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Component supply problems and software development delays caused Acer to delay the launch of its Aspire one netbook by a month, leading it to revise down its shipment target for this year.
The world’s third-largest PC vendor now expects to ship 5 million to 6 million Aspire ones in 2008, down from a previous estimate of [...]

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PC and notebook vendor, Acer, has made its first steps into the developing Netbook category and launched the Aspire One in Australia.
Running on Linux or Windows XP, the Aspire One retails from $599. Acer senior product manager, Henry Lee, said the launch was in response to consumer demand. The vendor recently set aggressive sales targets [...]

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Acer X1200(Source: Acer)Acer X1200 starts at under $450
Desktop sales have slowed due to the rise of notebooks across most manufacturers over the last few years. Despite that fact, a market remains for desktop computers — especially those that are small and low-cost.
Acer, thethird largest PC maker in the world, added a new [...]

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Acer is currently testing WiMAX-enabled notebooks and expects to launch Montevina-based products with a built-in WiMAX module in June-July this year, according to Acer chairman JT Wang. Wang revealed Acer’s WiMAX notebook plans on the sidelines of a ceremony to mark the signing of a MOU between Intel and Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) [...]

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With Acer planning to launch two low-cost PC series, the 8.9-inch Aspire and 12.1-inch Slim Gemstone Aspire, the company is expected to see total low-cost PCs shipments of 6-6.5 million in the second half of 2008, according to sources at notebook ODMs. The company is expected to go head on with ASUS and the EeePC [...]

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The free on board (FOB) price of Acer’s 8.9-inch low-cost PC is expected to be priced around $50 less than the FOB price of Asustek Computer’s second-generation Eee PC, according to sources at notebook OEMs. With the company’s large economy of scale, Acer has set the FOB price of its low-cost PC at $250-300, while [...]

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New York (NY) - Design, “of course”, is always a matter of taste but if you like to stand out and enjoy the interest and attention a MacBook Air is sure to deliver, you typically will have to shell out extra bucks for that privilege. That could change somewhat with Acer’s new Gemstone notebooks, which [...]

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Acer unveiled a line of multimedia-optimized laptops in New York this week at its splashy, first-ever US press conference, where it also announced the close of its acquisition of Dutch computer-maker Packard Bell.
Acer unveiled the Aspire 8920 and 6920 series of notebooks, with a new design the company is calling Aspire Gemstone “blue.” The [...]

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