AMD has just now decided to share the results of an opinion poll, which was conducted its order in May this year among American students aged 18 to 26 years. The purpose of the survey was to identify the preferences of students in the field of devices and technologies, the most affecting their academic life.
More than half of the respondents were found to always carry with them at least two mobile devices, but the most useful for the educational process they believe laptop: 85% of students have this type of mobile computers, overtaking on the number of smartphone owners, and twice the number of tablets owners . Moreover, 41% of students said their laptop most valuable object of his property, placing it above the car, tablet, bicycle and TV. By the way, 73% of respondents for watching videos and TV programs do not often use the TV but the computer or laptop.
Over half of the respondents intend to purchase a new device autumn, about a third of the respondents called among them a laptop. Tablets and transformable mobile devices are in a lower priority. When choosing a laptop priorities are ranked as follows: performance (40%), price (26%) and the battery life (25%). Mobility, security and gaming capabilities of a notebook also among the priorities, but inferior to the importance of the first three criteria.
Modern students are very attached to computer technology: 81% of respondents could not do their homework without a computer, and 70% did not represent how they can live without it. By the way, 67% of respondents cited damage the computer one of the main fears in their lives. A quarter of respondents said that they would prefer to stay on a desert island with a computer but not with family member or a stock of beer.