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March 27, 1998 (TAIPEI) -- Acer Inc., Twinhead International Corp., First International Computer Co., Ltd.
and other makers of notebook PCs have either launched or plan to launch products equipped with 2x DVD
drives.
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Twinhead was the first local company to launch a DVD-equipped notebook PC.
New 13-in. TFT-LCDs, 56Kbps modems, a USB interface, MPEG II software, highly efficient designs, DVD
drives and Dolby AC-3 stereo systems are becoming standard equipment in notebook PCs, according to
Twinhead's marketing director Chan Mei-ling.
The DVD disks have a memory of at least 4.7GB, or six times that of a CD-ROM disk. And as the DVD drives
are able to run high-definition images for 135 minutes and support multilingual subtitle systems, they are
expected to replace CD-ROM drives by the second half of the year, Chan said.
First International Computer is scheduled to launch its DVD notebook PC in early April.
The Institute for Information Industry (III), a think tank for Taiwan, also predicted that with the
introduction of DVD notebook PCs, overall notebook sales will grow 30 percent, to 140,000 units in Taiwan
this year.
Huang Wei-cheng, a market analyst at III, said that Taiwan-made notebook PCs are catching up with desktops
in capabilities and performance, as Pentium 250MHz, 260MHz and Pentium MMX120 microprocessors were phased
out of the notebook PC market and replaced by faster products. Sales of notebook PCs increased 45 percent
in 1997.
(Commercial Times, Taiwan)
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