Clevo

Infobox Company
company_name = Clevo Computer Company
company_
company_type = Public (TSEC: CLEVO CO.) (2362)
foundation = October 1983
location_city = flagicon|Taiwan Taipei
location_country = Taiwan
key_people = Kun-Tai Hsu, Chairman Ming-Hsien Tsai, General Manager Tien-Jung Yu, Vice President
industry = Computer hardware (TSEC: Electron)
products = Notebook computers
revenue =
market c
US$ 22.15 billion ("2008")
operating_income =profit NT$ 2.4 billion (2005) (approx. USD 62 million)
net_income =
num_employees =
parent =
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.clevo.com.tw/ www.clevo.com.tw]
footnotes = [cite web |url=http://www.tse.com.tw/ |title=Taiwan Stock Exchange |accessdate=2007-03-03 |format= |work= ]

Clevo is a laptop manufacturer in Taiwan and diversified into various technology interests, including computer peripherals, information appliances, communications and retail development. Clevo also manufactures re-branded notebooks for various other companies.

Clevo Group

Clevo first was established in October 1983 [cite web |url=http://www.eagle-micro.com/notebooks.htm |title=Eagle Micro |accessdate=2007-03-03 |format= |work= ] as a laptop manufacturer in Taiwan, but has diversified into various technology interests, including computer peripherals, information appliances, communications and retail development. Today, it has a market capitalisation of approximately US$150 million, and has been a public company on the Taipei Stock Exchange since April 1997.

Corporate Structure

As a business entity, they operate the following main subdivisions:

* Clevo - Laptop ODM and All-in-One Computer systems.
* Chicony - Keyboard and Computer Peripheral supplier.
* Hipro - Commercial PSU supplier.
* XAVL - Commercial xDSL supplier.
* AViTA - Biomedical manufacturer.
* Buynow - Independent Shopping Centers in China.

CLEVO is a Taiwanese computer company specializing in laptops. While the Clevo brand name is perhaps not widely known, their products are used by and sold by known boutique brand OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers)… notably [http://www.eurocom.com Eurocom (TM)] , Falcon, Sager, VoodooPC etc. Some of the best known boutique companies are working very close with Clevo R&D to develop next generation of notebooks, few of these companies even have their own R&D teams to enhance standard specs.
They are also considered (by whoever knows about notebooks) to design and manufacturer the best of the best notebooks in terms of superior build quality and innovative designs.Established in 1983, as an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer), they sell barebones ranging from laptop to portable computing solutions for both AMD and Intel processors. Clevo is one of the world's most preferred ODM partners and markets their products in more than 50 countries, and have [http://www.clevo.com.tw/en/about/worlds_s.asp established service centers] in the USA, Germany, Britain, China, and Taiwan.

Their main notebook range includes:
* PortaNote (denoted with an D*** in the model number) - Desktop Replacement and Multimedia systems, with features like support for desktop CPUs and multiple hard drives.
* MobiNote (denoted with an M*** in the model number) - Thin and Lightweight systems with superior build quality and performance.
* TabletNote (denoted with a T*** in the model number) - Tablet computer systems.
* LCD PC (denoted with an L*** in the model number) - Portable Desktop all-in-one solutions.

What has Clevo done to distinguish itself?
1994 - First Pentium notebook PC producer in Taiwan
1997 - World's 1st 15.1" notebook
2003 - World's 1st 17" WXGA notebook
2004 - World's 1st Intel Dual-Core notebook (M570 debuted)
2005 - World's 1st AMD X2 Dual-Core notebook (D900K and X2 released late 2005)
2006 - World's 1st notebook with SLI technology (M590K... 19")
2007 - World's 1st Intel Core 2 Quad-core notebook with "SLI technology" and "RAID 5" (D900C already out, G0-step Q6600/Q6700 was released)
2008 - World's 1st DDR3 notebook (M860TU... 15.4" w/ 8800M when debuted at CeBIT2008)

[http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6817/modelnumberlq8.jpgDeciphering Clevo Model Numbers]

How Do Clevo Notebooks Come to You:
1.) When Clevo ships out their notebooks, they are all in barebones* or in SKD form.
2.) The barebones are shipped to very few selected OEMs (example for North America: Sager, Eurocom, Pro-Star) that custom build, enhance specs and sell them to end users directly and resellers. They also distribute the barebones to various System Builders.
3.) The System Builder that buy the barebones from the OEMs then install the custom (standard and non standard) components that a customer would choose (CPU, HDD, RAM, etc.)... and may even customize the notebook's exterior with a new coat of paint, custom logo plates and other customizations.
4.) Then you [the consumer] receives it, which has a warranty through the reseller you purchased it from.
Note: Clevo does NOT deal with consumers directly, for purchasing or support. The consumer must go through the vendor first for service/support.
* Definition of Barebones: (from Wikipedia) A barebone computer is a half-assembled platform that consists of a case with a power supply, a motherboard preinstalled into the system case, and a cooling system. Barebones are usually designed in a non-standard way and cannot be assembled out of widely available hardware parts. The purchaser of such a platform only has to equip it with a CPU, RAM, hard drive and additional input/output devices depending on his/her own needs.

Companies using Clevo Platform

This is a list of companies that use Clevo laptops for regional markets:(compiled by Gophn from the Clevo Guide)

North America
- [http://www.eurocom.com Eurocom] - [http://www.sagernotebook.com Sager Notebooks]
- [http://www.pro-star.com Pro-Star]
- [http://www.mtechlaptops.com/ M-Tech Laptops]
- [http://www.powernotebooks.com PowerNotebooks]
- [http://www.xoticpc.com Xotic PC]
- [http://www.darksmileysystems.com Dark Smiley Systems]
- [http://www.pctorque.com/ PC Torque]
- [http://www.discountlaptops.com/ Discount Laptops]
- [http://www.pugetsystems.com/ Puget Systems]
- [http://www.agearnotebooks.com/ AGear Notebooks]
- [http://www.hypersonic-pc.com/ Hypersonic PC Systems]
- [http://www.voodoopc.com/ Voodoo PC] (Canada)
- [http://www.avadirect.com/ AVA Direct, Inc.]
- [http://www.rkcomputer.net/rkcnotebooks/ RK Computers]
- [http://www.widowpc.com/ WidowPC]
- [http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/ CyberPower Inc]
- [http://alaskaoregonwesternwashington.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=114&bbb=1296&firm=79001934 iBuyPower]
- [http://www.falcon-nw.com/ Falcon Northwest]
- [http://www.pcmicroworks.com/ PC Microworks]
- [http://www.killernotebooks.com/ KillerNotebooks]
- [http://www.vigorgaming.com/ Vigor Gaming]
- [http://www.xtremenotebooks.com/ Xtreme Notebooks]
- [http://www.smoothcreations.com/ Smooth-Creations]
- [http://www.lynnbay.com/ LynnBay]
- [http://www.apocalypsecomputers.net/ Apocalypse Computers]
- [http://www.jinco.com/ Jinco Computers]
- [http://www.blackmambapc.com/ Black Mamba Personal Computers]
- [http://www.microexpress.net/ Micro Express]
- [http://www.gen-x-pc.com/ Gen-X-PC]
Europe
(Russia)
- [http://www.roverbook.ru/ Rover Computers]
(UK)
- [http://www.kobaltcomputers.co.uk/ Kobalt Computers]
- [http://www.novatech.co.uk/ Novatech]
- [http://www.rockdirect.com/ Rock]
- [http://www.dpctech.net/ DPCTech]
(Germany / Deutschland)
- [http://www.nexoc.de/ Nexoc]
- [http://www.cyber-system.de/ Cyber-System]
- [http://www.mysn.eu/ mySN - SchenkerNotebook]
- [http://www.mycizmo.com/ Cizmo]
- [http://www.deviltech.de/ DevilTech]
- [http://www.notebookguru.de/ Notebook Guru]
- [http://www.pegocom.de/ PEGOCOM]
(France)
- [http://www.clevo.fr/ CLEVO Portable and LCD PC ]
- [http://www.pcw.fr/ PCW]
- [http://laptops.overam.com/overam-mirage-custom-laptops.php Overam Latops]
- [http://www.nicediscount.fr/ NiceNotebook]
(Netherlands / Nederland)
- [http://www.xxodd.nl/ XXODD]
- [http://www.laptops4u.nl/ Laptops4U]
- Moka Europe Computer Bv for LCD-PC version
(Italy / Italia)
- [http://www.santech.it/ Santech]
(Sweden / Sverige)
- [http://www.ggsdata.se/ GGS-Data]
(Norway / Norge)
- [http://www.multicom.no/ Multicom]
(Belgium)
- [http://www.discoveries.be/ Discoveries]
- [http://www.pointersystems.be/ Pointer Systems]
(Austria / Österreich)
- [http://www.chiligreen.at/ Chili Green]
(Greece / Ελλάδα)
- [http://www.plaisio.gr/ Plaisio Computers]
(Denmark / Danmark)
- [http://www.dt-online.dk/ Data Team A / S]
- [http://www.titandata.dk/ Titan Data]
(Hungary)
- [http://www.albacomp.hu/ Albacomp]
- [http://www.qwerty.hu/ Qwerty]
(Romania)
- [http://www.oem.ro/ OEM.RO]
- [http://www.emag.ro/ eMag]

Australia
- [http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/ Pioneer Computers]
- [http://www.p4laptops.com.au/ P4Laptops]
- [http://www.affordablelaptops.com.au/ Affordable Laptops]

Asia
(Taiwan)
- [http://www.qbitonline.com/ Qbit Online]
(India)
- [http://www.connoiseur.com/ Connoiseur]
(Japan)
- [http://www.pc-koubou.jp/ PC-Koubou] (パソコン工房)
- [http://www.twotop.co.jp/ Two Top]
- [http://impress.earena.co.jp/ Akiba PC eArena]
- [http://www.faith-go.co.jp/ Faith Internet Shop]
- [http://www.mouse-jp.co.jp/ Mouse Computer]
(Indonesia)
- [http://www.a-note.com/ A*Note] (Centurion 9272-TN)
- [http://www.zyrex.com/ Zyrex] (Wakatobi 526)
(Israel)
- [http://www.cd-log.co.il/ CD-LOG]
(Korea)
- [http://www.myripple.co.kr/ ripple]

South America
(Argentina)
- [http://www.bangho.com.ar BANGHO]
(Brazil)
- [http://www.positivoinformatica.com.br Positivo Informática]

References

Intex

External links

* [http://www.clevo.com.tw Official website]
* [http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=91510 Clevo Guide v2.0 - FAQ and Reseller Info]