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http://www.powernotebooks.com/articles/Name_Brand.php3
Let's talk about the concept of 'Name Brand' as it applies to laptop
computers.
Virtually none of the "Name" brands manufacture their own laptops,
with the only exceptions being Asus, Twinhead and Apple, and even
Twinhead and Apple do not make all of their own.
All of the rest buy their laptops from what is called an Original
Design Manufacturer (ODM). These ODMs sell their computers to several
different OEMs who then install the Hard Drive (usually an Hitachi or
Toshiba), Processor and System Memory. They then put their label on it
and market it.
For example:
An ODM named Clevo makes the Sager NP5690 and the original Alienware
Area 51-M, the Voodoo MClass M550, the Hypersonic Aviator GX6, and
they are all the same computer. Clevo also makes the Sager NP8790, the
Falcon Northwest Fragbook DL, and the Voodoo Envy M:780, and they are
also the same computer.
Of course the Sager models have a much sweeter price tag!
An ODM named Compal makes some of the DELL, Hewlett Packard and Compaq
line of laptops, as well as the PowerPro M 5:6, PowerPro M 5:14, and
the PowerPro M 6:33.
Asus, famous worldwide for their top quality motherboards and other
components, also makes their own laptops, and the PowerPro C 3:17 and
the PowerPro C 3:12.
The Dell Latitude and the Sony Vaio are made by Quanta, who also makes
many of the IBM laptops, and the now-discontinued PowerPro C 3:16.
Quanta is well known as the best and highest quality laptop ODM in the
world.
The Micron Transport Treck and Treck 2 are made by GVC. Compaq is
actually manufactured by companies called Inventec (Armada and
Prosignia lines) and Arima (Presario line).
Other ODM names are Mitac, FIC, and Uniwill, among others. Not exactly
what you would call "Name" brands, and yet it is their laptops that
end up with the "Name" brands on them.
Sager and Pro-Star Computers are made by Clevo. Clevo is one of the
largest, and best, in the world.
Well, you get the idea.
Some call this the "Dirty little secret of the Laptop Industry".
http://www.powernotebooks.com/articles/Name_Brand.php3
Let's talk about the concept of 'Name Brand' as it applies to laptop
computers.
Virtually none of the "Name" brands manufacture their own laptops,
with the only exceptions being Asus, Twinhead and Apple, and even
Twinhead and Apple do not make all of their own.
All of the rest buy their laptops from what is called an Original
Design Manufacturer (ODM). These ODMs sell their computers to several
different OEMs who then install the Hard Drive (usually an Hitachi or
Toshiba), Processor and System Memory. They then put their label on it
and market it.
For example:
An ODM named Clevo makes the Sager NP5690 and the original Alienware
Area 51-M, the Voodoo MClass M550, the Hypersonic Aviator GX6, and
they are all the same computer. Clevo also makes the Sager NP8790, the
Falcon Northwest Fragbook DL, and the Voodoo Envy M:780, and they are
also the same computer.
Of course the Sager models have a much sweeter price tag!
An ODM named Compal makes some of the DELL, Hewlett Packard and Compaq
line of laptops, as well as the PowerPro M 5:6, PowerPro M 5:14, and
the PowerPro M 6:33.
Asus, famous worldwide for their top quality motherboards and other
components, also makes their own laptops, and the PowerPro C 3:17 and
the PowerPro C 3:12.
The Dell Latitude and the Sony Vaio are made by Quanta, who also makes
many of the IBM laptops, and the now-discontinued PowerPro C 3:16.
Quanta is well known as the best and highest quality laptop ODM in the
world.
The Micron Transport Treck and Treck 2 are made by GVC. Compaq is
actually manufactured by companies called Inventec (Armada and
Prosignia lines) and Arima (Presario line).
Other ODM names are Mitac, FIC, and Uniwill, among others. Not exactly
what you would call "Name" brands, and yet it is their laptops that
end up with the "Name" brands on them.
Sager and Pro-Star Computers are made by Clevo. Clevo is one of the
largest, and best, in the world.
Well, you get the idea.
Some call this the "Dirty little secret of the Laptop Industry".