List of laptop brands and manufacturers
Brands
Major brands
[1]
- Apple - MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro
- ASUS - Asus Eee, Lamborghini
- Dell - Inspiron, Latitude, Precision, Studio, Vostro, XPS, Studio XPS, Alienware
- Hewlett-Packard - HP Pavilion, HP Omnibook
- Fujitsu - LifeBook, Stylistic
- Lenovo - ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 series
- Samsung Electronics - Sens
- Sony - VAIO
- Toshiba - Dynabook, Portege, Tecra, Satellite, Qosmio, Libretto
Other brands
- BenQ
- Everex - CloudBook, gBook
- Founder Technology
- Gigabyte Technology
- Hasee
- HCL
- HTC - HTC Shift
- Hyundai
- Gradiente
- Itautec - Itautec, Infoway
- Lanix - Lanix Portatiles, Neuron
- Meebox - Meebox, Slate
- LG - Xnote
- MDG Computers
- Micro-Star International (MSI) - Megabook, Wind
- NEC - VERSA, LaVie
- Novatech - nSpire, Elite
- Olivetti - Olibook
- Onkyo - SOTEC
- Panasonic - Toughbook, Satellite, Let's Note (available in Japan only) [2]
- PC Club (Clevo brand)
- Philips - X200
- Positivo Informática - Positivo, Platinum, Aureum, Unique, Premium
- Sharp - Mebius
- Siragon, C.A.
- TabletKiosk
- Tongfang
- TriGem - Averatec
- Vestel
- VIA - NanoBook, pc-1 Initiative
- Voodoo PC - Envy
- Wipro Technologies
- Wortmann - Terra Mobile
- Zepto
Defunct
Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs)
The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Original Design Manufacturers (ODM).[3]
Major relationships include:[4]
- Quanta sells to (among others) HP, Lenovo, Apple, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Sony, Fujitsu and NEC
- Compal sells to (among others) Acer, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and HP/Compaq
- Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to Dell, Acer, Lenovo and HP
- Inventec sells to Toshiba, HP and Lenovo
- Pegatron (former manufacturing & design division of Asus) sells to Asus, Apple, Dell and Acer
- Foxconn sells to Asus, Dell, HP and Apple
- Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP
ODM Laptop Units sold and Market Shares
| ODM |
Units sold (millions) |
Units sold (millions) |
Market share (percent) |
Units sold (millions) |
Market share (percent) |
| Year |
2010[5][4] |
2009[6][7] |
2006[7] |
| Compal |
52.1 |
37.9,0 |
26 % |
15,0 |
21 % |
| Quanta |
48.2 |
35.9,0 |
25 % |
24,0 |
33 % |
| Wistron |
27.5 |
26.2[8] |
18 % |
11,0 |
15 % |
| Inventec |
16.2 |
21,0[9] |
15 % |
7,0 |
10 % |
| Pegatron[10], until 2007 Asus[11] |
15.5 |
10.9,0 |
8 % |
5,0 |
7 % |
| Foxconn [10] |
10.0 |
7.2,0 |
5 % |
| Flextronics |
4.3 |
7.2,0 |
5 % |
|
|
| Elitegroup [10] |
|
3.6,0 |
2 % |
|
|
| others |
10.0 |
,0 |
|
11,0 |
15 % |
| total |
203[12] |
125,0[9] |
100 % |
72.6 |
100 % |
There is a discrepancy between the 2009 numbers due to the various sources cited; i.e. the units sold by all ODMs add up to 144.3 million laptops, which is much more than the given total of 125 million laptops. The market share percentages currently refer to those 144.3 million total.
Original design manufacturer (ODM) brands
References
- ^ DigiTimes: Samsung sees growth in 1Q11 notebook shipments, the only vendor among top-10
- ^ Toshiba Satellite low cost/high performance (A300-1EZ even cheaper at 699€)
- ^ "Notebook OEM/ODM relationships". http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/679605.html. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
- ^ a b Global and China Notebook PC Industry Report, 2010
- ^ Chuang, Steve (2011-01-14). "Quanta Regains Lead in Global NB PC Shipment in 2010". cens.com. http://news.cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_35101.html. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ Culpan, Tim (2010-01-18). "Quanta Seeks New Ventures, Devices After Record Profit in 2009". Bloomberg Businessweek. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-18/quanta-seeks-new-ventures-devices-after-record-profit-in-2009.html. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ a b Hachman, Mark (2007-05-09). "The Top Laptop Makers Are Not HP, Dell, or Toshiba". http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2127906,00.asp. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Wistron Corporation 2009 Annual Report translation" (PDF). Wistron. 2010-04-30. p. 31. http://www.wistron.com/images/acrobat/annual_reports/2009/annual_report_entire_report.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ a b "Inventec's margin grew 4.5% driven by server sector". www.computex.biz. 2010-04-30. http://www.computex.biz/HeadlineNews_Detail.aspx?list_id=34032. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ a b c Global and China Notebook PC Industry Report, 2009
- ^ "ASUSTeK Computer Inc.". ASUS. 2008. http://www.asus.com/999/html/aboutasus/mreport2008.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2011-02/growing-notebook-netbook-market-will-boost-dells-pc-business.aspx?storyid=57439
See also