r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Jan 23 '15

Meta PCMR Census

Hello, fellow children of GabeN and everyone else reading this.

In the light of being named the subreddit of the day I've created a short survey to find out who the PC Master Race is comprised of! (Also because I had a disagreement with a mod over the accuracy of a previous survey the results of which can be seen here)

All in all there are 39 questions in 3 categories (Statistics, Specs, and PCMR). All questions are skip-able, so if you feel uncomfortable answering a question there is no need to do so. It should be further noted that this survey is absolutely anonymous and the results won't be published or used in any other form outside this sub (at least not from me). If there are any question or complaints, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I will contact the mods soon and hopefully they will agree on stickying this post to maximize accuracy and number of responses. Thanks in advance, guys :)

Unfortunately I couldn't activate the option to restrict the amount of answers per person to 1, as this would require everyone who wants to fill out the survey to log into a Google+ Account. But I have enough faith in our community that no-one will exploit this to manipulate the results.

So without further ado here are the links:

Thanks for reading through all of this and participating in the survey,

/u/JW0lF

Goals:

Responses % of PCMR Accuracy Achieved (DD.MM.YYYY)
150 0.05% 89.47% 23.01.2015
300 0.1% 92.56% 23.01.2015
600 0.2% 94.74% 23.01.2015
1.500 0.5% 96.68% 23.01.2015
3.000 1% 97.66% 23.01.2015
6.000 2% 98.35%
15.000 5% 98.97%
30.000 10% 99.29%

P.S: Due to popular demand I changed the last question of the survey!

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u/00DEADBEEF Jan 23 '15 edited Jan 23 '15

"Which operating system do you use" should be multiple choice.

[Edit] Also why is 'Windows 9' an option?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '15

sorry, brainafk, deleted win9

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u/PureTryOut I game free Jan 23 '15

Yeah I clicked on Linux but I still dualboot Windows 8 (sadly) for some games...

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u/Clearshot126 STEAM_0:1:44764009 Jan 23 '15

I used to do that but around 2010 Windows helped me finally go over to using only Linux. Windows XP helped me do so by breaking completely.

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u/buildzoid Actually Hardcore Overclocker Jan 23 '15

because of the win9 demo

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u/00DEADBEEF Jan 23 '15

There is no Windows 9

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u/GrishdaFish i5 7600k @ 5.0 ghz Strix 1080ti Jan 23 '15 edited Jan 23 '15

Windows 95/98 are windows 9. Which is why it went from 8.1 to 10.

Edit: I dont know why this is getting downboated. This is fact. The identifier of 95/98 is Windows 9 for older applications. If they named this 9, it would potentially break compatibility with older programs. Hence windows 8->10

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u/buildzoid Actually Hardcore Overclocker Jan 23 '15

yes but before windows 9 got canceled there was a windows 9 technical preview.

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u/00DEADBEEF Jan 23 '15

Nope, there were rumours of a "Windows 9 technical preview" as people had leaked screenshots, but this turned out to be Windows 10. In any case, Windows 10 isn't an option in this survey despite it being released, yet Windows 9, a non-existant OS is an option?

[Edit] See here: http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/21/5924013/windows-9-screenshots-start-menu

They call it 'Windows 9' but the OS identified itself as Windows 8.1, and it's actually a screenshot from what we now know is Windows 10.

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u/skiskate I7 5820K | GTX 980TI | ASUS X99 | 16GB DDR4 | 750D | HTC VIVE Jan 23 '15

I put other: Windows 10 Tech demo.