The Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide maps the IT buying cycle of our readership onto relevant editorial to help decision-making.

WSJ's Personal Technology columnist gives an overview of his annual fall buyer's guide to computers, providing tips on what specs and features to look for when choosing between a PC and a Mac.

Format of Computer Weekly Buyer’s Guides Market overview This is an introduction to the topic covered in the Buyer’s Guide.

Walt Mossberg guides buyers through how to stay within budget and not get lost in terminology when looking for a new computer. But the bigger obstacle may be deciding between a laptop or a tablet.

Buying a new computer starts with a single but not so simple choice: desktop or laptop? Workhorse tablets might be more viable for certain segments of the market than they were previously but for ...

The home computer market has gotten a little depressing over the past year. The numbers -- processor speed, hard-drive size, CD rewrite rate -- keep going up, but each new round of computers seems ...