PCs, Laptops and Handheld Devices

Featured Research

• Power Management on PCs Will Only Be as Good as Applications Will Allow
  30 August 2010
• Optimism and Inkjet Printing Dominate Ipex 2010
  9 July 2010
• By 2015, Your PCs and Your Mobile Devices Will Be More Modular and Productive
  24 June 2010
• XP on Windows 7: Temporary Relief for Migration Headaches, but No Cure
  23 June 2010
• Adapting PCs for Unified Communications and Other New Usage Models
  16 June 2010
• Hype and PC Hypervisors: Why Enterprises Must Wait to Adopt
  16 June 2010
• Understanding Where to Use New Desktop Form Factors
  11 June 2010
• Cost Model for Upgrading Microsoft Office or Moving to OpenOffice.org
  28 May 2010
• Office 2010 Responds to New Competition, Continues Integration
  27 May 2010
• Set Your Timeline to Plan for Office 2003 End of Life
  11 May 2010
• Microsoft's Desktop Virtualization Strategy Is Becoming Clearer
  10 May 2010

The Basics

Essential concepts and fundamental principles

• Key Issues in Client Computing, 2010
  17 March 2010
• Notebook PCs: Technology Overview
  23 February 2010
• Key Issues for Personal Computer Markets, 2010
  15 March 2010
• Best Practices for Deploying Hosted Virtual Desktops
  26 May 2009
• Cost Optimization: Re-evaluating Your PC Hardware Replacement Strategies
  27 March 2009
• Cost Optimization: Small Negotiation Trade-offs Can Add Up to Large PC Hardware Acquisition Savings
  26 March 2009
• How to Reduce Your PC TCO 30% in 2011
  20 March 2009
• Comprehensive Study Tool for Green Issues in the Client Platform Arena
  19 March 2009
• Predicts 2009: A New Era in Client Computing Delivery and Usage Models
  23 December 2008
• Predicts 2009: Low-Cost PCs Will Speed Commoditization
  11 December 2008
• Notebook Total Cost of Ownership: 2008 Update
  20 February 2008
• Desktop Total Cost of Ownership: 2008 Update
  24 January 2008

Hype Cycles

The wave of the future — or just hype? Gartner Hype Cycles show the difference

• Hype Cycle for PC Technologies, 2010
  22 July 2010
• Hype Cycle for Human-Computer Interaction, 2009
  22 July 2009

Magic Quadrants

Which vendors are leaders, visionaries, challengers or niche players

• Magic Quadrant for Global Enterprise Desktop PCs
  9 October 2009
• Magic Quadrant for Global Enterprise Notebook PCs
  9 October 2009

Vendor Ratings

The products, strategies and viability of specific vendors

• Vendor Rating: Intel
  2 June 2010
• Cool Vendors in Client Computing, 2010
  13 April 2010
• Vendor Rating: Microsoft
  3 August 2009
• Vendor Rating: HP
  9 April 2009
• Vendor Rating: Apple in the Enterprise
  7 April 2009
• Vendor Rating: Dell
  17 March 2009