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AUO Supplies miniLED Panel for Acer DisplayHDR 1000 Notebook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AUO said that it has worked with Acer to develop a new Predator Helios 500 Gaming Notebook with a 17.3 UltraHD resolution display using miniLED (with its AmLED adaptive miniLED technology) …

Tags:Acer| AUO| Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| MiniLED| Notebooks

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Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that Apple is planning to use its latest processors to improve its position in the PC market and new MacBook Pros could be here in the summer in 14″ …

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Top-5 notebook vendors see combined shipments drop 4% in April

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes said that the top five notebook brands (excluding Apple) saw shipments down 4% in April, despite strong demand from education and enterprise. The main issue was component shortages. HP is …

Tags:Market Data| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs

Acer Reports 10 Year Profit High – Asus is Bullish

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Acer said that its operating income in Q1 2021 was $100.4 million, at 3.9% of revenue of $2.56 billion (up 46.5% YoY), the highest in 10 years. Separately, the firm said …

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Global notebook shipments to surpass 62 million units in 2Q21

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Digitimes Research reported that notebook sales (excluding those with detachable keyboards) were down 8.7% sequentially in Q1 2021 to 57.51 million as good demand from education and gaming helped a smaller …

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Samsung’s Notebooks Have Two Grades of OLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung has two new Galaxy Book devices, the Galaxy Book Pro (a clamshell notebook) and the Galaxy Book Pro 360 (a touchscreen convertible), the first Windows PCs it has introduced with …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Notebooks| OLEDs| Samsung

Review: Asus ZenBook 13 OLED UM325S

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Hexus blog had a look at the Asus ZenBook UM325S notebook which has a 13.3-inch FullHD OLED screen, which is the only option for AMD-powered machines, whereas the Intel-powered versions …

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Dell Adds OLED Option to XPS 13 – Latest Version

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell has made available a new OLED display option for its flagship XPS 13 notebook. The display has 3456 x 2160 resolution (a bit squarer than UltraHD and 16:10 aspect ratio). …

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Notebook demand easing?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes has published two reports suggesting that the demand for notebooks is weakening. First it reported that one top three notebook brand has asked chip suppliers to stop shipments and chassis …

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