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    Acer to challenge HP in 2009

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Acer to challenge HP in 2009
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    Acer plans to introduce an 11.6-inch notebook in 2009 to compete with the 11.6-inch notebook HP is supposed to introduce around the same time. Acer is planning to ship nine million 10-inch netbooks in 2009 compared to HP's 3.5 million and Dell's/Lenovo's 1.2 - 1.3 million units.


    Acer's bread-and-butter notebook in the next year will be their mainstream 16:9 15.6-inch notebooks; it plans to ship almost 11 million of them.

    Full Story (DigiTimes.com)

     
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    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 31, 2008
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  2. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    Lol, when just reading the title, I instantaneously thought Acer was challenging for total world market share domination from HP. They already surpassed Dell for #2, right?
     
    scythie, Jan 2, 2009
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  3. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    Acer's own netbook, the Aspire One has already outsold the Asus EEE with thanks to its good bang for the buck and a feat I find impressive considering Asus pretty much invented the category. I'm sure they'll do well this year as well. :)
     
    Rahul, Jan 3, 2009
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  4. bill17

    bill17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I wouldn't be surprised if ACER surpasses HP in sales in a couple of years. At the end of the day people like to pay less for same features and ACER has been good at making cheap machines.
     
    bill17, Jan 4, 2009
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