List of laptop brands and manufacturers

Contents [hide] 1 Major brands 2 Gaming brands 3 Laptops for children 4 Other brands 5 Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) 5.1 Original design manufacturer (ODM) brands 6 References 7 See also

[edit] Major brands

• Acer - TravelMate, Extensa, Ferrari, Aspire
• Apple - MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro
• ASUS - Asus Eee, Lamborghini
• Compaq - Evo, Armada, LTE, Presario
• Dell - Inspiron, Latitude, Precision, Studio, Vostro, XPS, Studio XPS
• Fujitsu - LifeBook, Stylistic
• G7 Systems - Genius Book, Hi-Fi PC, G7 Studio, G7 Extreme ^[1]
• Gateway
• Hewlett-Packard - HP Pavilion, HP Omnibook, HP Compaq Notebooks
• Lenovo - ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 series
• Panasonic - Toughbook, Satellite, Let's Note (available in Japan only) ^[2]
• Samsung - SENS
• Sony - VAIO
• Toshiba - Dynabook, Portege, Tecra, Satellite, Qosmio, Libretto

[edit] Gaming brands

• Gateway - FX Series
• Abbcore Technologies - Velocita
• Alienware - Area 51m, Alienware Sentia and Aurora m, M15x, M17x
• AVADirect
• CyberPower
• Dell XPS - M1730 (laptop), and M1530 (laptop)
• Falcon Northwest - DR6800, TL2
• iBuyPower
• Vigor Gaming - Atlantis, Augustus, Artorius, and Aegis
• WidowPC

[edit] Laptops for children

• Digital Textbook
• Elonex ONE
• InkMedia
• Intel - Classmate PC
• OLPC XO-1 - $100 Laptop or Children's Machine
• Tianhua GX-1C
• Eee PC

[edit] Other brands

• Abbcore Technologies - Desktop, Notebook, Server, Media Center
• Acorn Computers - Deskbook, Desknote and Solonote
• Averatec
• BenQ
• Everex - CloudBook, gBook
• Fujitsu Siemens - Lifebook, FMV - BiBlo, Amilo, Esprimo Mobile
• G7 - Genius Book
• Gericom
• Gigabyte Technology
• Gliese IT
• HCL
• HTC - HTC Shift
• Hypersonic
• Hyundai
• Jetta (electronics company) - Jetbook
• LG - Xnote
• LinuxCertified - Linux laptop
• MDG Computers
• Medion
• Micro-Star International (MSI) - Megabook, Wind
• NEC - VERSA, LaVie
• Neo - Empiriva, Endura
• Noahpad
• OCZ
• OQO
• Orca
• Packard Bell - EasyNote
• PC Club
• Philips - X200
• Pioneer Computers
• Positivo Informática
• Prestigio
• Sager Notebook Computers
• Seanix - Seanix
• Sharp - Mebius
• Siragon, C.A.
• System76
• TabletKiosk
• Vestel
• VIA - NanoBook, pc-1 Initiative
• Voodoo PC - Envy
• Zenith
• Zepto
• Wipro Technologies
• Zinox Technologies

[edit] Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs)

The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Original Design Manufacturers (ODM).^[3]

Major relationships include:

• Quanta sells to (among others) HP/Compaq, Dell, Toshiba, Sony, Fujitsu, Acer, NEC, Gateway and Lenovo/IBM - note that Quanta is currently (as of August, 2007) the largest manufacturer of notebook computers in the world.
• Compal sells to Toshiba, HP/Compaq, Acer, and Dell.
• Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to HP/Compaq, Dell, IBM, NEC, Acer, and Lenovo/IBM.
• Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP/Compaq, NEC, and Dell.
• ECS sells to IBM, Fujitsu, and Dell.
• Asus sells to Apple (iBook), Sony, and Samsung.
• Inventec sells to HP/Compaq, Toshiba, and BenQ.
• Uniwill sells to Lenovo/IBM and Fujitsu.

[edit] Original design manufacturer (ODM) brands

• Clevo
• Compal Electronics
• ECS

[edit] References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Toshiba Satellite low cost/high performance (A300-1EZ even cheaper at 699€)
3. ^ "Notebook OEM/ODM relationships". http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/679605.html. Retrieved 2007-06-28.

[edit] See also

• List of computer hardware manufacturers
• List of computer system manufacturers