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| Pay-per-view |
| AVG Anti-Virus | |
| Norton AntiVirus | |
| Other | |
| McAfee VirusScan | |
| NOD32 antivirus |
| Internet | |
| Gaming | |
| Office applications | |
| Photos and graphics editing | |
| Music |
| Price | |
| Good reviews/ratings from a trustworthy source | |
| I would never buy off-brand products! | |
| Repackaged under another name | |
| Best-kept secret |
| Yes | |
| No | |
| Maybe | |
| I already do | |
| I don't know |
| Blu-ray | |
| HD DVD | |
| I don't give a hoot | |
| I have no idea | |
| Neither; they will both co-exist. | |
| Other |
| No Vista for me! | |
| Nothing at all. I'm Vista ready! | |
| Upgrade to a faster CPU | |
| Dump it and get a whole new computer | |
| Upgrade to a better graphics card | |
| Add more RAM | |
| Two or more of the above | |
| Upgrade to a larger hard drive | |
| Others | |
| Add a DVD-ROM or better |
| No way! | |
| Don't know yet. | |
| I will buy a new system with it already installed. | |
| After it's been out for a few months. | |
| Yes. | |
| I'm on a Mac and will never go to the dark side. | |
| I'm already using it. | |
| I don't even have XP yet! |
| Secure Digital Card | |
| CompactFlash | |
| Memory Stick | |
| xD-Picture Card | |
| SmartMedia | |
| Others | |
| MultiMedia Card |
| Few Windows XP users will upgrade to Vista | |
| Sixty-inch plasma for $2,000 by year's end | |
| Apple iPhone gets rave reviews despite serious flaws | |
| HD DVD surrenders by September | |
| Digital photo frames take off | |
| Better games breathe new life into Sony PS3 by midyear | |
| None: Carnoy's wrong about all of them | |
| No SED televisions before 2008 |
| Nothing else! It's a phone! | |
| Text messaging | |
| Listening to music | |
| Taking photos | |
| Keeping track of calendar events | |
| Internet browsing | |
| Other | |
| Playing games |
| Yes | |
| I have it installed, but I use another browser | |
| Not anymore | |
| No, and I never will! | |
| Not yet, but I will soon |
| Blah, it's a phone... | |
| All of the above | |
| The "multitouch" interface | |
| Full-fledged Mac OS X | |
| The style! The style! | |
| Music and video | |
| Visual voice mail | |
| The proximity sensor | |
| The 2-megapixel camera |
| Yes--look ma, no wires! | |
| No way, my data stays on land! | |
| Not yet, but I'm considering it. | |
| No, and I'd love one, but I don't know where to begin. |
| Windows Vista | |
| Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD | |
| bigger, cheaper flat-panel TVs | |
| open source software | |
| I'm still trying to catch up with 2006! | |
| another iPod | |
| new virus attacks and spyware problems | |
| multimedia phones | |
| other | |
| more browser wars |
| LCD | |
| Plasma | |
| CRT (picture tube) | |
| DLP | |
| Overhead projector | |
| LCD projection | |
| LCoS | |
| HD-ILA | |
| Other | |
| Rear-projection |
| privacy | |
| battery life/power source | |
| reliability | |
| cost | |
| other |
| Parents | |
| Game developers | |
| Vendors/retailers | |
| Federal/local government |
| Other | |
| Family and friends | |
| Computers and technology | |
| Hobbies/arts and crafts | |
| Music and entertainment | |
| E-commerce | |
| Books | |
| Games | |
| Sports and recreation | |
| News |
| Always | |
| Rarely | |
| 80 to 90 percent of the time | |
| Never | |
| About half the time | |
| 30 to 40 percent of the time | |
| 60 to 70 percent of the time | |
| My camera doesn't have a viewfinder | |
| What's a viewfinder? |
| Gave it to a friend or relative | |
| Put it in a closet | |
| Salvaged it for parts | |
| Donated it to charity | |
| Sold it | |
| Recycled it | |
| Dropped it in a trash can | |
| Other |
| I'm just not a gamer, friend. | |
| Yes: PS3, baby! | |
| Consoles drool, PC games rule! | |
| Yes: Nintendo Wii, baby! | |
| Yes: Xbox 360, baby! | |
| A portable is for me! |
| Stand-alone handheld GPS | |
| Built into the car | |
| Cell phone | |
| I don't need no stinkin' GPS unit, I use the stars to navigate! | |
| PDA | |
| Watch |
| I already use it | |
| Maybe | |
| Never! | |
| Yes, soon |
| Yes, to restore my operating system to its original state. | |
| Yes, but only to restore specific files. | |
| Yes, to restore my operating system to an earlier date. | |
| No, but I make backups just in case. | |
| I don't make backups. |
| Pig speakers | |
| Glow-in-the-dark hair gel | |
| Siamese twin lightbulb | |
| Retro phone receiver | |
| Multimedia lounge mat |
| CDs | |
| I don't buy music | |
| MP3s | |
| Vinyl | |
| Other | |
| Tapes |
| Children or pets | |
| Driver fatigue | |
| Eating or drinking | |
| Personal grooming | |
| Car stereo | |
| Rubbernecking | |
| Being emotionally upset | |
| Conversations | |
| Smoking | |
| Other |
| Never | |
| Weekly | |
| Monthly | |
| Daily | |
| Quarterly | |
| Other | |
| Yearly | |
| Biannually | |
| Hourly |
| Getting it from a trustworthy online source | |
| Reading user reviews of the product | |
| Reading a product review | |
| By its popularity | |
| Through trial and error | |
| When it is recommended by a friend or family member | |
| I don't do downloads | |
| Other |
| I don't do anything with them | |
| Send to friends and relatives | |
| Create slide shows | |
| Print them out | |
| Use an online host for others to view | |
| Put them on my personal Web site | |
| Other | |
| Use them for business |
| I don't have an iPod | |
| iPod | |
| Nano | |
| I have more than one iPod | |
| Mini | |
| Shuffle |
| More than 50GB | |
| 10.1GB to 20GB | |
| 5.1GB to 10GB | |
| 20.1GB to 30GB | |
| 30.1GB to 50GB | |
| 2.1GB to 5GB | |
| None | |
| 500MB or less | |
| 1.1GB to 2GB | |
| 501MB to 1GB |
| End users themselves | |
| Outside factors such as hackers, viruses, or Trojans | |
| Software conflicts | |
| Operating system failures | |
| Family members or friends | |
| The gremlin in my closet | |
| Hardware failures | |
| Other |
| 256MB | |
| 128MB | |
| I don't know | |
| 64MB | |
| 512MB | |
| 32MB | |
| 1GB or more | |
| 8MB or less | |
| 16MB |
| Calls to be made in soundproof booths only | |
| Separate section for phone users | |
| Flight attendant can ask an individual to disconnect anytime | |
| Kill-switch for flight crew to interrupt all usage during announcements | |
| Other | |
| Time limit for calls |
| Definitely! | |
| Absolutely not! | |
| Probably not | |
| Maybe | |
| Not sure |
| 5 megapixels | |
| 6 megapixels | |
| 4 megapixels | |
| 8 megapixels or more | |
| 3 megapixels | |
| 7 megapixels | |
| 2 megapixels | |
| I don't have a digital camera | |
| 1 megapixel or less |
| Never - I'm always careful | |
| 2 - 4 | |
| once | |
| 5 - 10 | |
| over 20 | |
| 11 - 20 |
| Adobe PhotoShop | |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements | |
| Picasa | |
| Other | |
| Corel Paint Shop Pro | |
| ACDSee Photo Editor | |
| IrfanView | |
| The GIMP | |
| Ulead PhotoImpact | |
| FastStone Image Viewer |
| It's too intrusive | |
| Microsoft has a right to prevent piracy | |
| What's Windows Geniune Advantage? | |
| I don't care | |
| I don't use Windows |
| Firefox | |
| Internet Explorer | |
| Safari | |
| Netscape | |
| Other | |
| Opera | |
| ISP-provided browser |
| For home security | |
| To spy on the neighbors | |
| To check on my pets | |
| To monitor my child/baby | |
| Other | |
| To look over my place of business |
| Talking while driving | |
| Talking loudly | |
| Talking in movie theaters or quiet areas | |
| People answering calls mid-conversation | |
| Talking to others (such as a waiter or a store clerk) while they are taking a call | |
| Obnoxious ring tones | |
| Other | |
| Lengthy conversations |
| Battery life | |
| Size and weight | |
| Screen size | |
| Ports and connections | |
| Video card | |
| Other | |
| Style |
| I don't have no stinking camcorder | |
| I transfer them onto my computer and edit them | |
| I leave them on the media it was recorded on | |
| I burn them to DVDs | |
| Other |
| Search engine | |
| News site | |
| Other | |
| None, it's blank | |
| My Web site | |
| A site set by my browser | |
| My browser has been hijacked! |
| No | |
| Yes | |
| I don't know | |
| Maybe |
| 1 GB | |
| 512MB | |
| 2GB or more | |
| 768MB | |
| 256MB | |
| I don't know | |
| 384MB | |
| 128MB or less | |
| 192MB |
| I don't alter very many photos | |
| I edit most of my photos, but not all | |
| I change something in every photo | |
| I never edit any photos | |
| I don't know how to edit them | |
| Other |
| Acceptable | |
| Quiet | |
| Very quiet | |
| Noisy | |
| Very noisy | |
| Other |
| Content providers | |
| Service providers | |
| I don't care |
| I don't have an external drive | |
| Backing up files | |
| Additional storage space | |
| Organizing media files | |
| As a shared storage drive | |
| Other | |
| Locking up important files |
| Probably not. There are many uses for film cameras. | |
| Maybe, but film still has its place. | |
| Absolutely not! Film is superior to digital. | |
| Definitely! Film is dead. | |
| I don't really care if film stays or not. |
| Every day | |
| Once a week | |
| Whenever I feel my system needs a cleaning | |
| Once a month | |
| Couple of times a year | |
| Never; what's the point? | |
| Delete what? |
| MiniDV | |
| Hi8 | |
| VHS/VHS-C | |
| Digital8 | |
| 8mm | |
| Mini DVD-R/DVD-RAM | |
| S-VHS/S-VHS-C | |
| Microdrive, CompactFlash, and built-in hard drive | |
| Other | |
| MicroMV |
| I'm not prepared at all for a disaster | |
| Weatherproof/fireproof safe at home | |
| USB flash drive | |
| Other | |
| Safety deposit box at a bank | |
| Online services | |
| Backup information at someone else's home |
| Windows Media Player | |
| iTunes | |
| Winamp | |
| Musicmatch | |
| RealPlayer | |
| Other | |
| QuickTime |
| 14 to 16 years | |
| 11 to 13 years | |
| When they can pay for it themselves | |
| 17 to 19 years | |
| Kids shouldn't have a cell phone, period | |
| 8 to 10 years | |
| When they start driving | |
| 5 to 7 years | |
| Other |
| LCD | |
| CRT | |
| Plasma | |
| Other | |
| OLED/PLED | |
| Projector |
| Sorry, none of the above | |
| Other | |
| Product reviews | |
| Help and how-to videos | |
| Tech news | |
| Gaming | |
| Music videos | |
| Car tech | |
| Movie trailers | |
| User-generated videos |
| Spam | |
| Spyware/adware | |
| Pop-ups | |
| Viruses | |
| Slow-loading Web sites | |
| Scams | |
| Ads | |
| Other | |
| Ugly Web sites |
| Reading | |
| Sleeping | |
| Listening to music | |
| Watching movies | |
| Computing | |
| Others | |
| Crossword puzzles | |
| Gaming on portable devices | |
| Counting the hairs on the person's head in front of you | |
| Writing |
| Never, they're separate machines, separate activities | |
| Yes, I watch TV on my computer | |
| Sort of, I surf the Web while I watch TV | |
| Maybe later, I expect both will be tightly integrated | |
| Other |
| Talking on cell phones | |
| Slow drivers in the fast lane | |
| Drivers who tailgate | |
| Drivers who move up to keep you from changing lanes | |
| Drivers who weave through lanes just to move up a little | |
| Lane changers who don't signal | |
| Other | |
| Drivers with road rage | |
| Drivers who are grooming (makeup, shaving, combing hair) | |
| Motorcyclists who drive between cars |
| An image/photo that I found online | |
| One of my own personal photos | |
| One of the operating system's supplied images | |
| One of my own personal images | |
| None, I just use a solid-color background | |
| An image that's part of a wallpaper package | |
| Other | |
| I didn't know you could change it |
| Nothing else! It's a phone! | |
| Text messaging | |
| Taking photos | |
| Keeping track of calendar events | |
| Other | |
| Internet browsing | |
| Playing games | |
| Listening to music |
| Up to 1GB | |
| Up to 512MB | |
| Up to 256MB | |
| I don't use a USB flash drive | |
| Up to 128MB | |
| Up to 2GB | |
| Up to 64MB | |
| More than 4GB | |
| Up to 4GB |
| Upload them to an online sharing service and invite my family to see them |
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| I never get around to sharing them | |
| Attach them to an e-mail message and send them out | |
| Burn them onto CDs/DVDs and mail out copies | |
| Publish them on my Web site or blog | |
| Other |
| Faster processing speed | |
| Old computer was on its last legs | |
| Software demands for games, video editing, and so on | |
| I always update individual components and never the entire system | |
| I just have to have the latest and greatest | |
| Other | |
| Memory expansion | |
| More storage space | |
| Video card compatibility | |
| Expansion slot availability |
| Lavasoft Ad-aware | |
| Webroot SpySweeper | |
| PepiMK Software Spybot Search and Destroy | |
| Microsoft Windows Defender beta 2 | |
| Zone Labs ZoneAlarm | |
| Other (what is it?) | |
| Trend Micro Anti-Spyware | |
| PC Tools Spyware Doctor | |
| McAfee Antispyware | |
| Computer Associates Pest Patrol |
| One | |
| Two | |
| What are you talking about? | |
| Three | |
| Four | |
| Five | |
| More than five |
| Security/privacy | |
| Loss of files/data | |
| Cost | |
| Less control | |
| Other | |
| No concerns; they're great! |
| I have no clue | |
| 351 to 450 watts | |
| 451 to 550 watts | |
| 251 to 350 watts | |
| 151 to 250 watts | |
| 551 to 650 watts | |
| 100 to 150 watts | |
| 751+ watts | |
| 651 to 750 watts |
| Gave it to a friend or relative | |
| Put it in a closet | |
| Salvage it for parts | |
| Donated it | |
| Other | |
| Sent it to the trash can | |
| Recycled it |
| Cable modem | |
| DSL/ADSL | |
| Dial-up modem | |
| Satellite | |
| Other | |
| I connect from library/work/school | |
| ISDN |
| Tube TV and VCR/DVD | |
| HD flat-panel display, DVD, Dolby 5.1 or better | |
| I don't have a home-theater setup | |
| Digital flat-screen TV and DVD | |
| The works--all the latest high-tech equipment | |
| Other | |
| I prefer a traditional movie theater | |
| I prefer a live performance |
| Home | |
| Hotel | |
| Cafe/coffee shop | |
| Other | |
| Office | |
| Airport | |
| Restaurant | |
| Transit station |
| I will never switch to a Mac | |
| It's another reason to go Mac | |
| I won't buy Windows for my Mac | |
| Other |
| I'm still on my first one | |
| Two | |
| Three | |
| I don't do digital | |
| Four | |
| Five or more |
| HP | |
| Epson | |
| Canon | |
| Lexmark | |
| Brother | |
| Other | |
| Dell | |
| Samsung | |
| Sharp |
| Never, that's just wrong! | |
| Occasionally | |
| No, I don't trust it | |
| Only when I was desperate | |
| All the time |
| I want to scream, "Just shut up and drive!" | |
| There should be a law against this. | |
| I don't have a problem with it, as long as the person can multitask. |
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| Nothing, I use a cell phone when I drive. | |
| Other thoughts. |
| Yes | |
| No, but I'm considering it | |
| I've never considered it | |
| The word "build" and I don't belong in the same sentence | |
| I want to, but I'm afraid | |
| Does rebuilding one count? | |
| I tried but failed |
| Camera | |
| Memory card | |
| Printer | |
| Lens | |
| Software | |
| Scanner | |
| Other | |
| Bag/carrying case |
| Too restrictive/violation of fair use | |
| What's DRM? | |
| A necessary evil to curb piracy | |
| Who cares? | |
| An appropriate response to piracy |
| The White House | |
| Phishing | |
| Spyware | |
| Viruses | |
| Other |
| Only in extreme situations | |
| Never! Are you crazy?! | |
| What's BIOS? | |
| At least once a month | |
| Every time I brush my teeth |
| Too early to tell; I'm waiting it out | |
| HD-DVD, that's for me! | |
| Blu-ray all the way | |
| What the heck are you talking about? | |
| Not interested |
| MSN Messenger | |
| Yahoo Messenger | |
| I don't use instant messaging | |
| AOL Instant Messenger | |
| Trillian | |
| Other | |
| ICQ | |
| mIRC |
| Built-in Bluetooth/Wi-Fi | |
| Built-in FM tuner | |
| Removable battery | |
| Better battery life | |
| Recordable audio features | |
| Bigger color screen | |
| Support for more audio formats | |
| Other |
| Rarely | |
| Never, I live on the edge | |
| Every six months | |
| Once a month | |
| Once a week | |
| Every other week |
| Verizon | |
| Cingular | |
| Sprint/Nextel | |
| T-Mobile | |
| Other | |
| I don't have a cell phone | |
| Alltel | |
| Metro PCS |
| Two | |
| Three | |
| One | |
| What's spyware? | |
| Four | |
| Five | |
| None | |
| More than five |
| Car | |
| SUV | |
| Truck | |
| Minivan | |
| I don't drive; I walk, bike, or run | |
| Motorcycle | |
| I take public transit | |
| Other |
| Top-of-the-line photo paper from printer's manufacturer | |
| Top-of-the-line third-party photo paper (such as from Kodak, Ilford) |
|
| Whatever photo paper I can afford | |
| No brand-specific photo paper | |
| Midlevel photo paper from printer's manufacturer | |
| Midlevel third-party photo paper | |
| Other | |
| Multipurpose photo paper from printer's manufacturer | |
| Multipurpose third-party photo paper |
| Yes, slightly | |
| Not at all | |
| Yes, drastically |
| No way! | |
| After it's been out for a few months. | |
| Don't know yet. | |
| Yes, as soon as the final version is released. | |
| I will buy a new system with it already installed. | |
| I'm on a Mac and will never go to the dark side. | |
| I don't even have XP yet! | |
| I'm already on the beta version. |
| Cowon iAudio U3 | |
| SanDisk Sansa e200 series | |
| Nothing will ever top the iPod | |
| Creative Zen Vision:M | |
| iRiver U10 | |
| Other | |
| Archos AV500 Mobile DVR | |
| Toshiba Gigabeat S | |
| Philips GoGear Jukebox series |
| 1 to 5 | |
| 6 to 10 | |
| 11 to 20 | |
| 21 to 50 | |
| 50 or more | |
| I have a burner, but I never use it | |
| I don't know how to use my burner! | |
| I don't have a burner | |
| Does throwing them in the fireplace count? | |
| Other |
| No | |
| Yes | |
| Maybe | |
| I don't know what you are talking about | |
| I already have |
| Nero | |
| Roxio | |
| Windows Media Player | |
| Other | |
| RecordNow | |
| I don't have a burner | |
| Cheetah | |
| Blaze Media Pro | |
| Acoustica | |
| BurnQuick |
| Direct view | |
| Rear-projection | |
| DLP | |
| Other | |
| LCD | |
| Plasma | |
| LCD projection | |
| HD-ILA | |
| Overhead projector | |
| LCoS |
| Local-area network | |
| USB flash/thumbdrive | |
| CD-R/CD-RW | |
| Portable hard drive | |
| Cross-over cable | |
| DVD-R/DVD-RW | |
| Other | |
| Memory card | |
| FTP server | |
| Floppy or Zip drive |
| Flat-screen TVs | |
| Cell phones | |
| MP3 players | |
| Computers | |
| Flying cars | |
| Gaming | |
| Digital cameras/camcorders | |
| PDAs | |
| Others |
| Every six months | |
| I never have | |
| Once a year | |
| Every other month | |
| Once a month | |
| Every other year | |
| When the ants start building a home inside | |
| I don't know how |
| None | |
| One | |
| Two | |
| So many I've lost count | |
| I have no clue if I've been infected | |
| Four | |
| Three |
| I don't make no stinkin' New Year's resolutions | |
| Get in shape | |
| Laugh more and stress less | |
| Be more loving/giving | |
| Learn more |