AI PCs: 'Something will have to give in 2025, and I think it's pricing'

The premium price of AI PCs and a lack of killer applications are leading to some confusion among customers who want to upgrade their aging estates ahead of Windows 10 support ending.

So says a senior Gartner analyst who asked The Register recently if we are also hearing that businesses are still "delaying" signing off purchase orders.

"Businesses want to move to AI PCs but not pay a premium as there are no compelling business cases," said Ranjit Atwal, research director for Gartner's Quantitative Innovation Team.

Both Michael Dell and HP CEO Enrique Lores admitted in September that customers were slower to refresh existing fleets of computers than they had anticipated.

Dell said that with Windows 10 standard support expiring on October 25, 2025, enterprise IT departments would realize "we better do something about this." Lores claimed "there is a large and aging installed base," much of which was ...