This IDC update highlights significant events in the PC market. The PC industry cooled off a bit in April following a busy March. We witnessed some changes in market dynamics from the first quarter in our preliminary 1Q06 shipment results. We also experienced the significant hyping of Apple's BootCamp feature for its upcoming operating system. For IT professionals, security, network manageability, and energy efficiency will be getting more attention thanks to Intel's newest platform.

Here are the highlights from April: