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List of laptop brands and manufacturers

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This is a list of notable laptop brands and manufacturers.

Manufacturers[edit]

Major brands[edit]

Company Country Current product lines Defunct product lines Market share (Q3 2023)[1]
Lenovo China Essential, IdeaPad, Legion, ThinkBook, ThinkPad, ThinkPad Yoga, Yoga 3000, Flex, Miix, Skylight, ThinkPad Helix, ThinkPad Twist 23.5%
HP Inc. United States EliteBook, OmniBook, ProBook, ZBook 110, Envy, Essential, Mini, Pavilion, Spectre, Voodoo Envy 19.8%
Dell United States Inspiron, Latitude, XPS 320SLi, Adamo, Studio 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 Aspire One, Aspire Timeline, Ferrari, Gemstone, Switch 6.4%

Other brands[edit]

Company Country Current model lines Former model lines
Alienware United States X15, X16, M15, Area-51m R2, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18
Advan Indonesia WorkPlus, WorkPro, PixelWar, Soulmate
CHUWI [ja] China Herobook, Corebook
Colorful [zh] 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
Google United States Chromebook Pixel, Pixelbook, Pixelbook Go
Hasee China Z-Series
Honor China MagicBook
Huawei China MateBook, Qingyun —
Hyundai Technology United States 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, AIO, ASERIE, MSERIE, CEOS, ROXXOR
Maguay [ro] 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 [tr] Turkey Abra, Tulpar, Huma, Semruk, Markut
Mouse Computer Japan LuvBook
Multi Brazil Ultra
Dai-Tech [ro] 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 United States Blade, Book
Realme China Realmebook
Samsung Electronics South Korea Galaxy Book, Galaxy Book Pro, Notebook, Series 7 Slate Ativ, Sens
Schenker Technologies [de] 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 [sk] 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 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
Xiaomi China Mi NoteBook, RedmiBook
Xolo India
Zyrex [id] Indonesia Sky, Cruiser, Confidante, Chromebook

No longer manufacturing computers[edit]

Company Country Product lines Notes
BenQ Taiwan
Canon Japan–United States Innova Book, NoteJet, Power Notebook Canon exited the personal computer business in 1997.[2]
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 Germany
HCL India Me
HTC Taiwan Shift
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 Olibook
Onkyo Japan Sotec
Philips Netherlands X200
Sharp Japan Actius, IS01, PC-4500, PC-5000 Sharp fully acquired personal computer and laptop business of Toshiba in June 2020. This subsidiary now runs as Dynabook Inc.[3]
Sony Japan Vaio Sony sold its PC business division to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) in 2014; owns 5 percent of Vaio Corporation.
Toshiba Japan Dynabook, Libretto, Portégé, Satellite, Satellite Pro, Qosmio, 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.[3]
Vestel Turkey
Wipro India

Defunct brands[edit]

Company Country Product lines Notes
Acorn Computers United Kingdom Deskbook, Desknote, Solonote
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, 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, Inc.
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
Husky Computers United Kingdom Husky
Fujitsu Siemens Japan–Germany Fujitsu bought out Siemens's share of the company
Gericom Austria Acquired by Quanmax AG
Itautec Brazil Acquired by Oki Electric Industry, PC and laptop division dissolved[4]
Maxdata Germany
MicroOffice Systems Technology United States RoadRunner
One Laptop per Child United States XO
OQO United States
Packard Bell United States PB286LP, Statesman Acquried by Acer
PC Club United States
Pravetz Bulgaria 64M
Psion United Kingdom MC, Series 7, netBook
Tandy United States 1100 FD, 1400 series
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.[5][6] 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.[7]

Major relationships include:[8]

ODM laptop units sold and market shares[edit]

Year 2020[9] 2019 2018[10] 2017 2016[11] 2015[12] 2014[13] 2013[14] 2012[15] 2011[16] 2010[8][17] 2009[18][19] 2006[19]
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 37.9,0 26% 15,0 21%
Quanta 57.6 34.8 37.6 40.6 31.6 48.5 43.1 53.8 54.0 52.1 35.9,0 25% 24,0 33%
Wistron 20.4 17.4 18.9 18.8 21.1 24.0 31.5 31.5 27.5 26.2[20] 18% 11,0 15%
Inventec 19.5 18.4 9.9 8.5 18.6 20.9 16.8 17.0 16.2 21[21] 15% 7,0 10%
Pegatron,[22] until 2007 Asus[23] 11.4 10.3 8.7 9.5 9.8 14.0 18.5 17.5 15.5 10.9,0 8% 5,0 7%
Foxconn[22] 2.7 4.2 18.4 10.0 7.2,0 5%
Flextronics 5.0 4.3 7.2,0 5%
Elitegroup[22] 3.6,0 2%
Huaqin 8.0 3.0
Others 15.0 10.0 11,0 15%
Total ? ? 163.7 164.7 ? 158 141 148 194[24] 214 203[25] 125[21] 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]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Kirchner, Jake (July 1997). "The PC Magazine 100". PC Magazine. 16 (13). Ziff-Davis: 213–245 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "Toshiba shuts the lid on laptops after 35 years". BBC News. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  4. ^ Ventura, Felipe (15 May 2013). "Itautec desiste do mercado de PCs". Gizmodo Brasil. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. ^ Ling-Fei Lin (January 2015). "The Dynamics of Design-Manufacturing Laptops: How Taiwanese contract manufacturers matter in the history of laptop production" (PDF). Cornell University dissertation.
  6. ^ "Global and China Laptop and Tablet PC Industry Report, 2011-2012" (Press release). Retrieved 2012-09-10.
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  8. ^ a b "Global and China Notebook PC Industry Report, 2010 - ResearchInChina". researchinchina.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  9. ^ Jiwei Net (2022-05-05). "2020 Smart Hardware Industry ODM Report: Hixih's smartphone shipments exceed 162 million units!". Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  10. ^ Quanta Computer Inc. Annual Report 2018 (PDF). Quanta Computer Inc. 2019.
  11. ^ Hsiao, Jim (2017-02-14). "Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2016". DigiTimes. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  12. ^ "Taiwan notebooks – 1Q 2016" (PDF). DigiTimes. 31 May 2016.
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  19. ^ a b Hachman, Mark (2007-05-09). "The Top Laptop Makers Are Not HP, Dell, or Toshiba". PC Magazine. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  20. ^ "Wistron Corporation 2009 Annual Report translation" (PDF). Wistron. 2010-04-30. p. 31. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  21. ^ a b "Inventec's margin grew 4.5% driven by server sector". www.computex.biz. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
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  23. ^ "ASUSTeK Computer Inc". ASUS. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
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