Michelangelo V.D'Agostion '02 said his Dell laptop suits his needs.
"It's more flexible, if I ever need to take it somewhere," he said. "All my friends have laptops."
Survey data also shows that 94 percent of seniors, 90 percent of juniors, eighty percent of sophomores and 26 percent of first-years use computer labs.
Most first-year dorms do not have computer labs, while all Houses do, which helps explain the low percentage of lab use among first-year students, Steen said.
About 95 percent of survey respondents said they own a computer they use on campus.
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More comprehensive results will be posted on the HASCS Web page at www.fas. harvard.edu/computing.