Who manufactures the Winbook Laptop?
Michael Valadez
I have a new Winbook FX for work. It's a nice system. But I'm just
curious as to who the manufacturer really is. I never heard of Winbook
until a few months ago?
Anybody know?
Thanks.
mdv
Jon
It is my understanding that some, or all of the new Winbooks are
manufactured in Taiwan by the same company that also makes Acer, Texas
Instruments, and a few others. They share their keyboards, screens and
internals with many brands. WinBook is a marketing company, not a
manufacturing facility.
Jon
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> WinBook manufactures WinBook... it has been around for years.
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William H. Bowen
myla...@aol.com (Mylancia) wrote:
>>It is my understanding that some, or all of the new Winbooks are
>>manufactured in Taiwan by the same company that also makes Acer, Texas
>>Instruments, and a few others. They share their keyboards, screens and
>>internals with many brands. WinBook is a marketing company, not a
>>manufacturing facility.
>>
>>
>
>I hate to correct you, but I should know the real facts... I work at
>WinBook. So, unless I've imagined a staff and section of our facility that
>does not exist then I don't know what to say... <G>
>Trust me, we manufacture these computers, we even design them.
Sherilyn,
I think this whole discussion turns on how you define the word
"manufacture". There are VERY few laptop companies that manufacturer
the entire device - IBM comes to mind, but even they don't make
everything that goes into a ThinkPad (they buy, for example,
microprocessors from Intel).
I'd describe WinBook as an custom assembler: they design the machine
and have the various components manufactured by outside vendors
(Toshiba for disk drives, Hitachi and others for displays, Lexmark for
keyboards, etc.). Then WinBook takes these subassemblies and assembles
the completed laptop.
In some ways this is better than trying to manufacture the entire
thing yourself, since you can pick and choose the best in each
component (and not be stuck using parts from other divisions of your
company).
I've woned 2 WinBooks personally (still own the XP5 that I'm typing
this posting on), and the company I used to work for has nearly 30
WinBooks in use by field engineers since 1994 with only 1 (ONE)
failure. I've found the WinBooks to be excellent machines and have
recommended then to may people. Look at any of the PC magazines:
hardly a month goes by the WinBook doesn't have a model or more in the
top of the heap.
Regards,
Bill Bowen
bow...@best.com
Alex Sampera
Half right ! The motherboards and cases are made in Taiwan, but not by the
same manufacturer that makes Acer and Texas I, more like Gateway, Dell and
IBM.
regards
Alex
Jon wrote in article <01bcb3e1$f793bfc0$bfc6aec7@hitachi>...
>It is my understanding that some, or all of the new Winbooks are
>manufactured in Taiwan by the same company that also makes Acer, Texas
>Instruments, and a few others. They share their keyboards, screens and
>internals with many brands. WinBook is a marketing company, not a
>manufacturing facility.
>
DKH
I believe Dell has a healthy roll in the production of some Winbook models.
Mylancia wrote in article <19970829230...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>>It is my understanding that some, or all of the new Winbooks are
>>manufactured in Taiwan by the same company that also makes Acer, Texas
>>Instruments, and a few others. They share their keyboards, screens and
>>internals with many brands. WinBook is a marketing company, not a
>>manufacturing facility.
>>
>>
>
>I hate to correct you, but I should know the real facts... I work at
>WinBook. So, unless I've imagined a staff and section of our facility that
>does not exist then I don't know what to say... <G>
>Trust me, we manufacture these computers, we even design them. Yes, many
>notebooks share parts... there are only so many companies out there that
>manufacture parts. What happens is that a company will design and state
>the specifications they desire on their notebook and then they find a
>motherboard manufacturer that can supply them with what they want.
>
>Just something to think about,
Mike
I think this is so funny, people discussing who manufactures the Winbook,
or any other brand of laptop computer for that matter. I used to work at
Winbook, and I know what Winbook does and doesn't do, but I will let you
read for yourself from a non-bias source.
Try surfing to http://www.fringeweb.com/laptops.html. The info there is
basically correct except he does have a few things wrong.
If you would like my opinion on the matter read on....
Winbook designed the XP, XP5, and parts of the new tool FX. The XP series,
LM and the original FX were manufacted by ASE (http://www.asetech.com.tw)
Compal (http://www.compal.com.tw) and Quanta respectively. And as for Dell
having a part in the manufacturing of the Winbook LM. This is a rumor that
Winbook would like you to believe, but it is all built by Compal for both
Winbook and Dell. Winbook just used the name LM to propagate the rumor.
I will say that Winbook does have a part in the final assembly of all of
their computers. The facility is located in Columbus, Ohio, where sales,
tech support, customer service, build, remanufacturing, engineering, and
the service departments are all located. There is no major cold soldering
or motherboard reworking done at this facility. It is just a plant with
semiskilled to non-skilled laborers who assemble, sell, support, and repair
computers (only component level) that happen to come from Taiwan.
DKH <muv...@bigfoot.com> wrote in article
<5uialc$b...@mtinsc04.worldnet.att.net>...
Alex Sampera
Dell, does not make theirs.... Quanta does !
Later
Alex
DKH wrote in article <5uialc$b...@mtinsc04.worldnet.att.net>...
Alex Sampera
Sorry, they also use Compal for their LM series !!
Alex
Alex Sampera wrote in article <5uuguf$g1k$1...@triglav.iwaynet.net>...
DBB
Oh, no, that can't be because they don't
manufacture ANY notebooks - some
sleazy Taiwanese company does it for them.
Donald R. Kimmel
I just sent a Winbook in for repair. Try Winbook Corporation,
1-800-468-2162 they're in Columbus Ohio
Their Webpage is www.winbookcorp.com.
I bought the Winbook XP5-100 used and have been very happy with it. The
repair facility did a good job and was reasonable to me.
Thanx
