Hardware & Software statistics / demographics

[multimed]

Ok so I'm cross posting this to various boards and I realize that it's probably less of an issue for web developers than the sofware/browser side but...

Does anyone know of places I can look to find out statistics about what computer hardware & operating systems the general public is using? I'm in the early stages of a project and we're trying to determine what level we can design for to reach the greatest audience while still delivering an exciting multimedia experience. What I would love would be a site that gets regularly updated that says something along the lines of 38% of users are using 1Ghz or higher, 30% are 500-950 Mhz and 32% are under 500Mhz--or whatever the actual numbers are. I'd love to have statistics on a wide range of info including processor, RAM, Operating System, optical drives, and even more software stuff like browser, media player, Acrobat and Office usage statistics.

 

[MichiganRon]

multimed,

Cross posting is generally frowned upon, but...

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

probably has some information that may be useful to you.

-Ron

We all play from the same deck of cards, it's how we play the hand we are dealt which makes us who we are. -Me

murof siht edisni kcuts m'I - PLEH

 

[multimed]

Yeah, I know about the cross posting--but it just seems like this is an underlying issue that many/most developers should consider--regardless of whether they develop for the web, CD, LAN or hard drive and no matter what language. I think the issue is equally important to some one using C++, Java, VB, Director, Flash, or whatever.

Thanks for the link,
-steve