So who is left? From the PC wars we have HP, Apple and Dell. I'm glad PCSS is a long time HP reseller we have see the company get better and better at making PCs and Printers. Dell's business model of direct sales is good for some people, but thankfully not for all. IBM, AST, Compaq, and hundreds of other PC brands never made it to 2009. Apple has been around since the beginning listening to a different drummer.
In the printer wars Lexmark (old IBM), HP, Canon and Epson are still making printers. HP has the lion's share of the market and gets very good quality ratings. Lexmark is low end, Canon and Epson make decent high end printers.
Monitors are made by just a few companies in China and Korea. They then put a label on them that you recognize (Viewsonic, LG, Samsung, Sony etc). The quality is so good that almost all monitors come with a little used 3 year warranty. Great Wall Computer, Hong Kong THFT Co., Daewoo, Ma Labs are some of the bigger manufactures. A very detailed look at your monitors documentation will let you know who makes it.
Network equipment is dominated by Cisco/Linksys, Netgear, Dlink and Belkin also hold major positions in consumer products. Cisco, 3Com, Nortel and Juniper are big in business applications. Wireless networks haven't changed the players, they just started to make wireless gear.
Is there room for new computer equipment manufacturer? Well they start up all the time in Asia, they just don't market here under there names. We tend to like nice western names for our computer equipment manufacturers.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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