HP and Acer computers in September will increase sharply. Photo: Netbooked .
In August, the number of laptops that HP ordered four leading Taiwanese computer manufacturers and assemblers was estimated at 3.2-3.3 million units, up 15% from the previous month. Inventec alone will make about one million machines for HP. Meanwhile, this number is 700,000 units for Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics. HP's order for Wistron also increased from 30,000 to 50,000 units compared to July.
According to Digitimes magazine, in September, this number of HP machines will probably increase to 3.5 million due to the launch of Windows 7 and the year-end shopping season has come very close. However, the number one position on the laptop market this month will belong to Acer with the amount of machines expected to exceed 3.6 million because of strong demand in North America and Europe for ultraportable laptops. and netbook. In the third quarter, recently, Acer sold 9 million laptops, losing only 200,000 units to HP.