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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
2008/09 Annual Report Lenovo Group Limited
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performance and offer a variety of colors and screen
sizes. In addition, IdeaPad notebooks offer consumer-
focused features such as expanded facial recognition
for simple and convenient log-on as well as OneKey™
Rescue System, High-Definition Multimedia Interface
(HDMI) and optional Blu-ray DVD players on select
models.
In September 2008, Lenovo entered the rapidly-
growing netbook PC market with IdeaPad S9 and
S10 netbook computers. The Group introduced a new
super-slim netbook to complement the product portfolio
and address the needs of first time buyers. The 10.2-
inch screen IdeaPad S10 netbook swept a number of
product awards from leading publications including the
“Top Five Netbooks – No. 1” by PC World and “The
Best Netbook We’ve Seen All Year” by Wired Magazine.
The positive market reception of the Group’s netbooks
immediately positioned Lenovo as the leading brand
in China’s netbook market and helped drive its overall
notebook shipments growth in the second half of the
fiscal year.
Desktop Computers
During the 2008/09 fiscal year, the desktop computer
market showed a decline in unit shipments due to
decreased commercial spending and increased
consumer demand for notebook computers. Desktop
computers accounted for approximately 40 percent
of Lenovo’s total sales in the fiscal year. The Group
reported a better-than-market performance in unit
shipments which showed approximately a 7 percent
year-on-year decline, resulting in an increase of market
share to approximately 8.0 percent.
Lenovo continued to deliver exceptionally engineered
desktop offerings with a greater emphasis on customer
segmentation. The Group designed the ThinkCentre®
M58/M58p specifically for the demands of large
enterprises in the business and education markets.
Power Manager, a ThinkVantage® technology, allows
customers to save energy and lower electricity costs by
enabling system administrators to monitor and remotely
control the amount of electricity used. ThinkCentre
M58p ranked first in the desktop category of the Green
Electronics Survey 2008 by Greenpeace.
The Group retooled its desktop computer portfolio
in March 2009 to give commercial customers lower
cost options. The new ThinkCentre A58 gave SMB
customers reliable, secure and affordable desktop
technology in a new design, while the ThinkCentre M58e
provides the technologies and green features that mid-
market segment and large enterprises need to stay
productive and efficient. Saving energy and expenses
are critically important during an economic downturn.
ThinkCentre M58e desktop