AI PC Week 2024

During CRN’s second-annual AI PC Week, we spotlight this emerging category with a series of pieces that examine the impact of AI PCs and the channel opportunities they open for solution providers.

CRN looks at the how the latest offerings from key vendors are coming to market with AI at the forefront, including how the newest applications are taking advantage of the local processing power AI PCs bring, the shift in hardware spending this new product category is driving and expected AI PC trends for the coming year.

Opinion: Why 2025 Will Be An Important Year For AI PCs
The continuing development of third-party applications and features, combined with the slow but ongoing rollouts of features from Microsoft and Apple, point to the possibility that the nascent but growing AI PC category will face an important test in 2025.

8 Cool AI PC Applications You Can Use Now
CRN rounds up eight cool AI PC applications you can use now, which range from an AI assistant that can analyze and summarize private documents to applications for live video production, DJing, image editing and audio deepfake detection.

A Larger Wave Of AI PCs Is Coming. Are Businesses Ready?
As a growing number of AI PC options for businesses hit the market, industry analysts and solution provider executives believe there are multiple impediments to businesses adopting such devices or taking advantage of their AI capabilities, including security concerns.

10 Cool AI PCs Ready For Business Users
The coolest AI PCs for business are driving data through silicon from every vendor as the biggest brands now have the most innovative chips from Intel, AMD and Qualcomm, in a race to the TOPS – the rating of a devices’ neural processing capabilities.

Microsoft’s Windows 10 End Might Spark Start Of New AI PC Spending
The emerging market of artificial intelligence PCs could get an extra boost in 2025 from Microsoft solution providers moving their customers to Windows 11 with Oct. 14 set as the end-of-support date for Windows 10.