[net.general] Ideal Micro Questionnaire

jss@sjuvax.UUCP (Jonathan Shapiro) (11/22/84)

[Aren't you hungry...?]

	The last time I posted this questionaire I got back some very extreme
responses.  This is because I posted it in the wrong places and I framed
the questions poorly.  I am hoping that this one will reach a more general
sample of people and be better phrased.

	If you have a minute, save this file and fill in your answers to the
questions and ship them back to ..!allegra!sjuvax!jss.  If things aren't
too immense I will honor individual requests for summaries via mail.
Otherwise I will post a summary to the net and do my best to notify
everyone where to look.

	I am interested in what people see as an ideal computer for practical
use. What do you need to work efficiently on whatever it is you do.  What
would you consider reasonable.  What is on your "Wish List." By no means do
answers have to be technical.  If you don't find an answer you like, or if
you have qualifications, feel free to add them in.  There is a place for
additional other comments at the end.

1.	Assume that if you decide to get something later it won't cost you
anything extra. What are the features you want on your ideal microcomputer
for day to day use? This computer might be either in the home or in your
office or anywhere fixed.  If you want to talk about them separately, 
feel free, but please let me know which answers are which.

	- keyboard
		- do you want a numeric pad?
		- is there any particular keyboard you like?
		- where should cursor keys go?
		- anything else in particular?

	- memory
		- 64k
		- 128k
		- 256k
		- 512k
		- 1Mbyte
		- > 1Mbyte

	- processor
		Do you have any preference(s)?

	- floppy drives
		- Should the system have floppy disks?
		- What size? (3.5, 5.25, 8")
		- How much should they hold?
		- How many of them?

	- hard disks
		- Should the system have a hard disk?
		- How much should it hold?

	- networking
		- Should the system have networking?
		- If so, what kind?

	- What ports would you want on it for connecting peripherals?

2. This is basically the same question as 1, but with more freedom for
creativity.  If you were designing a computer and were willing to have it
cost $10,000, what would you put in it? What would you want it to be able
to do?

3. What features should the machine's operating system have?

4. What would you do with the machine?

5. This one only applies to people who own computers or use a microcomputer
frequently.
	A: What computer do you have?
	B: If you could improve just one thing on the machine, what would it
		be?
	C: Would you still have qualificatiosn about recommending the
		result? If so, what qualifications?

6. Is there anything you want to say about this microcomputer that you
haven't said already?

	If you have gotten this far, thank you very much, and I appreciate your
time and effort. I will do my best to get a summary of the results of this
to you if you are interested.  If you would like this, please indicate so
here:

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Hope that the questions weren't a total waste, and that you enjoyed them.

Jonathan S. Shapiro