Here are the results of the survey concerning the residence facility
computers. The original survey form can be found
here.
The email announcement of the survey to the Jlab User's Group mailing list
can be found
here.
Total number of respondents to the survey = 104
1. Status:
| Grad student |
Postdoc |
Professor |
Research Staff |
Other |
|
10 (10%)
|
7 (7%)
|
57 (54%)
|
28 (27%)
|
2 (2%)
|
2. Do you typically bring your own laptop computer to use in the residence facility?
|
All |
Grad Student |
Postdoc |
Professor |
Research Staff |
Other |
|
Yes
|
44 (43%)
|
4 (40%)
|
4 (57%)
|
31 (54%)
|
5 (19%)
|
0 (0%)
|
|
No
|
59 (57%)
|
6 (60%)
|
3 (43%)
|
26 (46%)
|
22 (81%)
|
2 (100%)
|
Please fill out the remainder of the survey only if you don't routinely bring a laptop
to the residence facility.
3. Do you depend on the residence facility to provide a computer in your room?
|
All |
Grad Student |
Postdoc |
Professor |
Research Staff |
Other |
|
Yes
|
56 (70%)
|
6 (86%)
|
1 (14%)
|
25 (66%)
|
23 (88%)
|
1 (50%)
|
|
No
|
24 (30%)
|
1 (14%)
|
6 (86%)
|
13 (34%)
|
3 (12%)
|
1 (50%)
|
4. For what purposes do you currently use the computers in the residence
facility rooms (check all that apply):
|
All |
Grad Student |
Postdoc |
Professor |
Research Staff |
Other |
|
Email access
|
69 (91%)
|
6 (86%)
|
6 (100%)
|
32 (91%)
|
23 (88%)
|
2 (100%)
|
|
Microsoft Office Applications
|
14 (18%)
|
1 (14%)
|
1 (17%)
|
7 (20%)
|
3 (12%)
|
2 (100%)
|
|
Internet access
|
60 (79%)
|
6 (86%)
|
4 (67%)
|
29 (83%)
|
19 (73%)
|
2 (100%)
|
|
Monitor experiment at lab
|
35 (46%)
|
3 (43%)
|
2 (33%)
|
18 (51%)
|
12 (46%)
|
0 (0%)
|
|
Access central systems at the lab
|
39 (51%)
|
2 (29%)
|
3 (50%)
|
19 (54%)
|
15 (58%)
|
0 (0%)
|
|
Printing
|
25 (33%)
|
2 (29%)
|
3 (50%)
|
10 (29%)
|
9 (35%)
|
1 (50%)
|
|
Other uses
|
3 (4%)
|
0 (0%)
|
0 (0%)
|
1 (3%)
|
2 (4%)
|
0 (0%)
|
5. Presumably, many users only use the existing residence facility computers for
limited purposes since they are out of date. If better computers (like the thin clients)
are available, then what purposes would you likely use the computers for (check all that
apply):
|
All |
Grad Student |
Postdoc |
Professor |
Research Staff |
Other |
|
Email access
|
73 (96%)
|
7 (100%)
|
6 (100%)
|
34 (97%)
|
24 (92%)
|
2 (100%)
|
|
Microsoft Office applications
|
29 (38%)
|
3 (14%)
|
2 (33%)
|
12 (34%)
|
10 (38%)
|
2 (100%)
|
|
Internet access
|
69 (91%)
|
7 (100%)
|
6 (100%)
|
29 (83%)
|
25 (96%)
|
2 (100%)
|
|
Monitor experiment at lab
|
49 (64%)
|
4 (57%)
|
3 (50%)
|
21 (60%)
|
21 (81%)
|
0 (0%)
|
|
Access central systems at the lab
|
61 (80%)
|
6 (86%)
|
5 (83%)
|
24 (69%)
|
25 (96%)
|
1 (50%)
|
|
Printing
|
42 (55%)
|
3 (43%)
|
4 (67%)
|
22 (63%)
|
12 (46%)
|
1 (50%)
|
|
Other uses
|
7 (9%)
|
0 (0%)
|
1 (17%)
|
3 (9%)
|
3 (12%)
|
0 (0%)
|
6. If it is possible to provide easy access on the thin clients
to both Windows and Unix/Linux type
operating systems would you use both?
|
All |
Grad Student |
Postdoc |
Professor |
Research Staff |
Other |
|
Yes
|
51 (65%)
|
6 (86%)
|
5 (100%)
|
20 (53%)
|
20 (77%)
|
0 (0%)
|
|
No
|
27 (35%)
|
1 (14%)
|
0 (0%)
|
18 (47%)
|
6 (23%)
|
2 (100%)
|
7. If it is only possible to provide easy access
to one operating system on the thin clients, which would
you prefer?
|
All |
Grad Student |
Postdoc |
Professor |
Research Staff |
Other |
|
Windows
|
21 (27%)
|
0 (0%)
|
2 (29%)
|
12 (33%)
|
5 (19%)
|
2 (100%)
|
|
Linux/Unix
|
59 (73%)
|
7 (100%)
|
5 (71%)
|
24 (67%)
|
21 (81%)
|
0 (0%)
|
8. Do you ever use the thin client computers that are
available in the residence facility Great Room?
|
All |
Grad Student |
Postdoc |
Professor |
Research Staff |
Other |
|
Yes
|
46 (59%)
|
4 (57%)
|
6 (100%)
|
18 (49%)
|
17 (65%)
|
1 (50%)
|
|
No
|
32 (41%)
|
3 (43%)
|
0 (0%)
|
19 (51%)
|
9 (35%)
|
1 (50%)
|
9.If you have any comments that you would like to add, please type them
below. Some things that it would be useful to have feedback on are:
* Do you use the residence facility computers in ways that were not covered in the
questions?
* Are there other software applications you would like to see installed?
* What is your ideal scenario for computers at the residence facility?
All of the comments received can be found
here.
