The workstation market has had a few ups and downs, but nothing like those in the consumer or commercial PC market. In fact, the workstation market has been relatively stable - not recession-proof, but no wild swings, either. The workstation market is segmented into five major categories (entry, low-mid, high-mid, high-end, and mobile), plus virtualized workstations. The very expensive, very powerful high-end workstations have a very steady but low growth. These are mission-critical machines that have to be the most reliable, have the most memory, contain the highest-performance CPUs and workstation graphics boards, sport the largest screens, and ship with the most reliable power supplies.
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