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Home  I-News
 - PC Study Vol.12
Summary
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.
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JAPAN
•*Sample size:667N
•*Gender ratio(M:F)=1:1
•*Single:Married:Others
=50:46:4
•*Family Structure:
Live with spouse(45%)
with parents(42%)
with children(30%)
with siblings(20%)
Live alone(11%) |
KOREA
•*Sample size:300N
•*Gender ratio(M:F)=1:1
•*Single:Married:Others
=47:51:2
•*Family Structure:
Live with spouse(49%)
with children(44%)
with parents(43%)
with siblings(25%)
Live alone(6%)
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CHINA
•*Sample size:541N
•*Gender ratio(M:F)=1:1
•*Single:Married:Others
=33:64:3
•*Family Structure:
Live with spouse(63%)
with children(46%)
with parents(36%)
with siblings(8%)
Live alone(7%)
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Please answer the following questions regarding your main computer.
•Question 1 : Which type of computer do you have?(single choice)
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Japanese respondents seem to marginally prefer desktop computers to laptops for their personal use.
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In Korea and China, however, desktop computers are far more popular than laptops.
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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)
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In Japan, the top market-share brand is NEC (19%), followed by Dell (16%) and Fujitsu (15%).
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In Korea, custom-built computers are the most common (41%), followed by other [brands] (32%) and HP(13%).
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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)
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In Japan, about 50% of respondents said the cost of their PCs ranged between ￥100K to 170K. [US$1 ≒ ￥100]
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Amongst Korean respondents, the majority (69%) stated that their PCs ranged between 500KRW to 1500 KRW [US$1 ≒ 1360 KRW]
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And amongst Chinese respondents, the majority (52%) cited a range between 4000 Yuan to 5999 Yuan [US$1 ≒ 7 Yuan].
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• Question 4 : How big is your screen? (single choice)
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In all countries, the size of the screen was bigger when it came to desktop computers as compared to laptops.
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Please refer to the charts above for the details. |
• Question 5 : Please choose all your computer peripheral equipment you have (multiple choices)
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- 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%).
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In Korea and China, the use of speakers and USB accessories are more common than in Japan.
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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)
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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.
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In China and Korea, the second most common OS platform is Windows XP Professional; 29% and 16% of respondents, respectively, professed to use it. |
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