An analyst said Wednesday that some PC makers are hitting snags as they try to bring out ultra-thin laptops designed around Intel's latest low-power chips, causing them to opt, in some cases, for larger Netbooks instead.
"Early production units being built in plastic, with the bottom case being plastic, are cracking," said Broadpoint AmTech analyst Doug Freedman, in a phone interview, referring to discussions he had with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and and original design manufacturers (ODMs). Typically ODMs don't market under their brand name but supply devices to OEMs, which then slap on their own brand.
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Source: C|Net
Jul 1, 2009, 07:35 PM
