Seagate ST9120821AS Whitebooks: An Imperative Opportunity (187K, PDF)
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mobile computing and improved technology facilitates desktop replacement. Gartner predicts worldwide sales for the notebook and desktop computer markets will near parity by 20101, with notebook sales comprising 46 percent of the overall PC market. Seagate Technology® and other major hardware vendors - Seagate ST9120821AS | Whitebooks: An Imperative Opportunity (187K, PDF) - Page 2
made service difficult and warranty support was too complex. • Brand. Without clear brand differentiators, system builders found themselves competing with larger, branded integrators solely on price. New technology, coordinated programs and assistance from technology suppliers, such as Seagate and - Seagate ST9120821AS | Whitebooks: An Imperative Opportunity (187K, PDF) - Page 3
hard drives. markets in the related Seagate white paper, Key And now, as part of the VBI program, Intel Strategies for Succeeding in the Whitebook assumes technical support and warranty service Market, TP561. responsibilities for qualified barebone notebooks on behalf of device manufacturers - Seagate ST9120821AS | Whitebooks: An Imperative Opportunity (187K, PDF) - Page 4
whitebooks, depending on the target vertical market: • The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 drive is the first 2.5-inch notebook hard drive featuring perpendicular recording technology; it offers a 160-GB capacity. • The Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.2 drive features hardware-based, 128-bit encryption to protect
Move Toward Mobility
The market for notebook computers is growing rapidly as consumers
embrace mobile computing and improved technology facilitates desktop
replacement. Gartner predicts worldwide sales for the notebook and
desktop computer markets will near parity by 2010
1
, with notebook sales
comprising 46 percent of the overall PC market. Seagate Technology
®
and
other major hardware vendors believe now is the time for system builders
to take advantage of the fast-growing whitebook market, and they are
working together to create an ecosystem that will give system builders
a competitive edge.
Whitebooks are customizable private-label notebook computers that offer
the highest margins to system builders, just as whiteboxes—high-end,
customizable PCs—did in the early 1990s. Given the right solutions, system
builders can successfully penetrate select markets with mobile offerings that
meet specific needs, paired with the trusted support only local resellers can
provide.
Today whitebook sales are growing faster than the whitebox market and are
forecasted to reach 3.75 million worldwide shipments in 2007
2
—representing
year-over-year growth of approximately 20 percent (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Worldwide whitebook opportunity by region, from Seagate Marketing, August 2006.
Whitebooks:
An Imperative Opportunity
Technology Paper
1
Gartner Worldwide PC Forecast, June 2006
2
Seagate Marketing, August 2006
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Worldwide Whitebook Opportunity by Region
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