Readers' Choice 2022: The PC, Component, and Peripheral Brands You Love Most
Although a laptop is self-contained, a desktop PC requires a variety of peripherals to be useful. That’s why we've expanded our Readers’ Choice Award desktop PC survey this year beyond the computer itself to ask about the items that go along with it, like computer mice and keyboards. We skipped monitors—we already have a survey on those—but we did include one key component, graphics cards.
Desktop PCs aren’t nearly as popular as laptops these days. According to IDC(Opens in a new window), they only represented 17% of personal computing devices shipped in Q4 of 2021. Still, for many of us, especially enthusiasts, a desktop is the right solution. On the one hand, you get more bang for the buck: Because desktops don’t require the same level of miniaturization and power efficiency, they’re less expensive. They're more expandable, powerful, and customizable, allowing you to choose exactly the right components you need for the job at hand, whether it’s calculating massive spreadsheets, editing super-high-resolution videos, or immersing yourself in the latest 3D games.
Are you ready for a new desktop computer? Looking to enhance your existing setup? Considering building your own PC? (A lot of our respondents do.) Read on to see which desktop PC, graphics card, keyboard, and input device/mouse brands deliver a rewarding experience, and which ones leave our survey respondents wanting.
As is often the case, our Readers’ Choice Award winner, Apple, receives the highest satisfaction ratings on nearly every question in our survey. That’s impressive enough, but one rating really stands out: Apple earns a satisfaction with tech support rating of 9.4 on a scale from zero (extremely dissatisfied) to 10 (extremely satisfied). A rating of
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