14 DAY TRIAL // With all the issues related to weak economies and other phenomenons that has negatively impacted on demand in certain markets, it appears that notebook vendors are mostly in high spirits when it comes to the start of next year.
The IT market has not been the friendliest of environments lately, at least as far as makers of hardware are concerned.
In fact, just looking at what is happening on the DRAM segment is enough to gleam just how difficult things are for certain hardware makers and distributors.
Still, not all things are dreadful, and it seems that even with all the mixed views on the PC market, 2011 might still start off on a promising note.
Those that have been keeping track of the latest developments on the IT industry will know that not all companies are as enthusiastic about the expected PC sales performance for Q4, 2010.
Still, pessimism is not as widespread as it could be, to the point where some players are quite optimistic, if not enthusiastic about Q1 next year.
As Digitimes has it, notebook vendors supposedly got good orders for December and January.
There is also the way that Intel's upcoming Huron River platform will factor into the overall sales levels.
Since Huron River is set to debut soon, demand is expected to practically jump immediately afterwards, with China being one of the main markets expected to show high demand. The reason behind this assumption is that China will be holding the Lunar New year holidays.
Basically, Taiwan's five greatest notebook makers expect to ship, in total, between 40.5 million and 41.5 million mobile computers during the fourth quarter of the ongoing year.
This will correspond to a sequential growth of 3 to 5 percent and said laptops should start reaching consumers either immediately or one 2011 comes around.