IDC's 2009 U.S. Commercial PC Survey, Part 1: Industry Report

IDC's 2009 U.S. Commercial PC Survey, Part 1

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: September 2009
Product Code: R104-39985

Description

This IDC study is the result of IDC's 2009 Commercial PC Buyer Survey. Conducted online during June 2009, the survey polled carefully screened participants about their companies' current commercial PC use and future plans. Using a Web hosting firm, we conducted the survey in seven countries — the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, China, Germany, India, and Japan — gathering a total of 1,682 respondents.

This document covers the U.S.-only portion of the survey, which yielded 405 IT decision makers. It looks at both current and future PC purchasing trends, including desktop versus notebook trends, form factors, pricing, and brands. The second document will look at these same areas of interests at the global level.

"In a down economy, it comes as no surprise that businesses are increasingly cautious about their plans for future PC purchases. Buyers are carefully evaluating new desktop and notebook form factors, they're trying new brands, and they're holding on to their old PCs for much longer than in previous years," said Tom Mainelli, senior research analyst with IDC's Clients and Displays Group. "At a time when companies routinely expect to keep their old PC for at least four years, vendors must become increasingly receptive to the business opportunities that do appear."

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
IDC Opinion

In This Study
Methodology
Respondent Demographic Profile
Situation Overview
Current and Future PC Types and Channels
Notebook Versus Desktop Adoption
Purchase Channels: Desktops
Purchase Channels: Notebooks
Other Future Purchase Considerations
PC Life Spans
Brands, Form Factors, and Prices
Desktop Form Factors
Notebook Form Factors
Pricing
Mininotebooks
Future Outlook
Essential Guidance
Learn More
Related Research
Appendix: U.S. Commercial PC Survey — 2009
Synopsis
Table: Current PC/Monitor Combinations by Company Size (Mean %)
Table: Previous and Future Purchases of Desktop and Notebook PCs by Company Size (Mean %)
Table: Green PC Purchase Considerations
Table: Desktop and Notebook Life Span by Company Size (Years)
Table: Top Future Purchase Desktop Brands by Company Size (Mean %)
Table: Top Future Purchase Notebook Brands by Company Size (Mean %)
Table: Previous and Future Desktop and Notebook Average Purchase Prices ($)
Table: Planned Usage of Mininotebooks Purchased in the Next 12 Months by Company Size (% of Respondents)
Table: Reasons for Not Purchasing Mininotebooks in the Next 12 Months by Company Size (% of Respondents)
Figure: Respondents by Company Size
Figure: Respondents by Role in Organization
Figure: Respondents by Vertical Industry
Figure: Current PC/Monitor Combinations
Figure: Previous and Future Purchases of Desktop and Notebook PCs
Figure: Previous and Future Desktop Purchase Channel
Figure: Future Desktop Purchase Channel by Company Size
Figure: Previous and Future Notebook Purchase Channel
Figure: Future Notebook Purchase Channel by Company Size
Figure: Primary Consideration in Future PC Purchases by Company Size
Figure: Operating System on PCs Purchased in the Past 12 Months
Figure: Future PC Purchase Operating System Preference
Figure: Desktop Life Span
Figure: Notebook Life Span
Figure: Brand Preference for Previous and Future Desktop Purchases
Figure: Brand Preference for Previous and Future Notebook Purchases
Figure: Form Factor Preference for Previous and Future Desktop Purchases
Figure: Form Factor Preference for Future Desktop Purchase by Company Size
Figure: Form Factor Preference for Previous and Future Notebook Purchases
Figure: Form Factor Preference for Future Notebook Purchase by Company Size

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