reghardware.co.uk - 10/18/2008
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First Gartner and now IDC has highlighted the rise of the Small, Cheap Computer as one of key product categories keeping the European PC market afloat. Laptops too are helping keep vendors' heads above water, and together with the SCCs helped shipments of all types of personal computer grow 27 ...
slashgear.com - 10/14/2008
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Acer is bringing HD compatible products to the
masses with two very affordable products released today. The...
Acer AX3200 Desktop PC and the P244W 1080p LCD display offer top performance and high quality in sleek and stylish packages. The AX3200 ...
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Acer AX3200 Desktop PC and P244W 1080p LCD display now ...
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IDC says 2 million netbooks sold in Europe, Middle East and Africa in Q3
Engadget —
... is a hefty chunk (more than 7%) of the 27.9 million laptops and desktops sold during the same time period. Of those, IDC found that ASUS and Acer had corned a hefty 80% of the market, with broadband-equipped netbooks offered by cellphone carriers also helping to boost those two companies in particular. Not surprisingly, it only sees things going up from here, and it estimates that sales could potentially double to a full four million in the fourth quarter of this year. [Via Register Hardware] ...
Netbooks take Europe by sturm
CrunchGear —
Gartner and IDC are reporting that netbooks, those ultralight PCs everyone loves, have taken Europe by storm, hitting about 10 percent of the PC market. These mini-PCs are essentially a brave new world for PC makers who have been facing falling prices, profits, and demand in standard laptops and desktops.
Asus and Acer are winning the race and many of the sales come through cellphone suppliers who sell netbooks along with WWAN service.
via Reg
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Taiwan's Acer Inc surged past global champion
Hewlett-Packard Co in European personal computer sales in the third quarter, in
the clearest sign of the move toward cheap, small mini-notebook computers,
research ...
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