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Personal and Mobile Computing Survey - Business User Spending Intentions, 2004

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: April 2004
Product Code: R104-15070
Description
This document is about Personal and Mobile Computing Survey - Business User Spending Intentions, 2004
Table of Contents


Table of Contents


IDC Opinion


In This Study


Methodology


Figure: Survey Structure


Respondent Profile and Methodology


Table: Segmentation of Survey Respondents by Sector


Situation Overview


Current Equipment


Desktop Versus Notebook


Table: Desktops Versus Notebooks


Figure: Proportion of Notebook to All PCs by Business Segmentation


Table: PC Penetration Rates


Brand of Current Equipment


Desktops


Table: What is the Main Brand of Your Desktop PCs?


Table: Preferred Desktop Brand by Business Segment (%)


Notebooks


Table: What is the Main Brand of Your Notebook PCs?


Table: Preferred Notebook Brand by Business Segment (%)


Desktop and Notebook Brand by Country


Operating System Usage


Figure: Operating System Usage


Figure: Average Proportion of PCs Expected to be Running Windows XP by End of 2004


Purchase Intentions


Desktops


Table: How Many Desktops Will You Have Bought by the End of 2003? How Many Do You Intend to Buy in 2004?


Figure: Out of the Desktops You Intend to Purchase in 2004, What Type Do You Intend to Buy? (Average Proportion)


Notebooks


Table: How Many Notebooks Will You Have Bought by the End of 2003? How Many Do You Intend to Buy in 2004?


Figure: Average Proportion of New Notebook Purchases in 2004 to be Split Between Traditional and Smaller Format Notebooks


Notebook Choice Criteria and Supplier Rating


Table: When Choosing a Notebook, How Important are the Following Factors? (On a Scale of 1 to 5)


Figure: Proportion of Businesses Interested in Purchasing 17in. Notebooks in 2004


Table: What Are the Most Important Criteria When Choosing a Notebook Supplier?


Table: How Would You Rate the Following Vendors on Their Overall Notebook Offering, Including Product, Price and Services? (Scale From 1 to 5, Where 5 is Good)


Tablet PCs


Figure: Business' Approach With Tablet PC Products


Table: Which User Groups Within Your Organization Do or Will Use Tablet PCs?


Desktop/Notebook Replacement


Figure: Average Proportion of Notebook Purchases Replacing Desktops in 2003


Figure: Average Proportion of Notebook Purchases Replacing Desktops in 2004


Table: Apart From the Price, What Prevents You From Replacing More of Your Desktops With Notebooks?


Investment Priorities


Table: Average Importance Placed on Investment Priorities for 2004 (Where 5 is Very Important and 1 is Unimportant)


Wireless Networks


Figure: What are Your Plans in Relation to Wireless Networks?


Figure: Of the Notebooks That You Intend to Buy in 2004, What Proportion Will Have Integrated Wireless Capabilities?


Figure: Which of the Following Does Your Wireless Strategy Include?


Figure: Who Do You See as the Best Positioned to Provide You With a Wireless Solution?


Thin Clients


Figure: Attitude to Thin Clients


Purchasing Patterns


Renewal Cycles


Figure: For How Many Years Do You Keep Your Desktop PCs Before Replacing Them With a New System?


Figure: For How Many Years Do You Keep Your Notebook PCs Before Replacing Them With a New System?


Purchase Timing


Figure: When Do You Plan to Make the Majority of Your PC Purchases in 2004?


Channel Preferences


Figure: Where Do You Buy Your PCs?


Figure: If Bought Directly From the Manufacturer, From Which Source?


Figure: If Bought From a Distribution Partner or Store, From Which Source?


Pricing


Figure: How Much Would You Expect to Pay for a New Desktop/Notebook? (?)


Leasing


Figure: Average Percentage of PC Ownership Types


Figure: Have You Considered Renting or Leasing?


Outsourcing


Figure: Are You Supporting Your PCs Internally or are They Being Support by an IT Services Provider?


Figure: Are You Considering Outsourcing the Maintenance of Your Hardware?


Choice of Hardware Supplier


Figure: Top Three Criteria You Would Use in Choosing an IT Hardware Supplier


Table: How Do You Rate Each of the Following Suppliers on the Three Qualities You See as Being Most Important?


General


Grid and Utility Computing


Table: How Would You Describe Your Use of Grid Computing?


Figure: Do You Feel That Grid Computing Has Been Adequately Explained by Vendors?


Table: How Would You Describe Your Approach to Utility Computing?


IT Investment in 2004


Figure: How Large Do You Expect Your IT Budget to be in 2004? (?)


Figure: Allocation of IT Budgets in 2004


Table: Apart From Cost, What is the Key Problem You Face in Proposing New Technology Investment Within Your Company?


Future Outlook


Essential Guidance


Learn More


Related Research


Appendix


IDC USER SURVEY 2004 ? QUESTIONNAIRE


Introduction


Introduction: Screening Questions


PCs


Servers


Synopsis
Ordering and More Information
Price and Delivery Options


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