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Wednesday 12 December 2012
Acer pushing tablet shipments
Acer originally believed that tablets would soon lose their attractiveness to consumers helping notebooks to regain their influence; however as market watchers and IT players mostly...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Touchscreen notebooks helping to maintain notebook ASPs during the year-end holidays, says Acer
Due to demand for touchscreen notebooks, Acer has seen ASPs during the year-end holidays, rise from US$433 originally to US$477, according to company chairman JT Wang.
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Windows 8 promoting decreased ODD penetration in notebooks, say Taiwan makers
While the proportion of notebooks equipped with slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs) is on the decline due to demand for thinner devices, Windows 8 is increasing the reduction because...
Monday 19 November 2012
Windows 8 may not start a PC replacement trend for enterprises until after 2014
Demand for Microsoft's Windows 8 is unlikely to start emerging until 2013 for the consumer market, while for the enterprise market, demand is expected to come at an even later time...
Monday 19 November 2012
Demand for notebook PCBs remains weak in 4Q12
Demand for notebook PCBs still remains weak in the fourth quarter of 2012 despite the launch of Windows 8, making 2012 a year in which total sales of notebook PCBs will be lower than...
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Microsoft Surface not affected by leaving of Windows 8 head in the short term
Microsoft president for Windows 8, Steven Sinofsky has left the company, but this should not affect Microsoft's Surface project in the short term, according to Taiwan-based supply...
Tuesday 13 November 2012
Digitimes Research: Windows 8 expected to have minimal impact on touch screen notebooks in 2013
Shipment growth for touch screens used in notebooks throughout the fourth quarter of 2012 and most of 2013 will at large not be affected by the release of Windows 8, according to...
Monday 12 November 2012
Acer announces over 30% on-month drop in October revenues
Acer has announced revenues of NT$25.53 billion (US$880.8 million) for October, down 32.13% on month, with combined revenues for the first ten months of 2012 reaching NT$306.1 billion,...
Monday 12 November 2012
Replacement demand for Windows 8 desktops and notebooks will not arrive until 2H13, say sources
Most related desktop and notebook IC suppliers seems to be embracing a low season in the fourth quarter of 2012, as they have not seen a significant growth in demand for notebook...
Friday 9 November 2012
MSI to launch Windows 8 notebooks in mid-November
Micro-Star International (MSI) will launch several Windows 8 touch-controlled notebooks in North America, Taiwan and Southeast Asia in mid-November, according to the company, adding...
Friday 9 November 2012
Wintel to help leading vendors promote sales of Windows 8 touch notebooks in US, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft and Intel will offer assistance to first-tier vendors to promote sales of Windows 8 touch-controlled notebooks in the US during the year-end peak sales period, with retail...
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Notebook brands to mainly promote Windows 7 notebooks in 4Q12
Although Microsoft has already released Windows 8, notebook brand vendors are still promoting Windows 7-based models in the fourth quarter in order to digest remaining inventories...
Monday 5 November 2012
Lenovo to launch a table-shaped all-in-one PC
Lenovo plans to launch a Windows 8-based all-in-one PC that features a similar industrial design as Microsoft's Surface, a table-shaped PC. The machine features four legs and when...
Monday 5 November 2012
Uncertain Windows 8 future may relatively affect Windows Phone 8
Although Microsoft has been aggressive promoting its new Windows 8 operating system (OS), a weak global economy has the notebook supply chain remaining conservative about the OS'...
Friday 2 November 2012
GIGABYTE launches variety of innovative Windows 8 products
GIGABYTE, a rising brand in the notebook industry, launched an array of notebooks and a tablet with fabulous functions and powerful specifications. Each GIGABYTE model is highlighted...