
Thou it is really fun working with you ppl. But I dun wish that any of us will have to go thru all these 1 more time!

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Was reading in a forum and stumble across this topic on "Who really makes Laptops?". Out of curiosity I decided to read up to expand my knowledge, and I'm quite amazed to find out that some major laptops manufacturers dun actually manufacture their own laptops!! They bought barebone laptops (Definition in GREEN below) from ODMs and plug in RAM, Processor, Hard disk, Optical Drive and install softwares themselves. The final products they will then passed off with their sticker label!
The following are adopted from http://www.gen-x-pc.com/laptopmanu.htm
Virtually none of the "Name Brand" manufacture their own laptops. The few notable exceptions are IBM, Acer, Toshiba, Twinhead and Apple. Yet, even Toshiba 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).
ODM - Original Design Manufacturers
ODMs are the true manufacturers who actually cast, and assemble the main unit which includes the motherboard, outside casing, and display. A few examples of ODMs are Quanta, Compal, Clevo, Mitac, Asus, AOPEN (Acer), Uniwill, and TwinHead-- perhaps you have never heard of these companies before. But you have definitely seen their systems under other well known brand names. ODMs are usually located somewhere in Asia, and may have distribution centers in the US. ODMs distribute their product to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Each ODM sells its computers to several different OEMs.
OEM's - Original Equipment Manufacturers
OEMs add the Memory, Processor, Hard Drive, Optical Drives and software to the systems. The OEMs perform final assembly and stick their label (Brand) to it, and call themselves manufacturers. Their products are then sold directly to dealers/resellers like GEN-X-PC or directly to the public (i.e. DELL). However most companies such as Dell now have their laptops assembled in Asia. Our OEM is in the USA, assembled in the USA and our 24 hour 7 days a week Toll Free Tech Support is 100% USA. Once these companies add in these components, they have a complete laptop. They then put their label on it and market it.
For full report you want to check it out at http://www.gen-x-pc.com/laptopmanu.htm








