This IDC study presents what IDC's Personal Computing team predicts will be the top 10 events impacting the personal computing industry in 2007. Each prediction is derived from a more extensive research project or document completed by the team.

"2007 will be an exciting year in the PC industry. With the launch of Vista, the proliferation of form factors, more solid PC configurations, fast growth in emerging markets, and the emergence of PC hardware disposal, the PC industry will undoubtedly face a busy year. Yet, challenges will abound as well. Saturation, tightened competition, and slow to no growth in mature markets will create a challenging environment to the industry that could lead to yet another consolidation," says Doug Bell, analyst, U.S. PC Tracker.