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First-Year Computer Inventory

First-Year Student Computer Inventory
Fall 2003

The information below was collected by the Computing Advisors (CAs). The CAs are a group of first-year students hired to advise and assist their peers with computing. There is one CA per first-year residence hall.

This data is separate from the information collected in ITC's annual User Survey. The CAs attempted to survey each person in their first-year residence hall. Approximately 92% of all first-year students were contacted.

First-Year Student Computers
(2787 students surveyed)
first year student computer ownership
Students Surveyed Own Computers Do Not Own Computers
2787 2757 30

distribution of first year student computers: desktop versus laptop
Number of computers Desktops Laptops Two Computers
2757 824 1898 35

distribution of first-year student computers by OS
Total Windows XP Windows 2000, 98, ME, other Mac Linux
2757 2535 103 111 8

first-year student computers: network connectivity and peripherals
Connected to Network CDRW Zip Printer PDA
2694 2473 136 2541 216

2005 Inventory Results
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2002 Inventory Results
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1999 Inventory Results
1998 Inventory Results
1997 Inventory Results