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Notebook shipments set to rise

by on15 October 2009

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Up ten percent


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shipments from Taiwan's top-four notebook makers are expected to increase by about 10 per cent in this quarter, according to Digitimes.

Quoting a mysterious bunch of unnamed 'market watchers' DigiTimes said that sales will increase thanks to the traditional peak season, as well the upcoming Microsoft Windows 7 operating system launch. Quanta Computer to have the most significant growth in the fourth quarter at over 20 per cent. It is expected to ship 11-12 million units in the quarter and 36-37 million units for 2009, up slightly from 2008.

This is mostly thanks to increased orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Apple. Compal shipments are expected to stay flat sequentially at around 10 million units. With increased orders from Lenovo and Acer, Wistron, shipments will grow ten per cent.

As Toshiba switched some notebook orders from Inventec to Compal, Inventec is expected to see shipments of 5.8-6 million units in the fourth quarter, down slightly from more than six million units in the third quarter, DigiTimes claims.

However it does seem that the recession is behind notebook makers.
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