As severe blizzards have recently hit Europe, Taiwan-based notebook vendors have pointed out that their distribution channels in Europe were fully prepared for the year-end holidays, but they are concerned that demand may be affected as consumers are unwilling to go shopping.

Since most notebook inventories were already shipped to the channel in early December, the bad weather is only affecting the consumer side; however, since online shopping has become popular, some vendors commented that if channel sales include online shopping, the outlook for overall notebooks sales may not be as pessimistic as its now.