BAPCo, Business Applications Performance Corporation, is a non-profit consortium with a charter to develop and distribute a set of objective performance benchmarks for personal computers based on popular software applications and operating systems.
BAPCo's current membership includes Acer, ARCIntuition, ChinaByte, CNET, Compal Electronics, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Intel, LC Future Center, Lenovo, Microsoft, Western Digital, Wistron, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Zol.
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