Quanta Benefits from Apple's Orders for iMac and MacBook Pro

Taipei, July 30, 2010 (CENS)--Contracted to fill Apple Inc.'s orders for iMac and MacBook Pro, Quanta Computer Inc., the world's largest notebook PC maker, has effectively secured solid sales growth momentum, and is very likely to see its annual revenue break the NT$1 trillion mark this year, according to institutional investors.

The updated iMac desktop PC adopts Intel's i3, i5 and i7 series processors and ATI's Radeon graphics chips, priced at between US$1,199 to US$1,999 per unit. And its newest MacBook Pro adopts up to 12 processing cores as a high-end notebook PC, selling for US$2,499. To further enhance functionality of its products, Apple also unveils its latest multi-touch technology Magic Trackpad, which allows users to easily control their desktop computers with single fingers but without need for mouse.

Market observers note that Apple's innovative technologies and periodical product updates have created a large number of iMac- and MacBook-maniacs all around the world. In other words, the two newest updated products will definitely remain as hottest-sellers in the global PC market, and, above all, help Quanta to further fuel its sales performance in the second half of this year.

Posting sales revenue of NT$100.223 billion in June, Quanta has driven up its aggregate revenue to NT$NT$536.133 billion for the first half of the year. With sales growth to be led by Apple's newest products, the firm is expected to score revenue of over NT$1 trillion for the entire year, institutional investors indicate.

Quanta has also reportedly garnered Apple's ODM (original design manufacturing) order for updated MacBook Air laptops, which will be debuted in the second half of the year. However, the firm declines to make any comments on the matter presently.

Noteworthy is that Quanta may give up its leading position in the line to its Taiwanese counterpart Compal Electronics Inc. in 2011, for some of the former's orders from HP, the world's largest PC brand, to be filled next year have been snapped up by Inventec Corp., according to institutional investors.