世論 What Japan Thinks

As a sort of follow-on from the survey on mobile phone handedness, japan.internet.com, in conjunction with Cross Marketing Inc, had a look at what sort of computer and monitor people used. They interview 379 internet users, 50.1% male, 16.3% in their teens, 16.1% in their twenties, 16.4% in their thirties, 16.4% in their forties, 17.2% in their fifties, and 17.7% sixty or over.

I believe this survey is looking at home computers rather than office machines, although this is not clearly stated within the report.

They did in fact look at a few other factors that seem more interesting the just screen resolution, but sadly they have not made these results public. However, the resolution information may prove useful to web designers, and seems to back up the statistics I see from my own blog: 1024 x 768 is the benchmark. However, whether or not people run their browsers fullscreen is a question for another survey!

Q1: Please tell me what sort of computer you primarily use. (Sample size=379)

Brand desktop	56.7%
Brand notebook (home use only)	25.6%
Self-built computer	9.0%
Brand notebook (outside use also)	8.4%
PDA	0.0%
Other	0.3%

Q2: Please tell me what sort of monitor you use with your primary computer. (Sample size=250, non-notebook users)

Up to 17 inch LCD	56.8%
19 inch and over LCD	21.6%
CRT	20.8%
Other	0.8%

The report notes that the vast majority of the CRT users were those with long histories of PC use, suggesting that newer users are mostly choosing LCD displays now the prices have dropped.

Q3: Please tell me what resolution the monitor you use with your primary computer is set to. (Sample size=379)

640 x 480	2.9%
800 x 600	8.4%
1024 x 768	48.5%
1280 x 1024	29.8%
1600 x 1200	4.0%
Over 1600 x 1200	1.3%
Other	5.0%

I’m surprised that only 5.0% (plus perhaps some of the 1.3%?) report other resolutions, considering that many of the new Macs, and integrated computer and PVR branded machines are shipping with widescreen displays.