yenl@passy.ICS.UCI.EDU (Robert Lee) (12/04/90)
[Data originally from the Usenet group comp.laptop]
This information is based on 32 responses to an article posted on
Usenet for a project I was working on for school.
1) Did the laptop computer meet your original expectations?
YES: 28 (88%)
NO: 4 (12%)
2) Do you use the laptop computer to do work at home?
YES: 23 (72%)
NO: 9 (28%)
3) Do you think your money was well-spent on the laptop computer?
YES: 19 (95%)
NO: 1 (5%)
4) What kind of laptop computer do you have?
Apple Macintosh Portable(1), Atari Portfolio(2), Epson LT-286(1),
NEC UltraLite(1), Radio Shack TRS-100(3), Sharp 4602(1),
Tandy 1100FD(1), Tandy 1400(2), Toshiba T1000(6), Toshiba T1000SE(6),
Toshiba T1100 Plus(1), Toshiba T1200(3), Zenith SupersPort 286e(1),
Zenith SupersPort SX(1),Zeos Notebook(1),
some type of 386-20MHz(1), unknown(1)
5) Is there a desktop computer at home? (The numbers here are gathered by
careful reading of the response. This question does not appear directly
on the survey.)
YES: 11 (34%)
NO: 19 (60%)
MAYBE: 2 (6%)
7) What kind of places have you used your laptop computer?
airplane(14), airport(3), bar(1), beach(3), bus(2), car(11),
conference(3), friend's house(6), glaciers(1), hotel room (7),
in bed(4), library(5), parent's house(2), parent in-laws(1),
phone booth(2), restaurant(2), school(7), ship(2), train(2),
vacation(1), waiting for ...(3), weekend house(2), woods(1)
8) Does work at home with laptop, despite having a desktop computer at home.
(The numbers here are gathered by careful reading of the response. This
question does not appear directly on the survey.)
5 (15.5% of whole sample)
(18% of people who work at home)
(22% of people who use laptop computer to work at home)
9) Does work at home with laptop; does not have a desktop computer at home.
(The numbers here are gathered by careful reading of the response. This
question does not appear directly on the survey.)
18 (56% of whole sample)
(64% of people who work at home)
(78% of people who use laptop computer to work at home)
10) Does work at home with desktop; has laptop computer. (The numbers here
are gathered by careful reading of the response. This question does not
appear directly on the survey.)
5 (15.5% of whole sample)
(18% of people who work at home)
11) Does not do work at home.
4 (13% of whole sample)
12) Can the tasks you perform on the laptop computer be performed on a
desktop computer?
YES: 17 (57%)
NO: 13 (43%)
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