This document summarizes the results of an early adopter survey comparing the Fujitsu Stylistic Q720, Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, MacBook Pro 13", and MacBook Air 13" laptops. It provides data on specifications, user comfort and satisfaction levels, reliability of wireless connectivity both on and off campus, access to remote desktop and printers, and satisfaction with the laptops' performance in media rooms. User comfort levels varied between models, with most feeling comfortable within a week, and satisfaction was generally high across laptops for day-to-day work and reliability.

1. Faculty
Laptops!

2. What are your options?

3. How do they compare?
Fujitsu Stylistic Q720
Lenovo ThinkPad Helix
Convertible Ultrabook Mackbook Pro 13" Macbook Air 13"
Size 11.8" x 7.7" x 0.5" 11.7" x 7.3" x 0.8" 12.35" x 8.62" x 0.75" 11.8"x 7.56" x 0.11-0.68"
Display Size 11.6" (1366x768 pixels) 11.6" (1920x1080 pixels) 13" (1280x800 pixels) 13" (1440x900 pixels)
Weight 3.86 lbs; 1.87 lbs tablet 3.8 lbs; 1.8 lbs tablet 4.5 lbs 2.96 lbs
Operating System Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Pro OS X Mountain Lion OS X Mountain Lion
Tablet Pen Pen -- --
Touch Yes Yes -- --
DVD Drive -- -- Yes --
Battery Life
4 or 9 hours: 4h 1st
battery/ 9.3h 1st and 2nd
battery
6 or 10 hours: 6h tablet;
10h in laptop or tablet+
mode
7 hours 12 hours
Harddrive Solid State Solid State Solid State Solid State
RAM 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB
Diskspace 128GB 128GB 128GB 128GB

4. What are people saying
about them?
Early Adopter
Survey Results

5. How much time did it take to become
reasonably comfortable with your new
laptop?
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0% 100.0%
A few days, and I was off and running
A week or so to get the lay of the land
A couple of weeks to work out the kinks
A month or more, and now I'm comfortable
Dang this thing! I'm still hunting for the 'on' button.
Howmuchtimedidittaketobecomereasonably
comfortablewithyournewlaptop?
MacBook Pro
MacBook Air
Lenovo
Fujitsu

6. How useful is your laptop
in your day-to-day work?
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
Extremely useful Very useful Moderately useful Slightly useful Not at all useful
How useful is your laptop in your day-to-day work?
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro

7. How useful is your laptop
in your day-to-day work?
55.6%
25.0%
0.0%
6.7%
More useful in the classroom
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
0.0% 0.0%
40.0%
26.7%
More useful in the office
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
33.3%
62.5%
60.0%
66.7%
Equally useful in both
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro

8. How strongly would you recommend your
particular machine to another teacher?
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Extremely strongly Very strongly Moderately strongly Slightly strongly Not at all strongly
How strongly would you recommend your particular machine to another teacher?
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro

9. Overall, how satisfied are you
with your laptop?
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
Extremely satisfied Moderately satisfied Slightly satisfied Neither satisfied nor
dissatisfied
Slightly, Moderately
or Extremely
dissatisfied
Moderately
dissatisfied
Overall, are you satisfied with your laptop?
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro

10. How reliable is your connection to the Academy
Private wireless network when you are on
campus?
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Very reliable Sometimes I get
disconnected, but otherwise
mostly reliable
Often I get
disconnected, making it
somewhat not reliable
Consistently disconnected -
not reliable.
How reliable is your connection to Academy Private when you're on campus?
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro

11. Are you able to connect to networks outside
Academy (i.e., your home, coffee shops, etc.)?
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
No problems connecting to
other networks
Some problems connecting to
other networks, but I'm able to
work through them
Consistent problems
connecting to other
networks, impacting my ability
to use the laptop outside of
school
Argh! I can't connect to
anything outside school.
Are you able to connect to networks outside Academy, i.e. your home, coffee shops, etc.
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro

12. How satisfied are you with access to and
functioning of the Remote Desktop?
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
Very satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Very dissatisfied
How satisfied are you with access to and functioning of the Remote Desktop?
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro

13. Are you able to reliably connect
to the school printers?
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
No major problems
connecting to printers
Some minor problems
connecting to printers
Consistent problems
connecting to printers
I am unable to connect to
the printers
Are you able to reliably connect to the school printers?
Fujitsu
Lenovo
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro

14. Overall, how satisfied are you with the media
room setup in conjunction with your laptop?
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
Brown VisualArts WestCampus Science McKinnon Library Music
Very dissatisfied
Somewhat dissatisfied
Somewhat satisfied
Very satisfied

15. Overall, how satisfied are you with the media
room setup in conjunction with your laptop?
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
Brown VisualArts WestCampus Science McKinnon Library Music
Very dissatisfied
Somewhat dissatisfied
Somewhat satisfied
Very satisfied