In Sept 1995 we surveyed all class years. The '96 were seniors that year. In subsequent years, we just surveyed at firstyear registration. Beginning in 1997 we also asked if the individual had or was getting an ethernet card. In 1999, the population surveyed included new FPs and transfer students, which is the reason for the "+" by "03" and later years.
In Sept 2000, I went back to previous year data and confirmed that the Macintosh count was, in fact, 52 each year. This is a weird coincidence. The data are accurate. In 2001, the Macintosh count was pretty close to doing another coincidental duplicate.
"None" means neither Macintosh nor DOS/Windows/IBM hardware.
DOS/ Mac % Mac % Either %
Survey 1995 Macintosh Windows Either None Total Either Total Total
Class '96 125 91 216 130 347 58 36 62
Class '97 85 82 167 135 302 51 28 55
Class '98 91 108 199 154 354 46 26 56
Class '99 131 123 254 267 524 52 25 48
Survey 1996
Class '00 110 153 263 251 521 42 21 50
Survey 1997
Class '01 79 224 303 220 525 26 15 57
Survey 1998
Class '02 52 266 318 153 471 16 11 68
Survey 1999
Class '03+ 52 380 432 148 581 12 9 74
Survey 2000
Class '04+ 52 421 473 124 597 11 9 79
Survey 2001
Class '05+ 55 434 489 92 583 11 9 84
Survey 2002
Class '06+ 56 501 557 65 624 10 9 89
Including ethernet card question. Data lines repeated from above
and broken into "with" or "without" ethernet cards:
DOS/ %of Either %of Total
Survey 1997 Macintosh Windows Either None Total With With
Class '01 79 224 303 220 525
with 44 134 178 0 178 59 34
without 35 90 125 220 347
Survey 1998
Class '02 52 266 318 153 471
with 33 186 219 0 219 69 46
without 19 80 99 153 252
Survey 1999
Class '03+ 52 380 432 148 581
with 43 309 352 0 353 81 61
without 9 71 90 148 228
Survey 2000
Class '04+ 52 421 473 124 597
with 49 368 417 0 417 88 70
without 3 53 56 124 180
Survey 2001
Class '05+ 55 434 491 92 583
with 55 414 469 0 469 96 80
without 0 20 20 114 114
Survey 2002
Class '06+ 56 501 559 65 624
with 56 433 489 0 489 87 78
without 0 68 68 135 135
In Sept 2000, we added a question about whether or not the computer
was a laptop.
DOS/ %of Either %of Total
Survey 2000 Macintosh Windows Either None Total Laptop Laptop
Class '04+ 52 421 473 124 597
Laptop 24 193 217 46 36
Desktop 28 228 257
Survey 2001
Class '05+ 55 434 491 92 583
Laptop 35 262 297 61 51
Desktop 20 172 194
Survey 2002
Class '06+ 56 501 559 65 624
Laptop 40 352 392 70 63
Desktop 16 149 167