yenl@passy.ICS.UCI.EDU (Robert Lee) (12/01/90)
Hi everyone!!!
I finally been able to compile the data. I found it to be quite
interesting! Take a look at it if you're interested. If there
is other information which were on the survey but not in the
summary that you would like to know about, send me email please.
I want to thank all those people who responded to my survey. Without
your response, I would not have had a paper to write! I was not
too optimistic about receiving responses, but as it turned out,
many people were kind enough to take time to respond to my survey.
THANKS AGAIN!
I received a total of about 34 responses, 28 of which came from
Usenet. The remaining six came from Prodigy. The couple of responses
I received after Tuesday were not used, because I had to start
compiling the data and writing the paper.
For those who requested to see my paper, I'm sorry to disappoint you,
but you will not be seeing it. The reason is because (1) I am
not a good writer -- kinda embarrassed about other people reading
my paper; (2) the paper turned out to be about 18 pages, double
spaced. If you are interested in what I wrote about, send me
email and I will respond directly.
Hope you find the survey summary interesting! I welcome any
comments that you may have!
Thanks,
Robert Lee
yenl@bonnie.ics.uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
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Compilation of Data
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%)