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The annual worldwide market share of personal computer vendors includes desktop computers, laptop computers, and netbooks but excludes mobile devices, such as tablet computers that do not fall under the category of 2-in-1 PCs. The global market leader has been Lenovo in every year since 2013, followed by HP and Dell.
The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Taiwan-based original design manufacturers (ODM), although their production bases are located mostly in mainland China. Quanta Computer pioneered the contract manufacturing of laptops in 1988. By 1990, Taiwanese companies manufactured 11% of the world's laptops.
VAIO (Japanese: バイオ) is a brand of personal computers and consumer electronics, currently developed by Japanese manufacturer VAIO Corporation (VAIO 株式会社, Baio Kabushiki Kaisha, English: / ˈ v aɪ. oʊ /), headquartered in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture.
Choosing a new laptop and buying a car are similar experiences: two of the most important decisions you'll make in your lifetime. Laptops might cost a bit less – though they’re not cheap by ...
This content originally appeared on Mashable for a US audience and has been adapted for the UK audience.Choosing a new laptop isn't just about picking a gadget that looks halfway decent. It's a ...
On 15 November 2011, facing tough competition from Samsung and LG; Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi signed a deal to merge their LCD businesses, creating a new company called Japan Display by spring 2012. [15] As of 2013, most Japanese companies no longer enjoy the same reputation they did about one to two decades ago.
In 1998, NEC opened the world's most advanced semiconductor R&D facility. A NEC Versa 6010H from c. 1996 NEC Mobile Gear II MC/R330 handheld computer running Windows CE 2.0 (Japanese market, 1998) NEC had been the no. 1 personal computer vendor in Japan during the 1980s, but it faced increasing competition from Fujitsu, Seiko Epson and IBM ...
In the same year, 45 percent of Toshiba's sales were generated in Japan and 55 percent in the rest of the world. [ 116 ] Toshiba invested a total of ¥319.9 billion in R&D in the year ended 31 March 2012, equivalent to 5.2 percent of sales. [ 116 ]