Research and Markets: 2012 Worldwide Notebook PC Development Trends in the Post-PC Era Report

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/tt95vt/worldwide) has announced the addition of the "Worldwide Notebook PC Development Trends in the Post-PC Era" report to their offering.

The global notebook PC industry's shipment growth is anticipated to have witnessed a year-on-year decline for the first time in 2012, mainly due to the global economic uncertainties and the increasing replacement effect of tablets. Nevertheless, the introduction of Windows 8 SP1 and Microsoft's termination of XP support in April, 2004 are projected to trigger the replacement demand for enterprise notebook PCs during the period 2014 - 2015. However, with notebook PCs entering the mature stage, the notebook PC's high growth era is more likely to be the thing of the past. This report outlines the future trends of the notebook PC industry and examines major players' strategies including IC chipmakers, operating system suppliers, and PC branded vendors in the post-PC era.

List of Topics:

- Key development trends among notebook PCs, including major PC vendors, key application IC suppliers, operating system suppliers

- Worldwide notebook PCshipment volume forecast for the period 2012-2016

- Development of notebook PC products with respect to industry structure and product applications

Companies Mentioned

- Acer

- AMD

- Apple

- Asus

- CCE

- Compal

- Dell

- Foxconn

- HP

- Intel

- Inventec

- Lenovo

- Medion

- Microsoft

- NEC

- Pegatron

- Quanta

- Samsung

- Toshiba

- Wistron

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