Global notebook shipment forecast, 2016 and beyond

Global notebook shipments dropped 9% on year in 2015 and the volume in 2016 is expected to drop further by 2.6% to reach 154 million units. Although Windows 10's new functions will trigger some PC replacement, Chromebook will see a small shipment growth and the Wintel's China supply chain will be able to further reduce entry-level notebooks' costs, the shipments in 2016 will still be impacted by the facts such as Surface-like 2-in-1 devices' penetration into the notebook market and the merger of Japan-based notebook vendors. Worldwide notebook shipments are expected to grow slightly in 2017 but the market decline will resume again in 2018.

• Introduction

• Form factor definition

• Trends in the market

• Shipment breakdown

• Global shipments

• Chart 1: Global notebook shipment forecast, 2009-2019 (m units)

• Shipment breakdown by vendor

• Chart 2: Notebook shipments by vendor, 2014-2016 (k units)

• Notebook share by vendor

• Chart 3: Notebook shipment share by vendor, 2015-2016

• Chromebook shipments by vendor

• Chart 4: Chromebook shipments by vendor, 2013-2016 (k units)

• Notebook shipments by maker

• Chart 5: Notebook shipments by maker, 2014-2016 (k units)

• Taiwan notebook shipments

• Chart 6: Taiwan notebook shipments, 2012-2016 (k units)

• Vendor-maker relationships

• Table 1: Vendor-maker relationship, 2015 (k units)

• Table 2: Vendor-maker relationship, 2016 (k units)