What type of device do you access AK with

[Romeo Wolf]

99% Per-CENT of tha' tyme I youse my smartphone!

The other 1% is spent on an HP craptop with serious 'bouts of Envy...

 

[audiotemp]

99% Per-CENT of tha' tyme I youse my smartphone!

Tyme? Youse?

 

[Shominy]

99.987% on Apple laptop or iMac; both are late 2011-era.
0.013% on 2017-era Samsung phone.

 

[Romeo Wolf]

Tyme? Youse?

"Tyme" is archaic spelling for "time", while "youse" was...used improperly (it's really meant to refer to multiple people but I tried shoehorning it in place of "use")

 

[Cactus Bob]

I have terrible vision and use a 27" iMac

 

[daveshel]

I have terrible vision and use a 27" iMac

I have vision problems as well...as in I can't see me shelling out for Internet twice. I have a nice fast connection for my Windows and linux PCs. Why would I want to pay again to dumb it down so I can carry it around on a chintzy handheld?

 

[Caveman Carl]

Desktop, even at our summer retreat. Can't stand tiny screens for surfing forums be they phone, tablet, notebook or laptop. 27-inch 4K monitor is as low as I'll go, preferably larger with OLED screen as they are far less fatiguing than LCD.

 

[Notsosmart]

Don't really want to date myself but.......

The last poll on this question went cold in 2016, with the majority of users at that time stating that the PC was their device of choice for visiting AK. Well, it's now 7 years later, and rather than simply bumping that thread, I figure it'd be great to have an updated take on who uses what to access AK. My guess is that the percentage of smartphone users has gone up, and it'll be interesting to compare the results of this new poll against the results of that long dormant thread.

So, which is it, Smartphone?, PC?, Other device? Cast you vote here and let's see which device is most prevalent

 

[Pio1980]

I don't carry a PC to communicate, take photos, access the Internet, or any of the other tools a smartphone provides instantly, without have to wait for it to spool up and make a connection only accessible at home. A PC isn't available when I have some time to catch up with AK and news sites, if I want a bigger display, I have a cell tower enabled tablet for that. I haven't accessed the Internet on a PC in more years than I can remember, what I do remember is that it was always slower than any handheld I possessed at the time, and that I could not access information when I needed it away from an Internet connection. Nor is it available for emergencies and navigation.
That's why I carry a handheld smartphone.

 

[Reidy12]

90% 15" ASUS Laptop, Windows 11 Home on Broadband Fibre and 10% iPad Mimi 5 on 4G SIM card when out of the house. AK www always working well, never connection or availability issues so to AK IT admin, I'm in Melbourne, Australia. Cheers

 

[THEWEREWOLF]

Carrier Pigeon.

 

[spicer]

Carrier Pigeon.

Smoke signals.

 

[Wigwam Jones]

Chromebox.

 

[Apreggiator]

100% Laptop!

 

[DeeCee]

Mostly iPad (I think). But also smart phone, laptop, raspberry pi (with an itty bitty screen). Anything that can talk to the web…

 

[H2oman7.62mm]

PC with a wireless mouse and keypad, viewed on a 50" LED TV.

 

[james57]

Chromebook or tablet.

 

[Wigwam Jones]

Chromebook or tablet.

Same. I have a Chromebox at work and an old Samsung Android tablet at home.

 

[twiiii]

27" iMAC.

 

[spicer]

A desktop with a couple big TVs as monitors.