Archive for the ‘Notebook PCs’ Category
Monday, June 9th, 2008
By David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
Natural disasters, a credit crisis and commercial cycles are sending confusing signals as we approach a peak in the crystal cycle. Fasten your seatbelts; it looks like 2008 will be a rough ride.
As the year began, TFT LCD suppliers predicted tight supply. They looked ...
Posted in David Barnes, Economics, Notebook PCs, TVs | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
By Luke Yao
Building LED backlight units (BLU) in notebooks can offer three major benefits: low power consumption, slim product design and a more environmentally friendly product (due to the absence of mercury in LEDs as opposed to its presence in CCFLs). We are convinced that LED light sources will largely ...
Posted in Economics, Luke Yao, Notebook PCs, Technology | No Comments »
Friday, January 18th, 2008
by John Jacobs, Director, Notebook Market Research
That’s not the exact quote from the Duchess of Windsor, but it’s close enough when talking about the latest and greatest notebook PC that Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced this past Tuesday at MacWorld in San Francisco. The MacBook Air, or MBA if you ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
by John Jacobs, Director, Notebook Market Research
Asus’s somewhat strangely named (at least to me) Eee PC was launched recently with a decent amount of fanfare. The device has a 7" 800 × 480 display, 4 or 8 GB flash SSD (solid state drive), has about 3.5 hours of battery life, ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
By John Jacobs, Director of Notebook Market Research
So, it looks like the rumors that have been bandied about the PC industry for well over a year are finally true. Acer will acquire gateway for US$710 million. So, what does this acquisition do for Gateway and what does it ...
Posted in John Jacobs, Notebook PCs, Retail | 3 Comments »
