Computer icons shown in PDQ Inventory are not based off of Operating Systems but off of the ChassisType value in the Win32_SystemEnclosure class in WMI.
Virtual
Other
Unknown
Low Profile Desktop
Pizza Box
Mini Tower
Docking Station
All in One
Space-Saving
Lunch Box
Sub Chassis
Bus Expansion Chassis
Peripheral Chassis
Storage Chassis
Main System Chassis
Expansion Chassis
Rack Mount Chassis
Portable
Laptop
Notebook
Hand Held
Sub Notebook
Desktop
Tower
Sealed-Case PC
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I was wondering how they were differentiated, this explains it nicely.
Now I just need to work out how to tell virtual PCs from physical ones under Microsoft's Client Hyper-V (it doesn't play nice with the model name like other hypervisors...).
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