It continues to be bleak news on the X86 notebook front, with several original design manufacturers (ODMs) showing sales decreases last January.
According to Digitimes, Compal shipped 2.8 million units in January, down 37.8 percent sequentally. Meanwhile, Quanta shipped 3.6 million notebooks, a fall of 10 percent.
Wistron, which has a broader reach in the PC market, saw 1.4 million notebook units go in January. Along with sales of desktops, handhelds,, monitors, servers and the rest, Wistron fel by 19.08 percent in the month, but a more severe drop of 26.28 percent year on year.
The only bright spark on the ODM notebook front was Pegatron, which showed a rise of 3.54 percent in the month, said Digitimes.
