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A further seven brands are being used at approximately 1% of sites. Percentage sums exceed 100 as some sites use multiple PC brands. * Nearly six out of ten sites are now using "others," these are either minor brands that are used at less than 1% of sites or unbranded machines otherwise referred to as "clones." The use of Dell PCs increases with site size; 32% of sites with more than 5,000 staff use their PCs, compared to 16% of sites with less than 50 staff. Workstation Brands The chart below shows a breakdown of sites using workstations by brand in December 1997 and December 2001.
* "Others" are brands that are used at less than 1% of sites or unbranded machines otherwise referred to as '"clones." There has been little change in the proportions of sites using the major workstation brands in the last four years. The proportion of 'other' sites using unbranded workstations, or brands that individually are used at less than 1% of sites, has increased by 10%. The percentage of sites using SUN workstations increases steadily according to site size; they are used at 15% of workstation using sites with less than 10 staff, compared to 56% of sites with more than 5,000 staff. A quarter of the very small sites are using Silicon Graphics workstations, the highest percentage amongst this segment of smaller end-users.
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