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Randy Meisner
Birth name
Randall Herman Meisner
Born
(1946-03-08) March 8, 1946 (age 72)
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, U.S.
Genres
Country rock
pop rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
singer
songwriter
Instruments
Bass guitar
guitar
vocals
Years active
1963–2008
Labels
Asylum, Epic, Rev-Ola, York
Associated acts
Eagles
Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band
The Poor
Meisner, Swan & Rich
Black Tie
Drivin' Dynamics
Randall Herman “Randy” Meisner (born March 8, 1946) is a retired American musician, singer, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles. Throughout his professional musical career, Meisner's main role was that of bassist and backing high-harmony vocalist as both a group member and session musician. He co-wrote the Eagles hit song "Take It to the Limit", which he also sang.
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Early career (1961–1968)
2.2 Poco and the Stone Canyon Band (1968–1970)
2.3 Eagles (1971–1977)
2.4 Post-Eagles (1978 onwards)
3 Personal life
3.1 Impostor case
3.2 Health and legal issues
3.3 Death of wife
4 Discography
4.1 Albums
4.2 Singles
4.3 Songs featuring Meisner
4.3.1 Eagles songs written or co-written by Meisner
4.3.2 Eagles songs featuring Meisner on lead or co-lead vocal
4.3.3 Poco songs featuring Meisner on lead or co-lead vocal
5 See also
6 References
7 Notes
Early life
Randall Herman Meisner was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, the second child and only son of sharecroppers Herman (1911–1995) and Emilie Meisner (1911–2010). Randy had an older sister named Carol who died in 2005. He recalled his mother was always singing around the house. Her father George Haun was a violin teacher.[1][2] Both Randy's maternal and paternal grandparents were born in Russia though the Meisner and Haun families are of German ancestry.[3][4] The Meisner family grew beans, alfalfa, corn and sugar beets on their farm.[5] Randy developed an interest in the guitar at ten years old, after seeing Elvis Presley perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. He began taking lessons and playing in local bands. While attending Scottsbluff High School, one of Randy's teachers suggested he take up the bass. "I loved R&B and the bass players on the Motown stuff were great. They really inspired me. I can't read music. Once I learn a part it's there. My bass playing came real naturally." [6]
Career
Early career (1961–1968)
Randy Meisner played bass and sang with a local band named The Dynamics (later The Drivin' Dynamics[7]) from 1961 to 1965. Their first paying job was in the dance hall at Little Moon Lake, near Henry, Nebraska in December 1961. They played there regularly through 1962. In late 1962, The Drivin' Dynamics released their first record, a 4-song EP with Meisner singing lead vocals on Sam Cooke's "You Send Me." [8] It was pressed locally with only 500 copies released. In August 1965, The Dynamics signed a record deal with Sully Records out of Amarillo, Texas. They recorded three songs, with Randy singing lead on two: "One Of These Days" and "So Fine".[9] "So Fine" was released as a single and sold well regionally and in the southeastern U.S.[10] Early in 1966,[7][11] Randy moved to California with a band named The Soul Survivors,[11] later to be renamed The Poor[7] (because, as Don Felder later said, "that is what they became").[12] It was a hardscrabble existence, as Meisner later recalled, "I never had a car, I had to walk. I sold the Los Angeles Free Press on Sunset and Highland. I made about five bucks a day." [13] The Poor was managed by Charlie Greene and Brian Stone, who also managed Buffalo Springfield and Sonny & Cher. The band released several singles on Loma, York and Decca Records in 1966 and 1967, with limited success. Loma Records was a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and had offices in the same building. In February 1967, The Poor recorded "She's Got the Time, She's Got the Changes," written by Tom Shipley (later of Brewer & Shipley fame) while he was a staff writer for A&M Records. Three of the singles were produced by Barry Friedman, aka Frazier Mohawk, and recorded at Gold Star Studios. The band performed on "Study in Motion #1" which was featured in the 1967 Jack Nicholson film Hell's Angels on Wheels. In the summer of 1967, The Poor was booked for two weeks at the Salvation Club in New York City, opening for The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Though they did get to play a few times, it was not the opportunity they had hoped it would be, and the band members had to threaten management to get money for plane tickets back to L.A. Rev-Ola released a CD of The Poor's music in 2003, which included one song written by Meisner called "Come Back Baby." [14]
Poco and the Stone Canyon Band (1968–1970)
In May 1968, after auditioning alongside the likes of Gregg Allman and Timothy B. Schmit, Meisner joined Poco (originally named Pogo)[7] with former Buffalo Springfield members Richie Furay and Jim Messina.[7][15] Meisner appears on the group's first album, Pickin' Up the Pieces,[16] but quit the band[17] shortly before the record was released. His exit was the result of his anger at being excluded (at Furay's insistence) from participation in the final mix playback sessions for the album, as only Messina and Furay were to complete production.[17] His image was removed from the painting on the album's cover[18] and replaced with a dog.[19] His bass parts and backing vocals were left in the final mix,[18] but his lead vocals were removed, and new versions were sung by George Grantham.[20]
In April 1969, Meisner joined Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band,[21] and persuaded Nelson and producer John Boylan to hire his former band mates from The Poor, Allen Kemp (guitar) and Pat Shanahan (drums); pedal steel guitarist Tom Brumley, previously of Buck Owens’ band, completed the group.[20] Meisner appears on both In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969[21] and Rudy The Fifth. He is also featured in Easy to Be Free, a documentary of the Stone Canyon Band's 1969 tour, directed by Rick Nelson's brother David. The film was eventually broadcast on American television in 1973.[22] Meisner co-produced "In Concert at the Troubadour" with Rick Nelson. Although he did not perform on Nelson's Garden Party, he did co-author one of the album's tracks, "I Wanna Be With You."[16] Meisner continued to support himself as a session performer, playing bass on two tracks of James Taylor's Sweet Baby James album ("Country Road" and "Blossom").[16]
Meisner returned to Nebraska in the spring of 1970, after a difficult tour of Europe with Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band. He began working at the local John Deere tractor dealership, Frank Implement. At night, he played in a band called Goldrush that featured Stephen A. Love (later to become a member of New Riders of the Purple Sage). Later that year, with Rick Nelson's encouragement, he returned to Los Angeles to resume his career.[23][24] He worked to establish Goldrush, while also playing in the Stone Canyon Band and playing on sessions for John Stewart and Waylon Jennings.[25] By mid-1971, he was recruited by John Boylan to become active in Linda Ronstadt's roster of backing musicians, which included Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon, who later joined Meisner as the founding members of the Eagles.
Eagles (1971–1977)
In September 1971, Meisner, along with Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon, formed the Eagles, signing with David Geffen's new label, Asylum Records,[11] and they released their eponymous debut album in 1972. While he usually manned the bass and handled backing vocals for the Eagles, he wrote and/or co-wrote songs on each of the group's first five albums, most notably "Take It to the Limit," the band's first million-selling single, on One of These Nights. Other songs he wrote and sang lead on include "Try and Love Again", and he also wrote the song "Certain Kind of Fool" with Frey and Henley, which also had him singing lead.
According to band colleague Don Felder, Meisner's time in the band was weighed down by his desire to be with his family, as well as the constant bickering between the members, which was still unknown to the public at the time. During the 1976/77 tour in support of the Hotel California album, Meisner was plagued by ill health and exhaustion, as the band toured constantly for over eleven months. Meisner also preferred not to be the center of attention, and said: "I was always kind of shy ... They wanted me to stand in the middle of the stage to sing 'Take It to the Limit,' but I liked to be out of the spotlight."[26] The band was starting to feel the strain in a long tour, and Meisner was unhappy – his stomach ulcers had flared up, and his marriage was also gradually disintegrating.[27] He had been arguing with fellow member Glenn Frey about his signature song, "Take It To the Limit", during the tour, as Meisner was struggling to hit the crucial high notes in the song.[28] At their show in Knoxville, Tennessee, Meisner decided to skip the song as an encore as he had stayed up late and caught the flu, and Frey and Meisner then became involved in an angry physical confrontation backstage.[28] After the altercation, Meisner was frozen out from the band,[27] and Meisner later said: "That was the end. . . I really felt like I was a member of the group, not a part of it."[26] Meisner decided to leave the group after the final date of the tour and returned to Nebraska to be with his family. His last performance was in East Troy, Wisconsin on September 3, 1977.[29] The band replaced Meisner with the same musician who had succeeded him in Poco, Timothy B. Schmit, after agreeing that Schmit was the only candidate.[30]
Meisner formally quit the band in September 1977,[11] citing "exhaustion".[31] On the subject of his abrupt resignation from the band, Meisner later said, "All that stuff and all the arguing amongst the Eagles is over now. Well at least for me."[32] Meisner expressed disappointment and hurt at being excluded from the band's 1994 "resumption" tour Hell Freezes Over. In an interview with the television program American Journal, Meisner said he had contacted the band's manager, Irving Azoff, when he heard rumors of the band reforming but was brushed off by him.[33] "You'd think that you would be mentioned if you helped with six of the albums, but they act as though I never even played with them," Meisner said at the time.[34] Meisner also asked the band if he could sit in with them at their Millennium Concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve 1999, but says he was rebuffed; however, he says he holds no resentment towards Henley and Frey.[35]
Post-Eagles (1978 onwards)
Following his departure from the Eagles, Meisner went on to release solo albums in 1978 Randy Meisner and 1980 (One More Song). He has said that his 1978 album, which he co-produced with Alan Brackett, was scattershot and not "conceptualized to its best." It only featured one song co-written by Randy, a new arrangement of "Take It to the Limit" and he only played bass on one song, a cover of The Drifters' "Save the Last Dance for Me". He explains that "Elektra had a 'leaving members clause' and I had to record an album for them before I was able to do what I wanted." [36] 1980's One More Song was produced by Val Garay and featured backing vocals by his former Eagles bandmates Don Henley and Glenn Frey on the Jack Tempchin-composed title track. Meisner co-wrote six of the album's nine songs, including the Top 20 single "Hearts on Fire," collaborating with songwriters Wendy Waldman and Eric Kaz.
He toured with his band, Randy Meisner & the Silverados, throughout the early 1980s. The 1981 band included Greg Palmer on bass, Todd Smith on guitar, Sterling Smith on keyboards, Don Francisco (not the Christian singer of the same name) on percussion and background vocals, and Therese Heston on background vocals. In 1982, he released another album on CBS (Randy Meisner), recorded at Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California and produced by Mike Flicker, best known for his work with Heart. Several members of Heart, including the Wilson sisters, played and/or sang on the Randy Meisner album. The revamped Silverados included Dixon House on keyboards, Denny Carmassi on drums, Tom Erak on bass and John Corey on guitar as well as Sterling Smith from the earlier band.[37]. The album featured a Top 20 hit "Never Been in Love," composed by Craig Bickhardt.
In 1985, Randy Meisner became part of an all-star band Black Tie composed of Jimmy Griffin (of Bread) and Billy Swan. Black Tie's cover of Buddy Holly's "Learning the Game" became a hit on U.S. country radio. Respected session musician Blondie Chaplin and former Eagles member Bernie Leadon joined the band on their U.S. tour in early 1986.[38] The band released one album together in 1990, When the Night Falls. Jimmy Griffin departed and was replaced by Charlie Rich, Jr. The band was renamed Meisner, Rich & Swan.[39] Alternatively known as Meisner, Swan & Rich, the trio toured extensively in the 1990s and recorded an album. Unfortunately, the album was released on September 11, 2001 and failed to garner much attention at the time.
From 1987 to 1989, Meisner formed a band and toured with former Firefall singer/songwriter Rick Roberts, called the Roberts-Meisner Band (Roberts had previously been a Burrito Brother with Bernie Leadon, notably on 1971's The Flying Burrito Brothers). The Roberts-Meisner Band's drummer was well-known musician Ron Grinel, who also played with Dan Fogelberg, Carole King and the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. Also in the band were Bray Ghiglia on guitar, flute, saxophone, and keyboards, and Cary Park on lead guitar. Roberts reports that the band recorded "at least half a dozen" songs, but that record company interest was not as great as they had expected.[40]
In 1989 and 1990, Meisner reunited with Poco for the Legacy album and tour. "Call It Love" was a Top 20 single in the U.S. Randy sang lead on the Richard Marx-composed "Nothin' to Hide," which also sold well for the band. The Eagles' 1998 appearance at the New York City induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame featured all seven past and present members of the Eagles. They performed "Take It Easy" and "Hotel California". His successor Timothy Schmit paid tribute to Randy in his acceptance speech.
Meisner reunited with the Drivin' Dynamics for a performance in 2000, when the band and Randy as a solo performer was inducted into the Nebraska Music Hall of Fame. In the 2000s he performed as a part of the World Classic Rockers touring group. After suffering severe chest pains and being hospitalized in August 2004, Meisner cut back on his touring schedule. His last known public performance was in 2008 in Naples, Florida.[41]
Randy Meisner was invited by the Eagles to take part in their History of the Eagles world tour in 2013, but he declined due to health issues.[42]
Personal life
Meisner has been married twice. He married his high-school girlfriend, Jennifer Lee Barton, in 1963, and the young couple had a son, Dana Scott Meisner in November 1963. The couple had two more children, twins Heather Leigh and Eric Shane Meisner, born in May 1970, before divorcing in 1981.[12]
He later married his partner of twelve years, Lana Rae, in November 1996.[43] The marriage lasted until her death in 2016.
Many people who have met and worked with Randy Meisner remark on his kindness. Don Felder, James Taylor, and Rick Roberts have described Meisner as one of the nicest people they have ever worked with. Felder adds, "He was a wonderful Midwestern guy with a great heart and a loving soul."[44] Henry Diltz, who photographed Randy extensively with the Eagles and in the early 1980s during Randy's solo career, says, "Randy Meisner was a very gentle soul. Pisces. A quiet and friendly guy. No aggressive vibe at all. Very sweet. He was so there and open."[45] His shyness has also been remarked upon, and may have caused him some difficulty as a performer at times. "Randy was extremely uncomfortable with so-called superstardom," Don Henley told author Marc Eliot.[46]
Impostor case
In 1988 a man named Lewis Peter "Buddy" Morgan started impersonating Meisner.[47] He had previously been charged with impersonating Don Henley in Las Vegas, but skipped on his bail.[48] Morgan's identity was not conclusively revealed until 1997.[47] In 1998 he was arrested and spent 16 months in jail, but upon his release continued his charade and was still doing so as of 2009.[49] In Reno, Nevada, he tried to use Meisner's identity to rent hotel rooms. He was not as successful as before with the ruse, since the city's hotels had notified each other of the impostor. Some people are not familiar with Meisner's appearance, and Morgan used that fact to con musical instrument manufacturers and retailers, casino owners, and women.[47][50]
Health and legal issues
Meisner has reportedly struggled with periodic alcohol dependence since the late 1960s, especially during his tenure with the Eagles, as he struggled to deal with his new-found fame.[51][not in citation given] Following minor heart attacks in 2004, he was forced to cut back on touring.[citation needed] As his health continued to deteriorate, he eventually stopped performing. His last-known public performance was in 2008 in Naples, Florida.[41]
In March 2013, Meisner suffered yet another health scare after losing consciousness in his California home. A piece of food obstructed his breathing while he was eating, and he was rushed to the hospital. While doctors were optimistic about his recovery, Meisner spent some time in a coma,[52] and in his weakened state could not accept the invitation to participate in the History of the Eagles tour alongside fellow ex-bandmate Bernie Leadon, who participated in the tour.[53] The incident damaged his vocal cords, leaving him with weakened voice and speech.[citation needed] He later revealed that his former Eagles bandmates had paid the medical bills from the hospitalization.[52]
In April 2015, Meisner and his wife denied rumors, based on a lawsuit filed on his behalf, that she was taking advantage of his known addictions to alcohol and drugs, trying to force-feed him bottles of vodka to keep him drunk. The singer's self-described longtime friend, James Newton, filed papers in April asking that Meisner be placed under a court-supervised conservatorship governing his personal and financial matters.[54] Despite this, three months later, the Los Angeles County Superior Court appointed a temporary conservator to oversee the 24-hour management of Meisner's drug prescriptions and medical state, noting he was previously diagnosed as bipolar. Meisner had allegedly threatened to kill himself and others with a weapon in early 2015, though he did not have a firearm at the time.[55] The brief conservatorship directed Meisner's medical care, but the judge did not give the conservator the additional power sought by Troy Martin and James Newton to also have her oversee his finances.[56]
Death of wife
On March 6, 2016, police responded to a 911 call made by a woman from the couple's Studio City, California house asking for police assistance for a possibly intoxicated male suspect.[57] A detective confirmed that police had received a call on Sunday evening at around 5:30pm and officers had listed it as a domestic incident which required no further action. "It was an every day argument between a husband and wife and there was no violence involved," said the source.[58] Just ninety minutes later, after police had left the scene, Lana Meisner accidentally shot and killed herself when a rifle she was moving was struck by an object in its case and fired.[59] Authorities determined that Randy Meisner had no role in the shooting, as surveillance tapes showed he was in another part of the house at the time.[60][61] Following the accidental shooting, Meisner was placed under psychiatric hold after threatening suicide, due to previous threats and mental issues.[62]
Discography
See also Eagles discography and Poco discography for Meisner's work with these bands.
Albums
Year
Album
Peak chart positions
US
[63]
US
Country
[64]
CAN
[65]
1978 Randy Meisner — — —
1980 One More Song 50 — 44
1982 Randy Meisner 94 — —
1991 When the Night Falls (with Black Tie) — 65 —
2001 Meisner, Swan & Rich (as Meisner, Swan & Rich) — — —
2002 Dallas — — —
2005 Love Me or Leave Me Alone — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
US
[66]
US
Rock
[63]
CAN
[67]
1980 "Deep Inside My Heart"
(duet with Kim Carnes) 22 — 12
1981 "Hearts on Fire" 19 14 24
1982 "Never Been in Love" 28 — 30
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Songs featuring Meisner
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Eagles songs written or co-written by Meisner
"Take the Devil" from Eagles
"Early Bird" (co-written with Bernie Leadon) from Eagles
"Tryin'" from Eagles
"Certain Kind of Fool" from Desperado (co-written with Glenn Frey & Don Henley)
"Saturday Night" from Desperado (co-written with Frey/Henley/Leadon)
"Is It True" from On the Border
"Too Many Hands" from One of These Nights (co-written with Don Felder)
"Take It to the Limit" from One of These Nights (co-written with Frey/Henley)
"Try and Love Again" from Hotel California
Eagles songs featuring Meisner on lead or co-lead vocal
"Most of Us Are Sad" from Eagles
"Take the Devil" from Eagles
"Tryin'" from Eagles
"Certain Kind of Fool" from Desperado
"Saturday Night" – lead vocal in the bridge ("She said tell me, oh tell me...") from Desperado
"Midnight Flyer" from On the Border
"On the Border" – lead vocal in the bridge ("Never mind your name...") from On the Border
"Is It True" from On the Border
"Too Many Hands" from One of These Nights
"Take It to the Limit" from One of These Nights
"Try and Love Again" from Hotel California
Poco songs featuring Meisner on lead or co-lead vocal
"Make Me a Smile" – high-harmony with Richie Furay from Pickin' Up the Pieces (written by Richie Furay/Jim Messina)
"Short Changed" – high-harmony with Richie Furay from Pickin' Up the Pieces (written by Richie Furay)
"Nothin' To Hide" from Legacy (written by Richard Marx, Bruce Gaitsch)
"Rough Edges" from Legacy (written by Young, Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd)
"Nature of Love" from Legacy (written by Jeff Silbar, Van Stephenson)
See also
Country music portal
Nebraska portal
Rock music portal
List of people with bipolar disorder
References
Eliot, Marc. To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles. Da Capo Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-306-81398-6
Felder, Don with Holden, Wendy. Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974–2001). Wiley, 2008. ISBN 978-0-470-28906-8
Kubernik, Harvey. "Canyon of Dreams". Sterling, 2009. ISBN 978-1-40279761-3
McMullan, Jim with Gautier, Dick. Musicians as Artists. Journey Editions, 1994. ISBN 1-885203-06-3
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List of laptop brands and manufacturers
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This is a list of laptop brands and manufacturers.
Contents
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1 Brands
1.1 Major brands
1.2 Other brands
1.3 Defunct
1.4 Defunct computer models
1.5 No longer manufactures computers
2 Original design manufacturers (ODMs)
2.1 ODM laptop units sold and market shares
3 See also
4 References
Brands[edit]
Major brands[edit]
Flag
Country
Name
Product lines
Market Share
Taiwan Asus ZenBook, Vivobook, ROG Series, Asus N, Asus X, Asus Chromebook 7.6%
Taiwan Acer Aspire, Predator Series, TravelMate, Acer Chromebook 6.8%
United States Apple Inc. MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air 6.9%
United States Dell Inspiron, Latitude, XPS, Alienware, Vostro, Dell Chromebook 14.6%
United States Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion, HP EliteBook, HP ProBook, HP Envy, HP Omen, HP Chromebook 19.4%
China Lenovo ThinkPad, IdeaPad, Yoga, Legion 20.7%
South Korea Samsung Samsung Sens, ATIV, Samsung Chromebook, Odyssey 2.1%
Japan Toshiba Portege, Fujitsu 1.6%
— — Others — 11.4%
Other brands[edit]
Flag
Country
Brand
Bangladesh Walton
Taiwan AORUS
Indonesia AXIOO International
Taiwan Clevo
United States Digital Storm
Bangladesh Doel
Taiwan Elitegroup Computer Systems
Canada Eurocom Corporation
United States Everex
United States EVGA Corporation
United States Falcon Northwest – DRX, TLX
China Founder
Japan Fujitsu – LifeBook, Stylistic
Taiwan Getac
Taiwan Gigabyte Technology
Brazil Gradiente
Turkey Grundig
China Hasee
China Huawei - Matebook
Brazil Itautec – Itautec, Infoway
India iball
Croatia Končar – Končar Elektronics and Informatics Inc.
Mexico Lanix – Lanix Portatiles, Neuron
China Lemote
South Korea LG – Gram
United States Maingear
Germany Medion – Akoya
India Micromax Informatics
United States Microsoft - Surface
Mexico Meebox – Meebox, Slate
Taiwan Micro–Star International (MSI) – Megabook, Wind
Japan NEC – VERSA, LaVie
Italy Olivetti – Olibook
Japan Onkyo – SOTEC
United States Origin PC
Japan Panasonic – Toughbook, Let's Note
Brazil Positivo Informática – Positivo, Platinum, Aureum, Unique, Premium
Bulgaria Pravetz – 64M
United States Razer – Blade, Blade Pro, Blade Stealth
Japan Sharp – Mebius
Venezuela Siragon, C.A.
United States System76
China Tongfang
South Korea TriGem – Averatec
Japan VAIO
Turkey Vestel
United States VIA – NanoBook, pc–1 Initiative
United States Vizio
Germany Wortmann – Terra Mobile
China Xiaomi - Mi NoteBook
Defunct[edit]
Acorn Computers (United Kingdom) – Deskbook, Desknote and Solonote
Alienware (United States) (acquired by Dell)
Compaq (United States) (acquired by Hewlett–Packard) – Evo, Armada, LTE, Presario
Digital Equipment Corporation (United States) (acquired by Compaq) – HiNote
eMachines (United States) (acquired by Gateway Computers)
Everex (United States) – CloudBook, gBook
Fujitsu Siemens (Germany/Japan) (Fujitsu bought out Siemens' share of the company)
Gateway Computers (United States) (acquired by Acer)
Gericom (Austria) (acquired by Quanmax AG)
Maxdata (Germany)
OQO (United States)
Packard Bell (United States) (acquired by Acer)
PC Club (United States) (Clevo brand)
Vigor Gaming (United States) – Atlantis, Augustus, Artorius, and Aegis
Voodoo PC (Canada) – Envy (acquired by Hewlett–Packard)
Zepto (Denmark)
Defunct computer models[edit]
iBook
PowerBook
Gateway
Asus Eee
Studio XPS
Precision
Studio
HP Mini
HP Omnibook
Satellite
Qosmio
Libretto
Dynabook
Toshiba Chromebook
No longer manufactures computers[edit]
BenQ (Taiwan)
HCL (India)
HTC (Taiwan) – HTC Shift
Hyundai (South Korea)
IBM (United States) – sold its personal computer and Intel-based server businesses to Lenovo
Nokia (Finland) – Booklet 3G
Philips (Netherlands) – X200
Sony (Japan) – VAIO – sold its PC business division to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP)
Wipro (India)
Original design manufacturers (ODMs)[edit]
The vast majority of laptops on the market (94% in 2011) are manufactured by a small handful of Taiwan-based Original Design Manufacturers (ODM), although their production bases are located mostly in mainland China.[1]
Major relationships include:[2]
Quanta sells to (among others) HP, Lenovo, Apple, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Sony, Fujitsu and NEC
Compal sells to (among others) Acer, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and HP/Compaq
Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to Dell, Acer, Lenovo and HP
Inventec sells to Toshiba, HP, Dell and Lenovo
Pegatron sells to Asus, Toshiba, Apple, Dell and Acer
Foxconn sells to Asus, Dell, HP and Apple
Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP
ODM laptop units sold and market shares[edit]
ODM
Units sold (millions)
Units sold (millions)
Units sold (millions)
Units sold (millions)
Units sold (millions)
Units sold (millions)
Units sold (millions)
Market share (percent)
Units sold (millions)
Market share (percent)
Year 2015[3] 2014[4] 2013[5] 2012[6] 2011[7] 2010[2][8] 2009[9][10] 2006[10]
Compal 39.3 43.0 46.0 37.8 55.7 48.2 37.9,0 26% 15,0 21%
Quanta 31.6 48.5 43.1 53.8 54.0 52.1 35.9,0 25% 24,0 33%
Wistron 18.8 21.1 24.0 31.5 31.5 27.5 26.2[11] 18% 11,0 15%
Inventec 8.5 18.6 20.9 16.8 17.0 16.2 21,0[12] 15% 7,0 10%
Pegatron,[13] until 2007 Asus[14] 9.5 9.8 14.0 18.5 17.5 15.5 10.9,0 8% 5,0 7%
Foxconn[13] 4.2 N/A N/A N/A 18.4 10.0 7.2,0 5%
Flextronics N/A N/A N/A N/A 5.0 4.3 7.2,0 5%
Elitegroup[13] 3.6,0 2%
others N/A N/A N/A N/A 15.0 10.0 11,0 15%
total 158 N/A N/A 194[15] 214 203[16] 125,0[12] 100 % 72.6 100 %
There is a discrepancy between the 2009 numbers due to the various sources cited; i.e. the units sold by all ODMs add up to 144.3 million laptops, which is much more than the given total of 125 million laptops. The market share percentages currently refer to those 144.3 million total. Sources may indicate hard drive deliveries to the ODM instead of actual laptop sales, though the two numbers may be closely correlated.
See also[edit]
List of computer hardware manufacturers
List of computer system manufacturers
Market share of personal computer vendors
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b "Global and China Notebook PC Industry Report, 2010 - ResearchInChina". researchinchina.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "Taiwan notebooks – 1Q 2016" (PDF). DigiTimes. 31 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Wu, Thompson (19 January 2015). "Asia Hardware Sector". Credit Suisse. Missing or empty |url= (help)
Jump up ^ IPD Group. "Notebook shipments of Taiwan players from 2006-2014 (Jun 15) - World News Report - EIN News". einnews.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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Jump up ^ estimate, according Barclays Capital Research: Asia ex-Japan IT Hardware Report
Jump up ^ Chuang, Steve (2011-01-14). "Quanta Regains Lead in Global NB PC Shipment in 2010". cens.com. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
Jump up ^ Culpan, Tim (2010-01-18). "Quanta Seeks New Ventures, Devices After Record Profit in 2009". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
^ Jump up to: a b Hachman, Mark (2007-05-09). "The Top Laptop Makers Are Not HP, Dell, or Toshiba". PC Magazine. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
Jump up ^ "Wistron Corporation 2009 Annual Report translation" (PDF). Wistron. 2010-04-30. p. 31. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
^ Jump up to: a b "Inventec's margin grew 4.5% driven by server sector". www.computex.biz. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Global and China Notebook PC Industry Report, 2009 - ResearchInChina". researchinchina.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "ASUSTeK Computer Inc.". ASUS. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
Jump up ^ "Acer loses world's No. 3 notebook-maker spot in Q4". wantchinatimes.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "Growing Notebook & Netbook Market Will Boost Dell's PC Business". NASDAQ.com. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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