With the IBM-Lenovo deal, both Dell and HP are expected to take over business from potential IBM defectors, suggests Forrester Research Inc..

The company data showed that IBM¡¦s departure puts almost 14 million U.S. corporate PCs up for grabs, with an estimated 75 million corporate PCs in use today.

Forrester believes HP has the most to gain from the sale. Among the 48 percent of IBM prospects considering either Dell or HP, 43 percent would also consider Dell, 39 percent would also consider HP, and 18 percent would consider all three. On a unit basis, the data suggested that Dell and HP would split any potential IBM defectors evenly.

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