HP also accounted for the largest value share of deals that solution providers expect to close in the second half of the year, but overall, it isn't a pretty picture for desktops.
VARs expect HP to have 33.2 percent of the value of all desktop deals in the second half, topping Dell, which has 25.1 percent.
Overall, VARs also expect the total value of desktop sales to fall 6.1 percent in the second half, compared to the actual value of closed deals in the first half of the year.