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Quanta Ramping 12″ MacBook Air Production

by Tom Allen

Volume production of a 12″ Macbook Air, which will be launched in Q1’15, has begun at Quanta Computer. The company has also apparently secured orders for the Apple Watch, and intends to hire 30,000 new …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 4

by Vanessa Browning

Two new touchpanel PCs have been launched by Advantech. The 12.1″ TPC-1251T and 15″ TPC-1551T units feature Advantech’s iDoor modular design; customers can use this to add desired functionality without adding unnecessary hardware and costs. The modules …

Chinese Makers to Halt Capacity Expansion

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese sources say that Chinese notebook component makers have temporarily halted expansion of their production capacities. The move comes due to wage increases and short labour supply in the country.

Tags:Components Market| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Gigabyte Focuses on Displays in Premium Gaming Laptops

by Vanessa Browning

Gigabyte’s premium gaming notebook brand, Aorus, has been expanded with 13.9″ (X3) and 15.6″ (X5) models. Specifications are still lacking, but what we do know looks very interesting. The Aorus X5 is the top-end …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation

by Tom Allen

Unlike other tier one companies, Acer had taken a suite in The Cosmopolitan, with no presence on the show floor at all. We visited on Sunday, two days before CES officially began. Mobility was …

JOLED Begins Operating

by Helen Vince

JOLED, the joint venture company established by Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Japan Display (JDI), Sony, and Panasonic last summer, has now been officially established and started operating. The new company was formed last …

Ingram Micro signs German Deal

by Helen Vince

In Germany Ingram Micro has signed a deal with Dutch company Skool to distribute a new line of tablets and notebooks for the education sector.

Samsung ATIV Book 9 Offers Next Level Mobility and Productivity

by Bob Raikes

Laptops – Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a world leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, unveiled its new ultraportable laptop, the ATIV Book 9.As the latest addition to the ATIV Book 9 line, this …

Tags:Notebooks| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Shipments Will Fall, Says Inventec

by Bob Raikes

Shipments of laptop PCs from Inventec will fall between November and December, the company has said. Inventec shipped 1.5 million notebooks in October and 1.6 million in November.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Notebook Vendors Begin Q1 Order Processing

by Raverstead

Notebook vendors have already begun to ask suppliers to start processing orders in December, for Q1’15. According to reports from Asia, the early orders are due to expected labour shortages in Q1.

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Fujitsu Forum Exhibition

by Raverstead

There was an exhibition area as part of the Forum event and much of it was dominated by servers, SANs and a large area by POS solutions and equipment. Clearly retail systems are a …

Notebooks Profit From Falling Tablets

by Raverstead

Notebook PC shipments were up 10% YoY in Q3, DisplaySearch has said, to 49.4 million units. By comparison, tablet PC shipments fell 8%. The mature markets of North America and Western Europe drove notebook …