[lubuntu-users] Hardware Usage Stats

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Does anyone know if there are stats available from Canonical or 3rd 
party about hardware.

How many computers with PII, PIII, P4 CPU's etc.,  browsed the various 
Ubuntu websites?
In what parts of the world are they used most
What OS are they using?
I came across several websites with some stats but nothing really useful 
to form an opinion on questions like the 700MB capacity limit.

It's clear that it is a technical challenge to stay within that limit. 
But it is not clear how big the demand is on a global scale to have a 
capable OS that can be installed on old hardware without having to jump 
trough hoops.

How many boxes still run XP? (or anything worse)
How many boxes run a distro that's no longer supported?
What display size is used on those machines?

Can it be estimated if DVD players are covered on most hardware, or will 
there still be a large demand for CD-ROM?.

Regardless if the 700MB limit will be left behind it will be very 
interesting to know how many people still rely on old hardware.

Canonical's data would be interesting, but an independent source would 
also be good. Or Google's stats, if they still can be trusted... I'm 
currently connected trough TOR so Google isn't much help to me....