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2 NEED OF THE STUDY


This is an attempt to bring out the significant factors influencing the customer to prefer the
particular brand laptop. This study is to compare different brands of laptops on the basis of their
brand component and how different component of brand equity and identify influence students is
choosing a particular brand of laptop. A good knowledge of students brand preference n laptop would
help in understanding how brand shape students buying decision and preferences.

1.1 INTRODUCTION
A laptop is a portable personal computer with a clamshell form factor, suitable for mobile
use. They are also sometimes called notebook computers or notebooks. Laptops are commonly used
in a variety of settings, including work, education, and personal multimedia.
A

laptop

combines

the

components

and

inputs

as

desktop

computer;

including display, speakers, keyboard, and pointing device (such as a touchpad), into a single device.
Most modern-day laptop computers also have a webcam and a mice(microphone) pre-installed A
laptop can be powered either from a rechargeable battery, or by mains electricity via an AC adapter.
Laptops are a diverse category of devices, and other more specific terms, such as ultra books or net
books, refer to specialist types of laptop which have been optimized for certain uses. Hardware
specifications change vastly between these classifications, forgoing greater and greater degrees of
processing power to reduce heat emissions.
Portable computers, originally monochrome CRT-based and developed into the modern
laptops, were originally considered to be a small niche market, mostly for specialized field
applications such as the military, accountants and sales representatives. As portable computers became
smaller, lighter, cheaper, and more powerful and as screens became smaller and of better quality,
laptops became very widely used for a variety of purposes.
Whether it is a growing craze or the emergence of a new breed of technology-conscious
Laptop market is going to flourish in India. The need for anytime-anywhere access to information is
pushing laptop demand in the market due to their convenience in terms of portability, flexibility and
adaptability. In every field of life like, hospitality, railways, metro trains, corporate houses,
academics, professionals etc. we found the use of laptop/computers for different purposes. Laptops

are current day demand that simplify work and life as well. It contributes towards the upliftment of
performance, work easiness by introducing the home office concept and provide a creative insight for
the work.
India developing economy notifies positive impact of this technology and continuously
moving towards growth. Initially laptop market started functioning as a niche market but now it has
various market segmentations as per their market demand. India is considered as the third fastest
growing laptop market with a compound annual growth rate of 21.9 % in the Asia- Pacific region
from last few years. In 2005 Laptop sale was accounted as 2% in India as compare to world laptop
market. Near about 1.2bn computers were in use worldwide at the end of 2008 .However, it has been
expected that the global laptop market will be double by 2013.Increasing laptop demands also set a
target to manufacturers to work as per consumers expectations.
Laptop market is a highly competitive market in the present scenario. Due to rapid
changes in the field of technology day by day new laptop brands comes in to existence. Also, the
consumer desires and expectations are moving on. It becomes difficult to survive for laptop
manufacturers if they dont move fast with growing needs of consumers. This study presents a
brief overview of Indian Laptop industry. The present paper highlights the laptop usage in study
from students point of view .The research paper further makes an attempt to identify and
evaluate various factors which influence purchase indent of management and engineering
students. Finally present paper comes with some simple and practical suggestions to improve
laptop features and that will help laptop manufacturers to develop brand management strategies
and to make proper positioning of their brands.
There are seminal studies on consumer purchase decision models in the literature, however,
consumer purchase decisions vary greatly depending on the product to be purchased. Therefore,
sectoral studies are needed to delineate the factors affecting consumer purchase decisions in various
product markets. The International Data Corporation (IDC, 2006) report mentioned that in 2005
consumers continued to respond very positively to very attractive price points, but portable demand in
the business space remained very strong too. According to What Laptop (2005), Dell was the number
one choice in worldwide with 7.9 million sales. It was followed respectively by HP (7.4 million),
Toshiba (5.8 million), IBM (4.3 million), and Acer (3.9 million) in year 2004. Furthermore, revenue
generated from notebooks has long surpassed desktops, thanks to higher average selling prices for
notebooks. According to CRN (2006) in June 2005, notebook sales accounted for $216.1 million, or
$1,442.66 per notebook whereas desktops accounted for $113.9 million, or $762.98 per unit. The
average notebook price fell 11.8 percent from $1,635.07 in the year-ago month and in the same

period, desktop prices fell 5 percent from $803.38 (CRN, 2006). In addition, new product launches to
the market, acquisitions and mergers in the sector, rapid developments in the nano-technology,
integrated wireless networking, and decreased prices make it extremely vital for the companies to
understand the factors underlying consumers laptop purchase decisions.
The customer base of a company consists of three groups of consumers: stairs (those who had
never switched from a previous brand), satisfied switchers (those who switched for reasons other than
dissatisfaction), and dissatisfied switchers (those who switched because they were dissatisfied from
their previous brand) (Garnish et al., 2000). Understanding the attitudes of these three different groups
of customers plays an important role when implementing effective and feasible retention and loyalty
strategies. Furthermore, it is also crucial to understand whether there are differences among these
groups in terms of the factors affecting their future laptop purchases when they are upgrading their
computers.
In todays tough competitive world every thing can be easily done by means of computers.
Nowadays, this powerful tool can be properly utilized by the students. The future digital world is in
the hands of the student community. The use of computers in education started in the 1960s. With the
advent of the convenient micro computers in the 1970s, computer use in schools has become
widespread from primary education to the university level. Especially the post graduate students in
various disciplines like arts, science and professionals can make use of computers for doing their
research works, studies, searching information, sending as well as recording information, presentation
purpose and also for entertainment. For the purpose of fulfilling the basic needs and wants, students
are ready to purchase computers; based on their preference and taste, they purchase branded
computers.
Purchase decision making pattern is a complex amalgam of needs and desires, and is influenced by
factors such as consumer's, societal role, social and cultural environment and norms and aspiration
and inhibitions. Brand is a mark, name, logo or trademark that identifies a product or 46 Annamalai
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service or organization and distinguishes it from its competitors. The art of creating and
maintaining a brand is called brand management. In computer market the various brands are: Acer,
Compaq, Dell, Hp, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo, Asus, Philips, Apple, IBM, Samsung, HCL, Wipro, LG,
Hitachi, Gigabyte, Panasonic, Sharp, Averatec, Everex, Mac, Advent, Mesh, Parkard bell, Gateway,
The rest, MDG, Zepto, Trigem,G7 etc. Among these, the leading brands of computers in the markets
are: Sony, Hp and Compaq, Lenovo, Acer, Dell, Asus, Toshiba, HCL, IBM and LG.
The basic factors which influence the students to buy branded computers are as follows:
Good quality, Reasonable price, Specification / Configuration, Guarantee, Warrantee, Additional
Warrantee, Regular service, Originality, Components and Products availability, Experienced sales and
service person, Demos, On- line purchasing, Customer care centers, Attractive styles, Perfect
finishing, Different models, Website information, Genuine offers, Attractive advertisement,
Celebrities in advertisement, Credit facilities, Safety, Security, Supportiveness, Ranges of price,
Lesser risk, Door delivery, Updating of product, Brand image etc.
1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The study attempt to evaluate the brand preference of the professional students among the laptop and
also evaluate the buying behaviour of the professional students. It is also analyse the satisfaction level
of the customer among each brand.

1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

1.

To analyze the laptop brands preferred by the professional students.

2.

To compare the popularity of different companies providing branded laptop.

3.

To identify and evaluate the factors affecting the choice of the laptop brand preference.

4.

To study the satisfaction level of laptop brand purchase by the professional students.

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY


The laptop companies faces a stiff competition from different competitor. This study help to analyze
the popularity among each brand. To analyze which brand component will help to made purchase
decision among each brand. In this study tried to analyze the level of satisfaction of the customer.

1.6 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY.


As the study is conducted in INFOPARK COCHIN only, the results arrived at

cannot

be applied to other centres of the State.


A large sample could not be taken due to limited time.
Many customers were unable to answer accurately due to ignorance of facts.
Time available at the disposal was not enough. Therefore it was not feasible to go in depth
and choose wide area.

1.2 NEED OF THE STUDY


This is an attempt to bring out the significant factors influencing the customer to
prefer the particular brand laptop. This study is to compare different brands of
laptops on the basis of their brand component and how different component of
brand equity and identify influence students is choosing a particular brand of
laptop. A good knowledge of students brand preference n laptop would help in
understanding how brand shape students buying decision and preferences.

1.2 NEED OF THE STUDY


This is an attempt to bring out the significant factors influencing the customer to prefer the
particular brand laptop. This study is to compare different brands of laptops on the basis of their
brand component and how different component of brand equity and identify influence students is
choosing a particular brand of laptop. A good knowledge of students brand preference n laptop would
help in understanding how brand shape students buying decision and preferences.

1.2 NEED OF THE STUDY


This is an attempt to bring out the significant factors influencing the customer to prefer the
particular brand laptop. This study is to compare different brands of laptops on the basis of their
brand component and how different component of brand equity and identify influence students is

choosing a particular brand of laptop. A good knowledge of students brand preference n laptop would
help in understanding how brand shape students buying decision and preferences.

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