Worldwide Personal Computing 2008 Top 10 Predictions

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• Table of Contents
• Predictions
• In This Study
• Situation Overview
  • Hot
  • Warm
  • Cold
• Future Outlook
  • Prediction #1: More than 50% of the Worldwide Consumer Market Will Be Portables
  • Prediction #2: Low-Cost Educational PCs Will Ship, But with Limited Impact
  • Prediction #3: Low-Cost, Linux-Based "Notebook Gadgets" Will Make a Large Impact
  • Prediction #4: Several Major Brands Will Enter the Worldwide PC Market
  • Prediction #5: Apple Will Leverage the iPhone "Halo" Effect to Make Larger Inroads into the SMB PC Market with the Mac
  • Prediction #6: The Green Movement Will Impact Clients
  • Prediction #7: All-in-One Desktops Will Make Up Less than 3% of the Desktop Market
  • Prediction #8: Notebooks Will See New Screen Sizes
  • Prediction #9: Siemens' PC Business Will Be Acquired When the Fujitsu Partnership Ends
  • Prediction #10: Major PC OEMs Will Partner with Software Makers to Create Differentiated Offerings
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