90% of notebooks to be made in Taiwan in 2008

Posted on Saturday, December 29 2007 @ 17:05 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Research figures from IDC indicate 90 percent of all notebooks in 2009 will be made in Taiwan:

Taiwan-based ODMs are expected to account for 90.31% of the 130 million notebook PCs forecast to be shipped worldwide in 2008, according to the Chinese-language Commercial Times, which cited information from IDC. Taiwan-based makers manufactured 90.19 million notebooks out of the 107 million units shipped globally in 2007, added the paper.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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