List of laptop brands and manufacturers
Parts of this article (those related to brands from some developing countries) need to be updated.(September 2024) |
This is a list of laptop brands and manufacturers.
Manufacturers
[edit]Major brands
[edit]Company | Country/Region | Current product lines | Defunct product lines | Market share (Q3 2023)[1] |
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Lenovo | China | Essential, IdeaPad, Legion, ThinkBook, ThinkPad, ThinkPad Yoga, Yoga | 3000, Flex, Miix, Skylight, ThinkPad Helix, ThinkPad Twist | 23.5% |
HP | United States | EliteBook, OmniBook, ProBook, ZBook, Omen | 110, Envy, Essential, Mini, Pavilion, Spectre, Voodoo Envy | 19.8% |
Dell | United States | Inspiron, Latitude, XPS | 320SLi, Adamo, Studio, Vostro | 15.0% |
Apple | United States | MacBook Air, MacBook Pro | iBook, Macintosh Portable, MacBook, PowerBook | 10.6% |
Asus | Taiwan | ASUSPRO, Expertbook, ProArt, Republic of Gamers, Transformer, TUF, Vivobook, ZenBook, Zephyrus | EeeBook | 7.1% |
Acer | Taiwan | Aspire, Enduro, Extensa, Nitro, Packard Bell, Predator, Spin, Swift, TravelMate | AcerNote, Aspire One, Aspire Timeline, Ferrari, Gemstone, Switch | 6.4% |
Other brands
[edit]Company | Country/Region | Current model lines | Former model lines |
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Alienware | United States | X15, X16, M15, Area-51m R2, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 | |
Altyk | France | Le PC portable, Le Petit PC Portable | |
Advan | Indonesia | WorkPlus, WorkPro, PixelWar, Soulmate | Vanbook |
Axioo | Indonesia | Cyberbook, Hype, MyBook, Pongo, Z Series | Pico, Neon |
Casper | Turkey | Nirvana | |
CHUWI | China | Herobook, Corebook | |
Colorful | China | ||
Corsair | United States | Voyager | |
Clevo | Taiwan | NP70 series, P870DM3-G, X170KM-G, X7200 | |
CyberPowerPC | United States | Tracer V Series, Tracer IV, Tracer III | |
Digital Storm | United States | Avon 15, Banshee 17.3" | |
Dynabook | Japan | E series, Portégé, Satellite Pro, Tecra | — |
Eurocom | Canada | Sky, Tornado, Nightsky, Commander, Monster | |
Falcon Northwest | United States | DRX, TLX | |
Framework Computer | United States | Framework Laptop | |
Fujitsu | Japan | Celsius, Lifebook | — |
Getac | Taiwan | B360, S410, F110, UX10, V110 | |
Gigabyte | Taiwan | Aorus, Aero, Gaming | |
United States | Chromebook Pixel, Pixelbook, Pixelbook Go | ||
Hasee | China | Z-Series | |
Honor | China | MagicBook | |
Huawei | China | MateBook, Qingyun | — |
Hyundai Technology | South Korea | Flip, Book, FlipNote, ThinNote | |
Infinix Mobile | Hong Kong | InBook, GTBook | |
Itel Mobile | Hong Kong | Able, Epic | |
Lava International | India | Twinpad, Helium Series | |
LG | South Korea | Gram | Xnote |
Thomson | France | Neo, A series, M series, Ceos, Roxxor | |
Maguay | Romania | MyWay, GamePower, OfficePower, ExpertStation, PowerStation, Mini-Server | |
Medion | Germany | Akoya | |
Micro-Star International | Taiwan | Megabook, Modern, GT, GS, GF, GE, GP, GL, Wind | |
Microsoft | United States | Surface Laptop, Surface Laptop Go, Surface Laptop SE, Surface Laptop Studio | — |
Monster Notebook | Turkey | Abra, Tulpar, Huma, Semruk, Markut | |
Mouse Computer | Japan | LuvBook | |
Multi | Brazil | Ultra | |
Dai-Tech | Romania | Njoy Aerial, Njoy Ediam | |
Nokia | Finland | PureBook | |
Origin PC | United States | EVO15-S, EVO17-S, EVO17-X, NT-15i, NT-15, NT-17 | |
Panasonic | Japan | Let's Note, Toughbook | CF-V21P, Toughpad |
Positivo | Brazil | ||
Purism | United States | Librem | |
Razer | Singapore / United States | Blade, Book | |
Realme | China | Realmebook | |
Samsung Electronics | South Korea | Galaxy Book, Galaxy Book Pro, Notebook, Series 7 Slate | Ativ, Sens |
Schenker Technologies | Germany | XMG Apex, XMG Core, XMG Dj 15, XMG Focus, XMG Neo Series, XMG Pro Series | |
System76 | United States | Galago Pro, Oryx Pro, Pangolin, Lemur Pro, Gazelle, Darter Pro, Kudu Pro, Serval WS, Bonobo WS, Adder WS | |
Teclast | China | ||
Tecno | Hong Kong | MegaBook | |
Tsinghua Tongfang | China | X-Series | |
Tuxedo Computers | Germany | Aura, Gemini, InfinityBook S, InfinityBook Pro, Polaris, Pulse, Sirius, Stellaris | |
UMAX | Taiwan / Czech Republic | VisionBook | |
Vaio | Japan | Z series, F series, S series, SX series | |
Velocity Micro | United States | Signature 17, Raptor S77, Raptor MX70 | |
VIT | Venezuela | P1420, P3310-01, P3310-02 | |
Walmart | United States | Gateway 2-in-1 Convertible, Gateway Ultra Slim, Motile | |
Walton | Bangladesh | Prelude, Passion, Tamarind, Karonda, Waxjambu | |
Wings[2] | India | Nuvobook series | |
Xiaomi | China | Mi NoteBook, RedmiBook | |
Xolo | India | ||
Zyrex | Indonesia | Sky, Cruiser, Confidante, Chromebook | |
Zebronics | India | PRO Series Z NBC | |
Floydwiz Technologies | India | Prime book | |
Reliance Industries | India | Jiobook |
No longer manufacturing computers
[edit]Company | Country/Region | Product lines | Notes |
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BenQ | Taiwan | ||
Canon | Japan–United States | Innova Book, NoteJet, Power Notebook | Canon exited the personal computer business in 1997.[3] |
CTX | Taiwan | EzNote | |
Epson | Japan | ActionNote, Endeavor, HX-20, PX-4, PX-8 Geneva | Epson exited the personal computer business in the United States in 1996 and in Japan in the 2010s. |
Grundig | Turkey | ||
HCL | India | Me | |
HTC | Taiwan | Shift | |
Hitachi | Japan | VisionBook | |
IBM | United States | PC Convertible, PCradio, PS/2 Model CL57 SX, PS/2 Model L40 SX, PS/note, PS/2 Note, PS/55 Note, Palm Top PC 110, WorkPad Z50 | IBM sold its personal computer and Intel-based server businesses to Lenovo in 2005. |
NEC | Japan | LaVie, MultiSpeed, ProSpeed, UltraLite, Versa | |
Olivetti | Italy | Echos, M10, Philos, Olibook, Quaderno | |
Onkyo | Japan | Sotec | |
Philips | Netherlands | X200 | |
Sharp | Japan | Actius, IS01, PC-4500, PC-5000, WideNote | Sharp fully acquired personal computer and laptop business of Toshiba in June 2020. This subsidiary now runs as Dynabook Inc.[4] |
Sony | Japan | Vaio | Sony sold its PC business division to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) in 2014; owns 5 percent of Vaio Corporation. |
Texas Instruments | United States | Extensa, TravelMate | Texas Instruments sold its laptop business to Acer in 1997. |
Toshiba | Japan | Dynabook, Libretto, Portégé, Satellite, Satellite Pro, Qosmio, T series, Tecra | Toshiba fully exited the personal computer and laptop business in June 2020, transferring the remaining 19.9 percent shares to Sharp Corporation, which now runs the business as Dynabook Inc.[4] |
Vestel | Turkey | ||
Wipro | India |
Defunct brands
[edit]Company | Country/Region | Product lines | Notes |
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Acorn Computers | United Kingdom | Deskbook, Desknote, Solonote | |
Amstrad | United Kingdom | NC100 | |
AST Research | United States | Advantage! Explorer, Ascentia, PowerExec, Premium Exec | Acquired by Samsung Electronics |
Atari Corporation | United States | ST Book | |
Athena Computer & Electronic Systems | United States | Athena 1 | |
Bondwell | United States–Hong Kong | Bondwell-2 | |
Cambridge Computer | United Kingdom | Z88 | |
Commodore | United States | C286-LT, C386SX-LT | |
Compaq | United States | Armada, Concerto, Contura, Evo, LTE, Presario, ProSignia, SLT, tc1000 | Acquired by Hewlett-Packard |
Data General | United States | Data General/One, Walkabout | |
Digital Equipment Corporation | United States | DECpc, HiNote | Acquired by Compaq |
Dulmont | Australia | Magnum | |
eMachines | United States | Acquired by Gateway | |
Everex | United States | CloudBook, gBook | |
Founder Technology | China | E-Series, R-Series | |
Gateway, Inc. | United States | ColorBook, HandBook, Liberty, Solo | Acquired by Acer |
Gavilan | United States | SC | |
Grid Systems | United States | Compass, GridCase, GridPad | |
Intelligence Technology Corporation | United States | ||
Fujitsu Siemens | Japan–Germany | Fujitsu bought out Siemens's share of the company | |
Gericom | Austria | Acquired by Quanmax AG | |
Husky Computers | United Kingdom | Husky | |
Itautec | Brazil | Acquired by Oki Electric Industry, PC and laptop division dissolved[5] | |
KDS Computers | United States | Subsidiary of Korea Data Systems | |
Librex Computer Systems | Japan | Subsidiary of Nippon Steel | |
Maxdata | Germany | ||
MicroOffice Systems Technology | United States | RoadRunner | |
One Laptop per Child | United States | XO | |
OQO | United States | ||
Outbound Systems | United States | Outbound, Wallaby | |
Packard Bell | United States | PB286LP, Statesman | Acquired by Acer |
PC Club | United States | ||
Pravetz | Bulgaria | 64M | |
Psion | United Kingdom | MC, Series 7, netBook | |
Tandy | United States | 1100 FD, 1400 series, TRS-80 Model 100 | |
TriGem | South Korea | Averatec | |
Vigor Gaming | United States | Atlantis, Augustus, Artorius, Aegis | |
VoodooPC | Canada | Envy | Acquired by Hewlett-Packard |
Zenith Data Systems | United States | MastersPort, MinisPort, SupersPort, Z-Star, ZP-150 | Acquired by Packard Bell |
Original design manufacturers (ODMs)
[edit]The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Taiwan-based original design manufacturers (ODM), although their production bases are located mostly in mainland China. Quanta Computer pioneered the contract manufacturing of laptops in 1988. By 1990, Taiwanese companies manufactured 11% of the world's laptops. That percentage grew to 32% in 1996, 50% in 2000, 80% in 2007 and 94% in 2011.[6][7] The Taiwanese ODMs have since lost some market share to Chinese ODMs, but still manufactured 82.3% of the world's laptops in Q2 of 2019, according to IDC.[8]
Major relationships include:[9]
- Quanta sells to (among others) HP, Lenovo, Apple, Acer, Dell, NEC, and Fujitsu
- Compal sells to (among others) Acer, Dell, Lenovo, and HP
- Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to Acer, Dell, Lenovo, and HP
- Inventec sells to HP, Dell, and Lenovo
- Pegatron (in 2010, Asus spun off Pegatron) sells to Asus, Apple, Dell, Acer, and Microsoft
- Foxconn sells to Asus, Dell, HP, and Apple
- Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP
- Clevo and Tongfang sell to different laptop manufacturers like Digital Storm, Eluktronics, Eurocom, Metabox, Sager, Schenker, System76, XMG, etc.
ODM laptop units sold and market shares
[edit]Year | 2020[10] | 2019 | 2018[11] | 2017 | 2016[12] | 2015[13] | 2014[14] | 2013[15] | 2012[16] | 2011[17] | 2010[9][18] | 2009[19][20] | 2006[20] | ||
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ODM | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Units sold (millions) | Proportion of market | Units sold (millions) | Proportion of market |
Compal | 45.4 | 42.6 | 34.5 | 39.3 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 37.8 | 55.7 | 48.2 | 37.9 | 26% | 15 | 21% | ||
Quanta | 57.6 | 34.8 | 37.6 | 40.6 | 31.6 | 48.5 | 43.1 | 53.8 | 54.0 | 52.1 | 35.9 | 25% | 24 | 33% | |
Wistron | 20.4 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 24.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 27.5 | 26.2[21] | 18% | 11 | 15% | ||
Inventec | 19.5 | 18.4 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 18.6 | 20.9 | 16.8 | 17.0 | 16.2 | 21[22] | 15% | 7 | 10% | ||
Pegatron,[23] until 2007 Asus[24] | 11.4 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 14.0 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 10.9 | 8% | 5 | 7% | ||
Foxconn[23] | 2.7 | 4.2 | 18.4 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 5% | |||||||||
Flextronics | 5.0 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 5% | |||||||||||
Elitegroup[23] | 3.6 | 2% | |||||||||||||
Huaqin | 8.0 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||
Others | 15.0 | 10.0 | 11 | 15% | |||||||||||
Total | ? | ? | 163.7 | 164.7 | ? | 158 | 141 | 148 | 194[25] | 214 | 203[26] | 125[22] | 100% | 72.6 | 100% |
There is a discrepancy between the 2009 numbers due to the various sources cited; i.e. the units sold by all ODMs add up to 144.3 million laptops, which is much more than the given total of 125 million laptops. The market share percentages currently refer to those 144.3 million total. Sources may indicate hard drive deliveries to the ODM instead of actual laptop sales, though the two numbers may be closely correlated.
See also
[edit]- List of computer hardware manufacturers
- List of computer system manufacturers
- Market share of personal computer vendors
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