Ever-dwindling demand for PCs offset somewhat by small devices
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Some boisterous-end, Ultrabook-type subnotebook computers, for instance, might have a magnesium-alloy frame with a plastic coating, although at least one top brand molds bogus for a bottom surface of an advanced product, said Roger Kay, president of... , uses an all-metal enclosure for its cheerful-end, Ultrabook-type computers, a housing with internal plastic and external metal for midlevel units and a casing of fiberglass-reinforced plastic for low-end models. 31, 3:25 p. m. ET) -- Designers continue to use materials, including plastics, in original ways as they pursue cost-effective, customer-grabbing appearances for personal computers. Notebook vendors will proceed with to use plastic in mid- and low-end products, he said. He noted the use of plastics in numerous computer accessories, including the iPhone 4S case. Kay said that, at the 2012 Cosmopolitan Consumer Electronics Show, held Jan. Some non-plastics material is harder to work&rdquo. cast aluminum adds expenditure and weight to get a nice look and stiffness,&rdquo. Then carbon-fiber [reinforced composite] is stiff and polite and light&rdquo. of Taiwan City, Taiwan, is a major Apple enclosure supplier. 7 million units for 13 percent, and Dell Inc. said Hewlett Packard Co. shipped 60. 6 million intimate computers during 2011, logging a 17. LAS VEGAS (Jan. 10-23 in Las Vegas, he saw equipment with leather accents, brushed-metal finishes and bamboo chassis. he said in a phone appraise.
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