No work and all play
A study conducted by the research group TNS OBOP for Creative, a leading digital consumer electronics company, has found that recreation is the most common use of the PC in Polish homes.
The survey found that computers are mainly used to listen to music (over 60 percent of respondents named this as the primary use of their PC), playing games, browsing and playing films. Rarely are Poles' computers used for office applications and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephony. "The tendency to move from using office applications at home to using the computer as a home entertainment center is clearly visible," the company said about the results.
The study showed that nearly half of all Poles own a PC, and 10 percent plan to buy a new computer or modernize their existing one in the next six months. PC ownership has risen significantly from last year, when 37.3 percent of respondents owned a computer. As for other applications, 80 percent of PC users in Poland own computer speakers.
On the other hand, over 92 percent of Poles do not have internet cameras. "The popularity of internet communicators, which more often provide the opportunity to hold video conversations, should contribute to the growth of sales of internet cameras," the director of Creative Labs' Central European branch, Marcin Kindler, predicts.
