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From: yenl@passy.ICS.UCI.EDU (Robert Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: portable computing: what do people use laptops for?
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Date: 4 Dec 90 08:00:21 GMT
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[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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