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October 24, 2020October 8, 2022

Home PC use declined in 2020, especially among non-White, non-Asian online Americans [MetaFAQs]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, October 24, 2020 Among online Americans, Home PC use declined overall between mid-2019 and mid-2020. Declines were not even by ethnicity/Hispanic groups. This MetaFAQs splits the market penetration of home PCs by White/non-Hispanic, Asian/non-Hispanic, Black/non-Hispanic, Hispanic, and Other/non-Hispanic online Americans. About MetaFAQs MetaFAQs are answers to frequently asked questions about…

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October 8, 2020November 3, 2024

Key home PC trends [Highlights]

Home PC Penetration

The home PC has been a central part of the American technology user’s world for years, and while remaining so for many, the home PC is slowly losing its primacy among some market segments.

Home PCs have been challenged by the emerging use of smartphones and tablets, not only among younger Americans. Older Americans have also rapidly adopted smartphones and are starting to discover how to use them well. Home PC makers, software developers, and service providers have worked hard to keep the home PC as a central device, or at least one that is included.

The home PC is not down and out – not by a long shot. The humble PC is in use by most online Americans. In 2020, 75% of online adults in the US actively used a home PC. From 2015 to 2019, this level was effectively flat at 80%.

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October 2, 2020November 3, 2024

Most home notebooks never leave home [MetaFAQs]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, October 2, 2020 Notebooks are designed to be light and portable. But, how many home notebooks don’t leave home? How many home notebooks aren’t used in a coffee shop, library, public place, school, or workplace? This MetaFAQs looks at the mobile activity of home-owned notebooks by the locations they are…

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September 25, 2020November 3, 2024

Work from home on the shoulders of employees, for now [TUPdate]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, September 25, 2020

Working exclusively from home

Are you reading this from home? That makes you one of the 391 million online adults working remotely we found in our TUP/Technology User Profile survey across 6 countries. If you are like the average employee around the world, you are also reading this on your own PC, tablet, or smartphone, and not one provided by your employer.

Home PCs are the new work PCs

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May 22, 2020November 13, 2023

The work from home privilege [MetaFacts Pulse Survey]

By Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts

Working from home. While it is a blessing for some and may feel like a curse for others, only a few get the privilege. Being able to work from home during widespread public health safety shutdowns has sustained employment for many employees. It has also brought new challenges for those with school-age children or insufficient technology. It has also brought about faster adoption of certain technology products and services while revealing long-present sociological differences. The differences may persist while many of the technological changes will be temporary and evolutionary, not revolutionary.

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April 24, 2020November 3, 2024

Parents sharing their home technology – or not [TUPdate, MetaFacts Pulse Survey]

The pandemic has strongly impacted parents, and TUP research reports how parents are managing their home technology.

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April 17, 2020November 3, 2024

Working from home with what you have [TUPdate, MetaFacts Pulse Survey]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, April 17, 2020 Two out of three employees suddenly working from home are not well-supported by their employers, at least not with their technology. Among the largest US employers, 18.6 million employees working at home are doing so without a work PC. This is almost half (47%) of all US…

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April 9, 2020January 17, 2025

MetaFacts work from home study – [Highlights, MetaFacts Pulse Survey]

This TUPdate investigates and profiles working Americans who are working from home. With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shifts taking place now, many are not technologically ready for a work-at-home or stay-at-home experience.

MetaFacts conducted a series of surveys during the periods March 26-30, 2020, and April 8, 2020.

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March 20, 2020November 3, 2024

Work from home or stay at home – ready or not! (and supported or not) [TUPdate]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, March 20, 2020 As a long-time information worker, remote worker, and road warrior, I’ve learned to be flexible, resourceful, and use technology to my advantage. Whether I’ve been crunching numbers or presenting results from a café in Paris, my office, home, or somewhere in between, I’ve carried an evolving assortment…

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February 6, 2020November 3, 2024

The second life of home PCs [TUPdate]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, February 6, 2020

Home PCs enjoy a longer life than in their original owners’ hands, as many are ultimately enjoyed by someone else. This is more strongly true in developed countries than in developing ones.

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