Low-cost PC market to reach 13M units in 2008

From Digitimes -

As major PC vendors prepare to launch low-cost PCs in Q2, order volumes to Taiwan OEMs in the second half of the year will likely reach 13 million units in 2008.

OEMs Wistron and Quanta Computer are the beneficiaries of the boom, with Acer having already placed additional orders of around one million units with Wistron, while HP has placed orders for two million low-cost PC with the company. Quanta will also act as one of Acer's OEMs for low-cost PCs.

HP is planning to launch its low-cost PC, the Mini-NB, in April. It will have an 8.9-inch LCD.

Low-cost PCs: Product specifications
Company	HP	Acer	Asustek
Target market	Enterprise (MTC) Consumer (Mini-NB)	Not yet set	Consumer (Eee PC)
Panel size (1G models)	8.9-inch	8.9-inch	7-inch
Price	NT$15,000 -25,000 (US$480 -800)	NT$15,000 -20,000	NT$10,000 -14,000
Storage	Traditional hard drive	Traditional hard drive or SSD	SSD
Major OEMs	Wistron	Wistron and Quanta	Pegatron
Launch date	March-May	April	May (2nd generation)