IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker fills the growing demand for detailed, timely, and accurate information on the global PC market. It provides insightful analysis, quarterly market share data, and a five-year quarterly forecast by region. The core of the product is a comprehensive electronic database detailing changes and trends in the highly competitive PC market. IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker is built on the foundation of IDC's network of country-level quarterly PC tracking services, and its bottom-up methodology delivers an accurate view of the PC market from those closest to it.

• Regions: United States, Western Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America, Canada, Central/Eastern Europe, and Middle East/Africa
• Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Peru, PRC, Qatar, Rest of Africa, Rest of Asia/Pacific, Rest of Central/Eastern Europe, Rest of Latin America, Rest of Middle East, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Venezuela, and Vietnam
• Form factors/product categories: Tower PC, small PC, ultrasmall PC, desktop workstation, all-in-one PC, other desktop PC, notebook PC, mobile workstation, ultraportable PC, tablet PC, and mininotebook PC.
• Channels: Retail, direct inbound, direct outbound, dealer/VAR/SI, Internet direct, telco, and other
• Segments: Home, small office, small business, medium-sized business, large business, very large business, government, and education

• Quarterly shipments and end-user spending with historical information from 1994 and five-year forecasts
• 80+ processor types, by vendor, brand, and speed
• Price bands
• Installed base
• Units, end-user spending, ASP
• Quarterly telebriefings
• Written historical and forecast analysis
• More than 700 vendors and 800 brands

1. What are the quarterly shipments and revenue for the leading PC vendors by region and country?
2. What are the relative growth rates of desktops and portables for each vendor?
3. How are leading brands performing in the segments where they compete?
4. Which vendors are gaining or losing market share?
5. What is the forecast for PCs by form factor, category, ASV, and so forth?

IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker provides a view of the key market trends and market performance for the world's leading PC companies by key product categories such as desktop PCs, notebook PCs, ultraportable PCs, personal workstations, tablet PCs, and so forth. More than 700 vendors and 800 separate brand names are tracked in 80+ countries. These vendor results are available with details on over 80 processor types, 8 customer segments, 7 sales channels, and 30 price bands. This information is layered to permit easy drill-down analysis of the relationships between each category. Additional information is available on installed base and price band trends. The interactive product is available via the Web or in Excel format.

Clients receive quarterly delivery and IDC support, including:

• Week 3: Preliminary top 5 worldwide and United States
• Week 4: Preliminary top 10 by region and form factor
• Week 5: Telebriefing
• Week 8: Database and historical analysis published
• Week 10: Forecast and forecast analysis published