| User | Devices | Tasks, Settings, or Job Titles | Application Type | Thin-Client/Server vs. Local Apps. (%) |
| Mobile task-based user | Handheld or mobile thin-client device | Writing traffic tickets, monitoring car rental returns, taking restaurant orders, reading gas/water meters, tracking deliveries | Line-of-business applications | 0% local/100% thin-client |
| Office task-based user | Windows terminal, NetPC, or network computer | Traditional office environments, with workers ranging from temporary to administrative; bank tellers, telemarketers, insurance claim adjustors; fast food service; automobile service departments; information kiosks | Word processing, line-of-business applications, information applications | 0% local/100% thin- client |
| Knowledge workers | Notebook PC and/or desktop PC, handheld devices | Project management, financial reporting, proposal writing, sales, presentations, e-mail, scheduling, contact management | Productivity applications; groupware and communications; Internet, intranet, and extranet information; documents and applications | 50% local/50% thin-client |
| Power users with creative, analytic, or engineering task needs | Notebook PC and/or desktop PC, and/or high-end workstation; handheld devices | Knowledge worker tasks, with the addition of statistical or scientific analysis and research; periodical or book publishing; graphics; multi-media and Web authoring; software application development | All of the software used by the knowledge worker with the addition of desktop publishing applications, graphics software, and software development tools | 70% local/30% thin-client |