:48:00 A lot, too many to count Speedy Gonzales (78)
665408 2008-05-03 07:56:00 I'd hazard a guess that there would be at least one in about 85% of NZ homes ( none in any sth Auckland homes) followed by 1 computer per student (on average) for most of your schools - some will have none and some will have a laptop per student.

As for offices - it will vary depending on the size and nature of the business, Telecom would have several thousand but your local panel beater might have 1.
vitalstatistix (9182)
665409 2008-05-03 08:40:00 OK, so how many would there be in offices and businesses ?

They say there are 200,000 SME's panelbeaters would have 1, Telecom thousands OK but how many in total.
Digby (677)
665410 2008-05-03 08:41:00 I'd hazard a guess that there would be at least one in about 85% of NZ homes ( none in any sth Auckland homes)

I'm in South Auckland. I have four.

And besides, where do you think those who steal live?
bob_doe_nz (92)
665411 2008-05-03 08:47:00 I'm in South Auckland. I have four.

And besides, where do you think those who steal live?

Paremax ?

Figures off the back on an envelop I would say 3.8-4 million.
vitalstatistix (9182)
665412 2008-05-03 09:33:00 I'd hazard a guess that there would be at least one in about 85% of NZ homes ( none in any sth Auckland homes)

I'm also in South Auckland. We have 6.
stu161204 (123)
665413 2008-05-03 09:35:00 My calculations give me a figure of 89.

Margin of error is 4563920000%
Metla (12)
665414 2008-05-03 10:29:00 It was actually a seriosus question, so any serious guesses, with rationale, would be much appreciated Digby (677)
665415 2008-05-03 10:37:00 Possibly an average of ~2 per person = 8 million (!)



Avg of 1 computer (box) pp at work, given servers, terminals, workstations

Avg of 1 pp at home, given most people who have a PC have >1 PC and accounting for those who dont have a PC


Just a guess, may be blindly wrong :D



EDIT: From Stats.co.nz:
41.4 PCs per 100 heads at home (in 2003 so abit outdated)
www.stats.govt.nz
jwil1 (65)
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