PC Pro blog » tim being right and david being wrong http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs Blogging in the real world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Poll result: 61% of people listen to music on their laptop’s speakers http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/10/02/poll-result-61-of-people-listen-to-music-on-their-laptops-speakers/ http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/10/02/poll-result-61-of-people-listen-to-music-on-their-laptops-speakers/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:33:04 +0000 Tim Danton http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/10/02/poll-result-61-of-people-listen-to-music-on-their-laptops-speakers/ poll result After being abused and mocked by various colleagues in the PC Pro office, and in particular deputy editor David Fearon, I’m delighted to say that the PC Pro poll has backed up my theory – as detailed in my recent blog, Do you listen to music on your laptop’s speakers?. Turns out the majority of laptop users do precisely that.

To be precise, out of the 303 people who took part in the poll, 72 said they frequently listened, while 112 only listened occasionally.

It’s also notable that the Apple MacBook Pro was particularly praised for its speaker quality; for Windows-based PCs, the closest match appears to be Toshiba laptops with harman/kardon speakers.

PC Pro issue 181 If anyone’s looking for a laptop with fine speakers right now, you would be astonishingly wise to pick up the current issue of PC Pro which includes reviews of 22 machines – all of which have been rated for speaker quality, naturally.

Ungracious in defeat, David commented. “I’m not wrong. First past the post wins, and first past the post is ‘never’. I still think it’s a ridiculous idea, and I think the question was rigged in favour of a positive outcome.” He then went off in a sulk.

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