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Posted on May 15, 2023June 22, 2023 by Dan Ness

Home PC trends and generational shifts – 2011-2022 – US

Home computers are losing their preeminence among online Americans. Since 2011, home computers have fallen from near ubiquity among online Americans to being regularly used by a dwindling majority.

This TUPdate reports on the penetration rates of home computers, Windows home PCs, Apple home computers, and Google OS (Chromebook) computers and overall level detailed by age generation. It also identifies how people have changed how they use home computers since the onset of the pandemic.

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CategoriesActivities, Devices, MetaFAQs, PCs, Technology Ecosystems, TUP 2019, TUP 2020, TUP 2021, TUP 2022, User Profile TagsActivities, Age Groups, Apple, Baby Boomers, Boomers, Demographics, Devices, Gen X, Gen Y, Generations, Home entertainment, Microsoft Windows, PCs, Penetration, Seniors, Sociodemographics, Technology adoption, Windows, Youth

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