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Rumours Swirl about new MacBooks

by Bob Raikes

There are lots of rumours flowing around the market about two new Apple MacBooks. Our friends at IHS Markit certainly believe that there will be two versions, each with a 13.3″ display with 2560 …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 13

IT Panel Volume to Grow

by Bob Raikes

Data from Witsview, quoted in the Taiwanese press, puts the total of IT panels (notebooks + monitors) at 314.94 in 2017 and the company is forecasting 326.37 – a 3.6% increase – in 2018. …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Asus RoG Notebooks Use 144Hz IPS Panels

by Bob Raikes

The Intel 8th Gen consumer launch saw Asus busy with new RoG and TUF notebooks and desktops. The Republic of Gamers notebook is the RoG Zephyrus M (G501) which uses Nvidia GeForece GTX1070 graphics …

Tags:Game Playing| IPS| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 25 - Issue 13

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LDM&MDM Vol 25 #13 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

Xiaomi has introduced the Mi Gaming Laptop, a 15.6″ notebook with Nvidia GTX1050Ti or GTX1060 graphics, USB Type C and four USB 3.0 ports. The machine has 16GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD and …

Tags:China| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 13| Xiaomi

Samsung Odyssey Z is for Gamers – Notebook 3 & 5 for Some Countries

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Electronics today announced the Samsung Notebook Odyssey Z, a thin and light laptop, that has been designed to optimise the gaming experience. It has a 15.6″ FullHD display. It was launched in Beijing, …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Clevo Predicts Its Notebook Shipments will Top 1.5 Million in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

The president of Clevo’s notebook business, Yi-Lung Chien, has gone on record to say that the company expects its notebook shipments to reach 1.52 million units in 2018, up from 1.27 million in 2017, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Digitimes Research: New MacBook to Reach 4 Million Shipments in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research has revealed that Apple will release a new entry-level MacBook at the end of the second quarter of 2018, with a price similar to that of the MacBook Air. Analyst Jim Hsiao …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Acer Wants to Boost its Share in MEA Enterprise Notebook Market

by Andrew Fenn

Acer will make a concerted effort to increase its presence in the Middle East and Africa enterprise notebook market during 2018, according to Digitimes. Citing comments from country manager Paul Collins, the publication revealed …

Tags:Acer| Cloud Computing| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Huawei Moves Notebook Camera

by Bob Raikes

5G was, of course, the main topic for Huawei at MWC and the company made a number of announcements. In products, Huawei focused on a new laptop at MWC, the Matebook X Pro which …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Notebooks| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 09

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Taiwan’s Large LCD Panel Shipments Higher Than Expected in 2017 Q4

by Andrew Fenn

Shipments of 9″-and-above LCD panels from Taiwan-based manufacturers were better than expected during the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes Research. This new data reveals that Taiwan’s shipments of large-size panels totalled 237.8 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Samsung| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 07

Global Notebook Market Shipments Grew 2.1% YoY in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

TrendForce has reported that the global notebook shipments for 2017 registered 164.7 million units, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%, higher than the previous expectation of 0.7%. Kou-Han Tseng, TrendForce notebook analyst, said: “The global …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 06

HP Notebooks Offer Bright and Private Display Options

by Bob Raikes

HP announced the EliteBook 800 series of notebooks which support 8th Generation Intel Core processors. The 830 G5 replaces the G4 model and boosts the display to 13.3″ in a ’12” notebook profile’. There …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Security| Vol 25 - Issue 05