Answering 10 Of The Most Frequently Asked Corporate PC Configuration Questions

The PC market is going to heat up in mid-2008 with wider-scale deployments of Windows Vista and Office 2007 into the corporate environment. Today, we are experiencing the long tail-end of the most recent corporate PC refresh cycle as desktop operations managers extend the life of existing PCs while they prepare for Windows Vista and Office 2007. But that's not the only key theme for desktop managers in 2008. To maximize end user productivity, more companies are making the switch to mobile computing solutions. This means that PC buyers now need to worry about new wireless and storage technologies, smaller form factors, and the hardware requirements of a new operating system, in addition to the standard processor, memory, hard disk, and display concerns. Here we address desktop operations managers' top questions about Forrester's recommended corporate PC configurations for 2008.