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China to Be Laptop Leader

Posted by michael on from the guess-where-your-powerbook-is-made dept.

prostoalex writes "IMS Research says that by the end of the year People Republic of China might become world's biggest laptop manufacturer. The plants will be largely owned by Taiwanese manufacturers, though. Taiwan is current #1."

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  1. Ever heard of an ODM? by Sagarian · · Score: 1, Troll

    Original Design Manufacturer. They are not just about cheap production labor -- they design the whole computer from motherboard out, create entire product roadmaps etc... and deliver it on a platter to OEMs who want to slap a label on it.

    they are taking away all the business from tradition EMS type outsourcers (Solectron, Flextronics, Jabil, et al) in desktop computers and are on the move in laptops

    The perspective that it's entirely about cheap production labor is both naive and flat wrong.