As the Taiwan ODM notebook market has supplied an ever-increasing source of low-cost commodity portable computers to the channel, the number of VARs that resell custom-built notebooks has dipped dramatically over the past year. <P> Research conducted by <I>CRN</I> shows that 35.3 percent of VARs resold custom-built notebooks in November 2004, but only 27.4 percent of them presently resell custom-built notebooks. Adding to this decrease, Dell Direct also has cut into custom-built notebook sales. With both commodity options, businesses are opting to forego control over configuration in order to capture lower prices, and every indication is that this trend will continue. <P> The percentage of VARs reselling custom-built servers has fallen as well, from 24.7 percent a year ago to 20.7 percent. As opposed to the case of notebooks, this is probably only a temporary decrease. Some VARs attribute this drop in custom-built servers to Intel motherboard shortages, and are unsure as to when it is expected to stabilize.
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