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The outbreak of the new coronavirus has forced people to work from home, which has led to a surge in sales of computer accessories and products such as keyboards, monitors and laptops, market research firm NPD said in a report on Tuesday.

The global demand for Windows laptop replacements has increased significantly since March. Among them, Huawei notebook shipments are expected to increase by 30-40% in the second quarter of this year, Tianfeng Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a recent report released today.

Global notebook shipments for the first quarter of 2020 are estimated to fall of 29-36%, larger than 17% projected earlier, as severe labor and components shortages and stagnant logistics arising from the coronavirus outbreak are derailing supply chain in China, according to Digitimes Research.

As laptops become thinner and lighter, the fans are becoming smaller and smaller. But there are still users who say that the sound of the fan is too sharp, and there are even users who claim that they can hear the "current sound" of electronic components.

Lenovo announced on Friday that it will relaunch the NEC PC business to the US market this spring. Previously, due to fierce competition and thin profits, the brand once faded from people's sight.

Dell is working to make its laptops more attractive to iPhone users with the company saying the Dell Mobile Connect feature will soon support iPhones to allow users to mirror their phone screens to Dell laptops wirelessly.