When finished with one packet of data, your computer automatically uploads the result to UC-Berkeley and downloads another packet over the Internet. From those statistics, it occurred to me, one could extrapolate some revealing information about global computer usage generally. You'll find explanations and comments after the table. Eastern European and South American countries are the ones that are advancing most rapidly in this category. Eye-balling the list, you may notice that local conditions, such as cold weather, may affect the ranking as much as industrialization.
Language is another deciding factor for computer ownership.
Namibia and Ghana are the first African countries to make the top rankings since we started analyzing the data in 1999. It appears that not only the rich countries have the best access to high-level technology. Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela, and Uruguay. Now I know where those old 486's are going. Because SETI runs mainly as a screen saver or in the background, the more time a user allots to SETI, the less she utilizes her computing power.