世論 What Japan Thinks

A recent survey from Marsh Inc, reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at one’s home computer environment and found relatively few left their home PC running 24/7.

Demographics

Between the 7th and 11th of April 2010 300 members of the Marsh online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.0% of the sample were male, 2.0% in their teens, 18.0% in their twenties, 20.0% in their thirties, 20.0% in their forties, 20.0% in their fifties, and 20.0% aged sixty or older.

I have two computers at home, a desktop and my netbook, which I use when my wife is on the desktop for her evening email check. Both machines are only ever on during active use; we hit the Sleep button if we’re going to be away from the computer for less than thirty minutes, but otherwise it’s a complete power down. It might have been interesting to see if those who switch off mean unplugging, sleeping, hibernating, or letting them automatically enter sleep or hibernate mode.

Research results

Q1: How many computers are available for use at home? (Sample size=300)

One	52.3%
Two (to SQ)	25.7%
Three (to SQ)	15.0%
Four or more (to SQ)	7.0%
None at all	0.0%

Q1SQ: Do what use do you put your multiple computers? (Sample size=143, multiple answer)

	Votes	Percentage
Family use	103	72.0%
One in different rooms	38	26.6%
Each has different roles (multimedia station, net surfing, etc)	34	23.8%
Using mobile device at home	30	21.0%
Server for home LAN	16	11.2%
Simultaneously playing online games with multiple accounts	1	0.7%
Server for public internet	0	0.0%
Other	2	1.4%

Q2: When do you power on your home computers? (Sample size=300)

Usually all day	18.3%
Only when using it	69.7%
Only when I’m at home	11.7
Other	0.3%