Analysis says Windows notebook vendors are hard to catch MacBook

Introduction: "PC" online version of the Friday article said that the competition between Windows notebook manufacturers and Apple MacBook Air has recently become one of the focus of attention in the industry.　　As Apple launches its fourth-generation MacBook Air this year, the current competition for other vendors is how to roll out new ultra-thin, lightweight notebooks. Here's a big question: Why can't HP, Dell, Acer, Samsung, and other PC makers be able to launch similar notebooks before the MacBook Air? In fact, these vendors have already done so. Sony, for example, launched a slim notebook X505 in 2003. Dell also launched the ultra-thin notebook Adamo in 2009, and later unveiled a thinner Adamo XPS.　　However, these notebook products are not selling. Sony's slim notebooks are expensive, and Dell's products have the same problem. In addition, in these notebooks, the problem of short battery life has not been resolved. In the face of this situation, Dell did not come up with the solution, but announced the abandonment of the Adamo product line. In short, Sony and Dell have developed excellent products, but these products have serious flaws.　　Instead of trying to solve the problem, Sony and Dell simply think that no one wants to buy such products. But Apple didn't give up. To make the notebook thinner, Apple uses a special solid-state drive. In addition, Apple is also working to reduce the size of the motherboard, reduce the price of components, and increase battery capacity.　　In the 2010, the Macbook Air has turned from an expensive, poorly performing product to a tool that users often use in their daily lives. Many PC manufacturers keep the wrong idea of developing a product that consumers need. PC manufacturers often say: "Our users tell us that this is what they want, and our market research shows that this is what people will buy, so we develop excellent products according to market demand." "There's nothing wrong with that, but in this way PC makers can't dominate market trends." If you want to develop a product that other people compete to imitate, PC manufacturers must jump out of this model. They must take risks to develop products that no one knows how to develop, and stick to it until they succeed.　　If each company develops a product based on market research data, it will never be able to differentiate the product. It's hard to develop a better or cheaper MacBook Air. The whole molding process makes the MacBook Air thinner and retains good performance. Apple now has a firm grip on almost all of the production capacity of the process. Samsung has launched a 9-series notebook that uses a metal casing, but looks and textures are still less than the MacBook Air, and the price is expensive. For now, one reason people don't buy Macs is that the price of Mac computers is higher. If the price of a competitor's product is equally high, it willFacing a more unfavourable situation. Other ultra-thin notebooks will be available this fall, including Asus UX51 and Acer Aspire 3951. There are rumors that HP will also launch a slim notebook. The common point of these products is that the launch time is very late. These products will be labeled "Macbook air imitators". The problem for PC makers is not that they can't turn out computers that are as good as Apple's products.　　Despite the efforts of PC makers, the market trend is still dominated by Apple. If you always follow a fast-changing goal, you can never go beyond it. Companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Acer and ASUS are working on how to develop the MacBook air killer, while Apple is trying to improve its product line. Intel announced last week that it would set up a 300 million-dollar fund to drive the development of Ultrabook's ultra-thin book.　　However, when other vendors can develop products comparable to the MacBook Air performance, users may already be looking forward to Apple's new MacBook offering. For PC manufacturers, one option is to give up the optical drive. The answer to the question of why the DVD drive is still integrated in the notebook is almost unanimous: "Our customers say there is no preparation for the CD drive." "There is no doubt that the user will not be prepared for this if it is not clear that the DVD drive will cause the notebook to be too large and have a shorter battery duration." To be sure, Apple's next 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro will not integrate the optical drive. And such products will be light and thin sex by the consumer's favorite.　　Over the next 6 months, manufacturers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Acer, ASUS, Samsung and Sony will follow suit. The thickness of netbooks should also be reduced. Over the past few years, Intel has been improving the Ling (Atom) processor, and AMD has launched a small fusion e-series chip. There is no optical drive in the netbook, and other internal components are well implemented. However, the appearance of netbooks is still the same as it was 4 years ago when the idea came into being. (Nan)