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Tuesday 28 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to drop 1.7% in 2015
Global notebook shipments, which are expected to decline 2.1% on year in 2014, will further drop 1.7% in 2015 to reach 168 million units, despite Microsoft's attempts to stimulate...
Tuesday 21 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to drop in 4Q14
Despite Intel and Microsoft subsidies, Digitimes Research expects global notebook shipments, not including 2-in-1 models, to drop 4.4% on year and 2.6% sequentially in the fourth...
Monday 28 July 2014
Taiwan market: Acer, Asustek see opportunities from enterprise PC replacement trend
President of Acer Taiwan Tony Huang has recently pointed out that the company saw strong demand from large enterprises for replacing their existing PCs in the first half of the year...
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Supply chain turning optimistic about PC market in 2H14
The PC industry has recently started regaining momentum with Intel, AMD as well as Taiwan-based upstream component suppliers aggressively preparing for potential demand in the second...
Thursday 10 April 2014
Windows XP migration and commercial spending helped offset weak consumer PC demand in 1Q14, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 73.4 million units in the first quarter of 2014, a decline of 4.4% on year, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although still in decline...
Monday 7 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Notebook shipments enjoy over 25% on-month growth in March
In March, global top-5 notebook brand vendors and top-3 ODMs both achieved an over 25% on-month shipment growth due to February's weak shipments caused by inventory adjustments, orders...
Monday 29 July 2013
Enterprise PC demand may benefit from the end of Windows XP support
As Microsoft is set to end its support for Windows XP in April, 2014, sources from the upstream supply chain believe the action will help trigger a PC replacement trend in the enterprise...
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...
Wednesday 4 July 2012
Microsoft new Windows 8 promotion unlikely to boost PC demand
After announcing its Windows 8 upgrade plan for newly purchased Windows 7-based PCs in early June, Microsoft recently announced a new upgrade plan allowing consumers to spend US$39.99...
Thursday 3 June 2010
Most organizations should try eliminating Windows XP by end of 2012, says Gartner
Most organizations should be planning and testing Windows 7 this year, and most organizations should try to eliminate Windows XP by the end of 2012, according to Gartner.
Friday 4 December 2009
Vendors to launch Atom N450-based netbooks on January 11, 2010
Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo and even Micro-Star International (MSI), which originally planned to launch in December, are all set to launch their Atom N450-based netbooks on January...
Monday 3 August 2009
Acer is quick to reiterate launch of dual-OS netbooks in September
Acer last week acted quickly to reiterate that it will launch its first dual-OS netbook with both Windows XP and Android in September 2009 as scheduled, following claims by industry...
Friday 10 July 2009
Taiwan market: BenQ launches Windows XP MID
BenQ has launched an Intel-based mobile Internet device (MID) in the Taiwan market in cooperation Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET).
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Some netbook vendors looking to clear Windows XP-based netbook inventory
Netbook vendors looking to utilize Microsoft Windows 7 are looking to speed up their clearance of Windows XP-based netbooks, as Microsoft has precluded Windows XP from upgrading to...
Friday 5 June 2009
Acer Android netbooks will still ship with Windows, reveals chairman
The Android netbooks recently announced by Acer will actually ship as dual-boot systems with both Android and Windows, according Acer chairman JT Wang.