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Dataquest Guide: Computing Hardware Definitions, Worldwide, 2009
19 October 2009
 
Heeral Kota   Raphael Vasquez  

Market segmentation; research methodology; research metric, regional, product and exchange rate definitions; and a hierarchy of markets for computing platforms are detailed.





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Table of Contents


    
 What You Need to Know

    
 Introduction

    
 Methodology

    
 Research Methodology
    
 Forecasting Methodology
    
 Exchange Rates
    
 PC Pricing Methodology
    
 Server Pricing Methodology

    
 Metrics

    
 Research Metrics

    
 High-Level Definitions and Segmentation

    
 Product Segmentation
    
 Product Definitions

    
 Servers

    
 x86 and Non-x86 Servers
    
 Segmentation Specific to Servers

    
 Rack Mount
    
 Rack Density
    
 Maximum CPUs
    
 Cores
    
 OS Families

    
 Unix
    
 Linux
    
 Windows
    
 Others
    
 Japanese Platform Segments
    
 Personal Computers

    
 Desk-Based PCs

    
 All-in-One PCs
    
 Mini-PCs
    
 Deskbound PCs
    
 Other Desk-Based PC Terms
    
 Mobile PCs

    
 Desktop Replacement PCs
    
 Mainstream PCs
    
 Mini-notebook PCs
    
 Ultraportable PCs
    
 Tablet PCs
    
 Other Mobile PC Terms
    
 Japanese Platform Segments
    
 Workstations

    
 Segmentation Specific to Workstations
    
 CPU Types

    
 x86-32
    
 x86-64
    
 RISC
    
 IA-64
    
 Others
    
 Geographic Segmentation

    
 Asia/Pacific

    
 Rest of Asia/Pacific
    
 Europe, the Middle East and Africa

    
 Western Europe
    
 Eastern Europe

    
 Rest of Eastern Europe
    
 Middle East and Africa

    
 Rest of Middle East and Africa
    
 Japan
    
 Latin America

    
 Rest of Latin America
    
 North America
    
 Rest of World
    
 Market Maturity

    
 Emerging
    
 Mature
    
 Tier Cities
    
 Market Segments

    
 Home
    
 Professional
    
 Vertical-Market Segments
    
 Distribution Channel Definitions

    
 Direct Channels
    
 Indirect Channels


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Vertical-Market Segments
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Computing Systems Platform Segmentation
 

Figure 2. 
 Server Segmentation
 

Figure 3. 
 PC Segmentation
 



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Computing Hardware
Workstation Client Hardware
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This document is published in the following Dataquest Market Insights:
 
Computing Hardware Worldwide
Computers, Printers and Storage Europe
Computers and Printers Latin America
Computers and Printers Asia/Pacific




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