UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory

2007 Results

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The following information was collected over the past decade by student employees of ITC, known as Student Consultants (SCs) and formerly, Computing Advisors (CAs), a group of first-year students hired to advise and assist their peers with computing. The data is based on SC and CA surveys of first-year residence halls each fall.

Each computing inventory is the compilation of statistics regarding computer ownership; type of computer; operating system; network capability; peripherals; and in recent years, mobile device ownership, too—among incoming first-year students at UVa.

Approximately 99% of all first-years were contacted.

2007 Results

Pie chart of computer ownership
First-Year Student Computer Ownership
Students Surveyed Own Computers Do Not Own Computers
3117 3113 4
Pie chart of characteristics of computers owned by 1st year students
Laptop Versus Desktop Distribution Among First-Year Students
Number of Computers Desktops Laptops Two Computers Tablet
3113 47 3058 47 9
Pie chart showing distribution by operating system
First-Year Computers Distributed by Operating System
Total Windows Vista Windows XP Other Windows Mac OS X Win on a Mac Linux Other
3113 1881 391 2 828 2 6 3
Bar chart showing equipment used by first-years
Equipment Brought by First-Years
Tablet PDA/Smart Phone iPhone Printer iPod Other MP3 Player Video Game Console
9 80 45 2789 2325 318 232

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