PC Magazine has named its “High Desktop PC Manufacturers for Work. Apple virtually all the time wins on this class. (The final time Apple didn’t win the Enterprise Selection award for work-from-home PCs was in 2020; Dell received that yr.) Nonetheless, this yr the general award went to Asus.
Asus earns a wonderful general satisfaction ranking, in a tie with Apple. However Asus stays forward of Apple within the likelihood-to-recommend rating/ “Couple that with Asus’ stellar rating for value and worth, and the model is a no brainer decide for the highest desktop PC model for individuals who work at home,” says PC Magazine.
However take into accout thoughts that Apple’s Mac desktops—from the tiny Mini to the all-in-one iMac—are nonetheless beloved. They earn excessive scores for ease of use and reliability. The Mac can be on prime for tech help and repairs, however these are subcategories wherein Asus doesn’t garner sufficient responses to get a rating.
Plus, when in-office workers get to select the model of PC they work with, they’re inclined to go together with Apple. The Mac-maker nails the highest scores in each class. Distinguished scores embrace setup, reliability, and tech help. (Apple’s lowest rating is for worth since its Macs are expensive in comparison with some PC alternate options.)
Being answerable for each desktop PC in an workplace, deploying PCs to new workers, shopping for replacements, and often upgrading, updating, managing, and repairing them is a big process—one which falls to the IT division. And IT managers want two manufacturers, says PC Magazine.
The primary is Apple, which has all the time been celebrated for ease of use and easy setup, going again to the primary desktop Macs within the Eighties. And people are the classes in PC Magazine’s survey outcomes wherein Apple shines. It reveals equally excessive numbers for reliability. Apple is on prime with IT in each class besides repairs.
PC Magazine says the highest model for repairs is the number-two decide general for IT, and it’s our secondary Enterprise Selection award winner: Dell. In virtually each different class, Dell is an in depth second to Apple. The largest hole between the 2 is Apple’s half-a-point-higher rating for tech help. The closest the 2 come is in a tie for chance to advocate.
The “PCMag Enterprise Selection survey for Desktop PCs and Parts” was within the discipline from Could 15 to June 5, 2023. For extra data on how the publication conducts surveys, learn the survey methodology.
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