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Notebook Shipments to miss 2006 targets |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 13 July 2006 |
The leading OEM notebook makers in Taiwan look
like they are going to fall short of their end of year targets after laptop
shipments failed to impress in the frist half of the year.
The world's leading manufacturers of laptop computers;
Quanta, Compal, Wistron and Inventec, which account for most of the notebooks
sold by major brand names, are all reporting less than hoped for results for
the first half of 2006, according to a report on DigiTimes.
The shortfall is in the region of 5 to 10%.
Quanta reportedly shipped 8.7 million notebooks in the first six months nearly
a million less than its target of 9.6 million units. Compal Electronics shipped
around half a million less than targeted.
Although the third calendar quarter is expected to hold up
well, the final quarter is expected to tank even harder against the company's
original estimates thanks to Microsoft's delays in delivering Vista,
the latest iteration of Windows which is now expected to be available in the
New Year.
This is likely to cut the worldwide distribution of notebook
computers to about 80 million units compared to a forecast of 82-85 million
according to another DigiTimes
story.
Despite hope for increased orders following the imminent introduction
of Intel's Merom processors, notebook makers says price is the biggest
determining factor in shipment growth.
Industry sources told the reporter that the gap between Dell
and Hewlett Packard (HP) will narrow further to just 1 million units, but Dell
is expected to retain its number one position.
Regardless of the less than hoped for results, the notebook
market is expected to manage a 23.1 per cent growth over last year returning to
a more normal growth path compared to last year's stunning 32.6 percent
increase.
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