AI PCs That Put the End User First

New research from CDW reveals that the vast majority of organizations have initiated projects involving artificial intelligence. As AI becomes a ubiquitous technology, IT teams must make sure to consider the needs of their end users.

Fortunately, Lenovo’s approach to implementing AI in our devices is to put the end user first. We offer AI PCs that improve productivity, enhance security and make the overall user experience better.

IT teams looking to provide users with AI-enabled PCs should consider using neural processing units in those PCs. An NPU optimizes AI performance by offloading work from the CPU. This enables a PC to run AI tasks and effects in the background, ensuring speedy operation of main processing tasks and more efficient power use.

AI is becoming a powerful tool for organizations across industries, and IT teams should optimize their fleets to take advantage of it. First, they need to understand what their users may employ AI for. Then, they can create a roadmap to enable those use cases.

Software developers — from small, independent vendors to massive companies such as Microsoft — are creating a vast number of applications that leverage generative AI. Organizations need PCs that can power those applications. For uncomplicated use cases — perhaps some users need only to work with Copilot on simple tasks — a PC with a less powerful NPU may be sufficient. But for heavier workloads, a machine with a more robust NPU, something that can handle more than 40 trillion operations per second, may be necessary.

As they plan their PC fleets, IT teams should think beyond their immediate needs for AI. It’s hard to predict exactly where AI will go in the future, but organizations should be preparing their PC fleets to meet the AI needs they’ll have 12 to 36 months from now.

One option would be to deploy Copilot+ PCs, which represent a new category of Microsoft Windows 11 machines that are specifically designed with powerful NPUs to run sophisticated AI tools such as Recall, Cocreator and Live Caption. Lenovo’s AI Now-equipped PCs offer additional AI capabilities that help users to be more productive and efficient.

Lenovo AI PCs also take advantage of the numerous AI-enhanced security features that Windows 11 Pro offers. Combined with Lenovo’s ThinkShield security solution, these features reduce the risk of a cybersecurity breach. Ultimately implementing powerful AI PCs can help IT teams future proof their PC fleets as AI technology evolves.

IT teams and workers in general are being asked to do more with less, which can result in stress and even burnout. Users are inundated with texts, emails and other messages, as well as endless meetings, but AI tools can alleviate some of this burden. AI can summarize emails or provide detailed meeting notes and compile a to-do list of next steps. These tools can make it easier for users to prioritize their tasks and get their jobs done, leading to a more comfortable work environment and happier workers.

Users in different industries and positions have varied tasks, and AI can help with many of them. Whether you’re in healthcare or finance, in the HR department or the C-suite, AI can enhance the user experience, reduce stress and increase productivity. A partner such as CDW can help you identify simple use cases to start and find solutions such as Lenovo laptops and Microsoft AI tools to help you get the job done.