Download Developing a good laptop

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Date of the bachelor's thesis
25.5.2010
Author
Degree programme and option
Xiaoyu Sun
Information Technology
Name of the bachelor's thesis
Developing a good laptop – Case Lenovo
Abstract
Accompanying with the industrial revolution, more and more machines are brought into our everyday life. Personal computer is one of the most successful digital products. It has changed our life so
much since the first personal computer of IBM 5150 appeared in 1981. And they are used widely today, not any more only at home and work but also on the move.
Laptop is a portable personal computer, designed for mobile use and it is small and light enough to
sit on one's lap while in use.
How to develop a perfect product to customers is very important for PC vendors. This thesis will take
one Lenovo case to simply show the main structure of a laptop, and introduce that after development
team complete the design, there are still several steps to transfer the product to the market by manufacture and service.
DFX (Design for X) is the way to optimize the product. X means everything which could enhance the
product value, it is included new technology, assembly method, service, quality, cost, but not limited
to those. Besides above X, there is another very important factor for a successful product, which is
innovation. And there is a case of a concept laptop or a prototype showed in the thesis.
Obviously, developing a good laptop is a continuous process with the improvement of the technology
and industry trend.
Subject headings, (keywords)
PC, GUI, Laptop, Innovation, DFX,
Pages
Language
URN
English
Remarks, notes on appendices
Tutor
Matti Koivisto
Employer of the bachelor's thesis