HP is looking to sell as many as 11 million notebooks this year. This is a huge jump from 2003 in which HP sold 6.5 million notebooks, according to sources, quoted by DigiTimes. According to IDC (International Data Corporation), HP almost doubled the sales of it's notebook computers in 2003 with 6.5 million units as opposed to 3.8 million units in 2002.
HP left the number one manufacturer in pre-build computers, Dell and a close contender, Toshiba behind in sales with it's competitive pricing. However, HP will not be able to use the same strategy against it's competitors this year, confirmed DigiTimes sources.
Inventec and Compal, HP's high-end supporting partners will help HP reach it's goal of 11 million units this year. Compal is expected to ship four million units for HP while Inventec is expected to produce 2.5 - three million units, confirmed sources. Quanta, yet another contract maker for HP will ship about one million units this year.
HP and it's major partners are targeting the US consumer market with it's AMD64 and the Pentium 4 processor notebooks. If HP succeeds in selling 11 million units, this will give them a strong edge over Dell, Toshiba, and other notebook makers in the laptop market. Dell and Toshiba refused to comment on the report at press time. [Home] |
