There is a multitude of laptop brands and manufacturers; several major brands, offering notebooks in various classes, are Acer, Apple, Fujitsu, Gateway, HCL, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Dell, LG, MSI, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba etc.
The average computer savvy person of today has realized that a laptop is not something that's unreachable for him and he can very well make the most of it. Therefore, the market for laptops has been steadily growing and today the number of laptop customer is much, much higher.
Battery-powered portable computers had just 2% worldwide market share in 1986. But laptops have become increasingly popular, both for business and personal use. In 2008 it was estimated that 145.9 million notebooks were sold, and that the number would grow in 2009 to 177.7 million. The third quarter of 2008 was the first time when notebook PC shipments exceeded desktops, with 38.6 million units versus 38.5 million units
Computer manufacturers do not have a lot to look forward to in the next five years. Despite growing consumer demand for PCs, industry profits continue to fall because of intense price competition. To boost profits, manufacturers are shifting their focus away from consumer PC sales to more enterprise-oriented offerings, such as servers. The proliferation of cloud computing will prompt companies to increase their server investments.
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