Dec 23, 2008

Quanta to supply monthly shipments of 800,000 all-in-one PCs to Apple in 1Q09, says paper

EDN, December 23; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 23 December 2008]

The Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) has cited sources inside the component supply chain as saying that Apple plans to launch a new iMac all-in-one PC in the first quarter of next year, and the company's sole manufacturing partner, Quanta Computer, is gearing up to supply monthly shipments of around 800,000 units during the first quarter of 2009.

According to the paper, the new iMac will start shipping in January next year. Quanta declined to comment on client relationships, the paper added.

In addition to Apple, Quanta is also manufacturing all-in-one PCs for Sony and NEC.