Friday, August 29th 2008
Abit to Exit Motherboard Market
It is confirmed that abit, maker of high-end and gaming motherboards will exit the business of motherboards. The production is to stop by the end of this year. HEXUS.channel has confirmed this as fact from sources close to South East Asian distributors, all of which will be notified by their abit sales contacts from today onwards.
The company will continue to sell motherboards till the end of the year and will honour RMA and warranties for three years subsequently. This first made news as rumours back in May, and back then abit responded that they had no intentions of leaving the market, apparently because they weren't intended to move out back then.
Source:
Hexus.channel
The company will continue to sell motherboards till the end of the year and will honour RMA and warranties for three years subsequently. This first made news as rumours back in May, and back then abit responded that they had no intentions of leaving the market, apparently because they weren't intended to move out back then.
40 Comments on Abit to Exit Motherboard Market
abit, just give me a final bios
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Wait but all abit produce are motherboards? Where are they heading now?
I remember several articles right here on TPU on how ASUS is planning slowly to abandon the motherboard market and jump onto the notebook and miniPC/SSF market. EeePC and subsequent desktop versions of EeePC were step one.
Nothing to worry about though, since you can expect the likes of Biostar and similar to fill the vacum.
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Shame as i always considered getting a new one each time i build a system for my self.
I had the abit digidice SFF....was such a good little machine!
"August 25, 2008 - Universal ABIT is moving their Headquarters to a new prime location. The abit Headquarters will move right across the new Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall, where Computex as well as other high tech events take place all around the year. "
That was a sweet old time
If they do cease motherboard production, it will suck, as they are my favourite current manufacturer. My previous favourite (Epox) has also disappeared, so it's a double whammy. I really don't like the looks or layout of Asus and Gigabyte boards, so I guess I'll look to Biostar in the future.
the whole story started off as a rumour & Abit denied that it was leaving & now theyve U-turned & announced they are leaving the market??????