In the second quarter 2016, according to Digitimes Research forecasts analysts, the global notebook shipments will increase by 9.7%. But, despite this, the annual volume of notebook shipments will decline by about 10%.
The growth of notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2016 will contribute, laptops running on the Chrome OS operating system. , according to analysts, Toshiba will continue the phasing out of consumer notebook market, and Lenovo, on the other hand, will record growth in shipments of its notebook models. Deliveries of Dell notebooks in the second quarter will increase by more than 10% compared to the same period last year.
As for Apple, which released the second-generation 12-inch MacBook in the second quarter, the orders for it turned out to be lower than its predecessor in the second quarter of the year 2-15. But Acer, released new inexpensive ultrabooks and gaming products, will record the highest growth in the shipment of laptops among the top ten producers.
Volumes of Quanta and Compal Electronics production will increase due to the growth in demand for Chromebook and increase the volume of orders received from the Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer and Asustek. Inventec bypass and Pegatron Technology will be the fourth-largest notebook ODM-manufacturer by increasing orders from HP and new orders from Xiaomi.