According to Taiwan’s Digitimes resource, citing sources in the supply chain, the volume of shipments of 15-inch notebook models began to fall due to the stagnation in the European market.
At the same time, the supply of 11.6-inch devices significantly increase largely due to significant savings on license of Windows 8 that Microsoft provides for devices with screen diagonals of 11.6 inches or less.
According to IDC, the supply of laptops with 15-inch screens fell from 20.07 million units in the last quarter of 2012 to about 16.9 million units in the first quarter of 2013 – by 15.8%. Deliveries of 14-inch models for the same period decreased by 13.2% to 13.3 million units from 15.4 million units.
It is reported that, in addition to discounts Microsoft, Intel also provides a sufficiently large volume of purchases is very attractive discounted prices leading manufacturers of processors for their future Bay Trail, ready to enter the market in the third quarter of the year. Also segment 11.6-inch laptops is growing due to propagation models based on the ARM chips and operating systems Google.
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