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How to Reduce Your PC TCO 30% in 2011
20 March 2009
 
Federica Troni   Brian Gammage   Michael A. Silver  

A combination of factors allows users to reduce the average total cost of ownership of new PCs 30% by 2011. The key will be harnessing current technology developments that improve PC manageability.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 The Drivers of Cost Savings

1.1
    
 Ongoing Price Reductions
1.2
    
 More Standardization and Automated Manageability
1.3
    
 Improved Ability to Manage More Users More Tightly, Even Locking Them Down
1.4
    
 Technology Improvements
1.5
    
 Shift Toward Web-Based Applications
2.0
    
 The Changing Mix of PCs
3.0
    
 How to Reduce TCO 30%
4.0
    
 Achieving Savings Beyond 30%

    
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Table 1.  
 Estimated Breakdown of TCO Management Profiles for New Enterprise Desktop PCs, 2007 and 2010 (Percent)
 

Table 2.  
 Estimated Breakdown of TCO Management Profiles for New Enterprise Notebook PCs, 2007 and 2010 (Percent)
 

Table 3.  
 Estimated Desktop and Notebook TCO, 2007 and 2010
 

Table 4.  
 Simulation of Average PC TCO, 2007 and 2010 (Dollars)
 



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