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Tuesday 8 September 2015
Digitimes Research: Top notebook vendors and ODMs see over 10% on-month shipment growth in August
The global top-5 Wintel notebook brand vendors' combined shipments grew 17% on month in August, but compared to the same month a year ago, the volume was down 14%. Meanwhile the top-3...
Friday 9 January 2015
New Wintel hard to drive PC replacement, say Taiwan makers
Although Windows 10 and Intel's 14nm-based Skylake CPUs are both expected to launch in the third quarter, sources from the upstream supply chain are conservative about the new Wintel...
Thursday 2 October 2014
New Wintel platforms may impact 4Q14 PC demand
Microsoft and Intel's plans to release new platforms in the first half of 2015 are expected to affect demand for PCs in the fourth quarter, according to sources from the upstream...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Vendors partner with Wintel to release US$199-249 notebooks for 2H14
Intel, Microsoft and notebook brand vendors are preparing to push entry-level notebooks priced at US$199-249 in the second half, according to sources from the upstream supply chain...
Wednesday 4 June 2014
Digitimes Research: HP, Acer see on-month shipment growth top 60% in May
Global top-five brand vendors together and top-three ODMs combined both enjoyed over 25% on-month rebounds in May shipments with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer both seeing over 60%...
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Wintel destined to eventually fail, says Acer founder
Commenting on recent events in the PC industry at a recent media conference, Acer founder Stan Shih said that the Wintel camp is destined to fail since the two giants have been keeping...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Order visibility for notebook touch modules improving
Order visibility for Taiwan-based touch module suppliers has improved recently after Microsoft lowered the technical specifications of touch modules for use in Windows 8.1 touch-enabled...
Thursday 21 February 2013
Wintel camp mulls measures to rekindle weakening notebook industry
Suppliers within the Wintel camp are mulling to launch a series of measures, including price cuts for their products, in the second quarter of 2013 to rekindle the stymied notebook...
Friday 9 November 2012
Wintel to help leading vendors promote sales of Windows 8 touch notebooks in US, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft and Intel will offer assistance to first-tier vendors to promote sales of Windows 8 touch-controlled notebooks in the US during the year-end peak sales period, with retail...
Wednesday 5 September 2012
As Wintel dominance wanes, the Microsoft/Intel alliance frays, says IHS
After a generation of setting the pace and calling the shots in the computer market, the Microsoft/Intel cartel known as Wintel now finds itself playing catch-up in the new era of...
Thursday 30 August 2012
Asustek outlines future plans
Asustek Computer hosted an investors conference on August 29, announcing that the company's sales performance in the second quarter was better than expected and achieved new records...
Friday 15 June 2012
Acer to consider shareholder interests in executive pay
Acer on June 15, hosted a shareholders meeting and passed its financial report for 2011 with severance pay to former CEO Gianfranco Lanci reaching NT$1.28 billion (US$42.8 million)...
Wednesday 13 June 2012
Wintel notebook vendors relieved about new MacBooks
Seeing Apple's latest MacBook products only feature upgrades such as Intel's Ivy Bridge processors and Retina display, Wintel-based notebook vendors are relieved and believe that...
Tuesday 5 June 2012
Windows and Intel, but not Wintel, take center stage at Computex
Computex Taipei is set to open today with Intel and Microsoft again taking center stage, much as they have done in previous years. However, while in the glory days of the computing...
Monday 26 March 2012
Wintel platform to enjoy higher number of models than WoA platform by year-end
The number of Windows 8-based tablet PC models that feature Intel's platform is expected to reach 32 by the end of 2012 with number of models that feature ARM platform to only reach...