The first month of the quarter already allows some analysts to build reliable forecasts for the period remainder . For example, experts DigiTimes Research reported that the laptop market in the third quarter have opportunities for small growth - by 4.3% compared with the second quarter. Beginning of the school year the season will spur business activity sales of laptops, but the fourth quarter sources predict a steady decline of the market by 1.1%.
Microsoft promise to release the autumn supercheap laptops in the price range of $ 199-249, with the support of partners. Annual sales of laptops will be distributed in favor of the second half (51.3%), as is customary. Acer laptops sales increased by 30% compared to last year, HP will be able to hold positions in the corporate and educational sectors. Largest contract manufacturer of laptops will be Compal Electronics - for a couple with Quanta Computer company holds about 70% of the market data services.
In the second quarter, according to WitsView, Acer's managed to circumvent Samsung, becoming the largest manufacturer of laptops running the operating system Google Chrome OS. Total for the period were produced 1.8 million so-called Chromebooks. Almost 30% of this amount is brand Acer. By the end of 2014 Chromebooks may take 3-5% of the market, but their appeal with the advent of the laptop market with Windows for $ 249 markedly reduced.
In the next year, according to the website DigiTimes,Dell company will increase laptops production volumes by 40% compared with the current year, this will bring it to the positions of Lenovo and HP, which released by 32-35 million laptops each. Demand for Dell laptops will be generated mainly the corporate sector. However, Alienware gaming notebooks also in high demand in the U.S.