Four times annually, IDC's Latin America Quarterly PC Tracker® provides detailed, highly segmented tracking data for PC shipments by vendor, brand, processor brand, price band, user segment, and channel. Countries covered are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the rest of Latin America. Rolling eight-quarter and five-year forecasts are updated on a quarterly basis by country, form factor, and end-user segment.

Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation

This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas and segmentations. Measurement for this tracker is in shipments and end-user spending.

Technologies and subtechnologies:

• Desktops and notebooks
• Desktops (desktop workstation, all in one, and other desktops)
• Notebook (mini notebook PC, mobile workstation, notebook PC [13+ in.], tablet PC, and ultraportable PC)

Segmentations:

• Channels (dealer/VAR/SI, retailer, vendor direct — relationship, vendor direct — transactional, vendor direct — Internet, vendor direct — store, etailer, telecom, and others)
• Company size (home/small office [1–9], small business [10–99], midsize business [100–249], medium-sized business [250–499], large business [500–999], enterprise [1,000+]), education, and government
• Price bands
• Vendor
• Brand

Geographic Scope

• Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the rest of Latin America)

Forecast Coverage

Forecasts for this tracker are updated quarterly and include two years of historical data, two years of quarterly forecasts, and an additional three years of annual market projections. Forecasts are available at the regional and country levels. Examples of the segmentations being forecast in this tracker include:

• Form factors (desktop and notebook)
• Categories (desktops, notebooks, and ultraportables)
• List of segmentations (home and commercial)
• List of segmentation details (home/small office [1–9], small business [10–99], midsize business [100–249], medium-sized business [250–499], large business [500–999], enterprise [1,000+]; education; and government)

Delivery Schedule and Deliverables

This tracker is delivered on a quarterly basis with tools such as pivot tables. The delivery schedule for this tracker is as follows:

• Historical data: Week 6 after period closes
• Forecast data: Week 8 after period closes
• Interactive briefing (if purchased)