In the consumer space, notebook sales have surpassed desktop sales as portability becomes the form factor of choice. However, in the business market it’s a different space. For many roles, due to security or other concerns a desktop is still the standard.
In fact, on the commercial side, Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) still sells more desktops than notebooks said Maria Del Rio-Arbuckle, category business manager for business desktops and displays with HP Canada. There has been some decline in share, but no where near the consumer drop-off. On the commercial side, the desktop is still king.
HP goes into the commercial desktop market with its Compaq 6000 Pro line, which offers a consistent architecture across several different form factors, allowing the IT department to manage only one image. Its newest product in the space, launched earlier this year, is the 6000 Pro all in one.
Del Rio-Arbuckle said the all in one appeals to many businesses that, as they downsize their real restate, want a PC with a smaller footprint. With an integrated high definition Web cam and tools such as HP Skyroom, she said some businesses are also putting the all in one in a conference room as a standalone video conferencing machine.
On the security front, as part of HP Protect Tools, the 6000 Pro also leverages the integrated Web cam to use facial recognition as a security tool and an alternative or complement to entering an alpha-numeric password.For more, watch this CDN video report:
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