IDC’s Asia-Pacific PC Market Numbers
Shanghai Daily has some numbers on the Asia-Pacific PC market. The numbers don’t include Japan, which is typically broken out as a separate market.
The numbers are from IDC.
The highlights:
Big overall numbers, bigger laptop numbers
Overall sales grew 24% over the past year. Part of this growth was driven by expanding laptop sales. [...]
Intel, AMD, and Founder: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
China Tech News reports on the latest in processor manufacturer-PC assembler love fests:
Chinese computer giant Founder has signed a deal with Intel (INTC) in Beijing to upgrade the companies’ current cooperation.
Based on their current cooperation on laptop computer sales, the two sides will develop a deep strategic cooperation on mobile products and services. Intel will [...]
Will Dell Get Hit By a Chinese Refrigerator?
Dell may be changing its China strategy a lot more radically than just selling computers at Gome. USITO, quoting an article from Digitimes, explains that Dell is considering purchasing Founder, the third overall PC vendor in China.
There were rumors of the sale of Founder late in 2006, both to Dell and to the refrigerator [...]
1.3 Billion Customers are for Suckers
Shanghai Daily reports that Dell has found a local partner to implements its retail sales strategy:
Under the deal, announced yesterday, Dell computers will be marketed in 700 Gome Electrical Appliance stores within three to five months, 70 percent of the chain’s total outlets in China, according to Gome Vice President Wang Junzhou.
There’s a quote from [...]