Desktop Computer
After nearly stealing the award for Best Desktop Computer away from Technology Distribution Network last year, Dell's OptiPlex easily won this year.
Laptop/Notebook Computer
After winning in three other categories, Dell won the Readers' Choice award for Best Laptop/Notebook Computer with its Latitude line of notebooks.
PDA
Mobile computing devices have come a long way in the past year, and Microsoft Pocket PC—enabled PDAs have become a favorite among readers.
Thin Client
HP's Compaq Evo thin-client series won the Readers' Choice award for Best Thin Client with 56 percent of the vote, which is double the number of votes cast for the nearest competitor.