By 2007, these five giants will occupy up to 87% of the global market share of laptops with a total of 55 million units, while in 2004 only 29.45 million units.
Dell has risen to the top of the global laptop market and will surely hold this position until the end of 2006. HP has consistently surpassed Dell from 2001 to 2003. Dell plans to produce 14 to 14. 15 million laptops in 2006, followed by HP with about 12-13 million units, Acer 11 million, Toshiba 8.5-9 million and Lenovo from 8 to 8.5 million.
Taiwanese laptop market will always be optimistic growth because all 5 giants choose Taiwan as an outpost to attack other Asian markets, but if it seems negligent, one of the 5 big companies above may also be excluded from the Top 5 because of the fierce competition of other companies jumping into the laptop market. Intel will be the most fierce competitor when it has established a laptop manufacturing alliance with companies such as Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Asustek Computer, Synnex Technology International .