Given Asia’s long-standing fascination with computers, I-News Vol. 12 devotes this issue to discovering what sort of computers the Japanese, Korean and Chinese own, and the differences between the younger and older generations when it comes to their computer preferences.
Japan
Korea
China
Sample Size: 667N
Sample Size: 300N
Sample Size: 541N
Gender Ratio (M:F): 50:50
Gender Ratio (M:F): 50:50
Gender Ratio (M:F): 50:50
Single/Married/Other: 50:46:4
Single/Married/Other: 47:51:2
Single/Married/Other: 33:64:3
Family Structure:
Family Structure:
Family Structure:
Living w/spouse: 45%
Living w/spouse: 49%
Living w/spouse: 63%
w/parents: 42%
w/parents: 44%
w/parents: 46%
w/children: 30%
w/children: 43%
w/children: 36%
w/relatives: 20%
w/relatives: 25%
w/relatives: 8%
alone: 11%
alone: 6%
alone: 7%
Question 1: Which type of computer do you have? (Single Choice)
1.) Japanese respondents seem to marginally prefer desktop computers to laptops for their personal use.
2.) In Korea and China, however, desktop computers are far more popular than laptops.
3.) The results across all countries indicate that 18-24-year olds, more than any other age group, prefer laptops. The older the respondents, the more likely they are to use desktop computers.
Question 2: Which brand of computer do you own? (Single Choice)
1.) In Japan, the top market-share brand is NEC (19%), followed by Dell (16%) and Fujitsu (15%).
2.) In Korea, custom-built computers are the most common (41%), followed by other [brands] (32%) and HP(13%).
3.) In China, custom-built computers are also the most common (39%), followed by other brands (26%) and Dell (12%).
Question 3: How much did you pay for your computer? (Single Choice)
1.) In Japan, about 50% of respondents said the cost of their PCs ranged between 100,000 to 170,000 yen.
2.) Amongst Korean respondents, the majority (69%) stated that their PCs ranged between 500KRW to 1500 KRW.
3.) And amongst Chinese respondents, the majority (52%) cited a range between 4000 to 5999 yuan
Question 4: How big is your screen? (Single Choice)
1.) In all countries, the size of the screen was bigger when it came to desktop computers as compared to laptops.
Question 5: Please choose all your computer peripheral equipment you have. (Multiple Choice)
1.) The three most popular computer-hardware pieces are as follows:
Japan: printers (89%), digital cameras (80%) and USB accessories (43%) Korea: speakers (86%), USB accessories (84%) and printers (83%) China: USB accessories (79%), digital cameras (71%) and speakers (69%)
2.) In Korea and China, the use of speakers and USB accessories are more common than in Japan.
3.) Chinese respondents seemed to use Web cams more (46%) than Japanese (17%) and Korean (21%) respondents.
Question 6: Which OS do you mainly use? (Single Choice)
1.) Across the countries, the most common OS platform is Windows XP. Approximately 59%, 52% and 72% of respondents in Japan, Korea and China, respectively, claimed to favor it.
2.) In China and Korea, the second most common OS platform is Windows XP Professional; 29% and 16% of respondents, respectively, professed to use it.
