First-tier notebook shipments to miss 2006 targets
First-tier Taiwan-based notebook makers are expected to see their notebook shipments in 2006 fall short of their targets by 5-10% due to slower-than-expected shipments in the first half of this year, according to sources at the makers. It looks like the blame is being put on Microsoft fot the delay in launching their upcoming Vista operating system.
Quanta shipped 8.7 million notebooks in the first six months of this year, lower than its target of 9.6 million units, whereas Compal Electronics’ first-half notebook shipments totaled 5.44 million units, slightly lower than its projection of six million, according to sources at the two companies. Quanta president Michael Wang has said that about 10% the company’s projected notebook shipments for this year might be affected by uncertainty in the market.
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