Eee PC

  According to sources, international sales of ultrabooks are anticipated to significantly boom in the second quarter of the year with the aid of latest Intel’s processor so far, the Ivy Bridge. As well as to expect a lot more of market sales in the latter months due to the upcoming Windows 8 from Microsoft. [...]

Epson, Onkyo, Viewsonic as well as other smaller companies have reportedly contracted Taiwanese laptop makers to build ultrathin notebooks for them, which could help drop the initial prices to $599(456 EUR). According to unnamed sources, the companies mentioned have contracted Pegatron Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems(ECS) to build their Ultrabooks. Pegatron, in particular, plans to [...]

At the Ultrabook corner of IDF, Pegatron (Asus siter company) displayed two Ultrabook references and both carries Ivybridge processors. These ultrabooks are unnamed but they have differing features from one another. The first ultrabook has matte screen pm a 1366×768 resolution. It has the usual Ethernet connector, HDMI out, card reader, USB 2.0 and 3.0 [...]

Don’t you think it’s about time that notebook power supplies became standardized? Some Taiwan notebook makers including Acer, Asus, Quanta, Compal and Pegatron think so. This is according to sources from Taiwan’s computer industry being cited in a recent report by DigiTimes. The report notes that the notebook makers have indicated support for the standardization [...]

Taiwan-based netbook maker Asus and one of its subsidiaries, Pegatron, are currently undergoing their third business structure reorganization according to a report by DigiTimes citing sources from notebook makers. I would imagine that a reorg would be quite stressful especially since Asus is busy with so many things these days, so I wouldn’t find it [...]