Crucial Research Reveals Computer Owners Experience a 'Four-Year Itch'
A recent survey commissioned by Crucial revealed that computer owners reportedly replace their personal computer after an average of only 4.5 years of use.
Even with the abundance of newer models, the survey revealed a strong reluctance to replace computers too often, with only 2% of respondents saying they were willing to replace their computer "every two or so years".
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Despite strong loyalty, computer owners still struggle to find complete contentment with their current machine: nearly half (47%) dislike something about their computer, and approximately one in two (49%) are likely to have a disagreement with their computer for being "too slow to keep up."
The survey, conducted by Consumer Analysis Group, polled more than 1,000 computer owners in the US, aged 16-70. It found that the most commonly-owned computer type in the US today is an "old desktop computer", as identified by 29% of survey respondents.
When confronted with a sluggish machine, most computer owners said they turn to simple self-help methods, such as running the anti-virus checker (59%), compressing files (56%), or rebooting their machine (54%).
Of course, being a memory vendor, Crucial suggested memory replacement as an effort to speed things up. However, handling the insides of a computer, as with a "DIY" computer memory upgrade, filled more people with fear (35%) than sweeping up and discarding a spider (13%). A likely contributing factor is the widespread lack of knowledge about computer memory. Nearly half (45%) of people surveyed didn't know how much internal memory (RAM) is installed in their computer.
Source: Crucial
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