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Yesterday was undoubtedly the WiMAX day, as most of the leading computer systems vendors rushed to offer their support for the launch of the first WiMAX network in the United States. As we reported, Acer, Toshiba, Lenovo and others announced their support for WiMAX, which came either as a new product or as an option... |
10 October 2008
03:13 GMT |
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In what can only be deemed a rather surprising turn of events, Acer, the third worldwide major computer systems vendor, has managed to ship more portable computer systems internationally last month than both HP and Dell, the two largest notebook vendors. If the reported figures are true, then Acer could soon claim th... |
9 October 2008
09:19 GMT |
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Yesterday was an interesting day as many PC vendors had the opportunity of introducing their WiMAX-enabled portable systems, in support of XOHM's launch of the nation's first US WiMAX wireless broadband network. Like Toshiba and Lenovo, Acer America is also among the first systems vendors to announce their... |
9 October 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Acer has recently announced yet another 22-inch limited edition LCD display beast. Only 500 units of the new product, a Limited Edition Ferrari LCD display, branded as the F-22Bid, will come to the market, which makes us expect it to come at a reasonable high price. As the name suggests, the new monitor will appear ... |
3 October 2008
03:18 GMT |
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Earlier this year, Acer, one of the leading makers of computer systems, introduced its cool-looking desktop gaming rig, also known as the “Predator.” With all that, it took the company this long, until now, to finally bring its high-performance “Predator” to the good Ol' US of A. In addit... |
2 October 2008
11:20 GMT |
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Back in 2007, Taiwanese manufacturer ASUSTek revealed its first ever Eee PC product, the Eee PC 4G, which was then released in October, same year. Initially marketed as a small-sized, low-power and low-cost portable computer system specifically designed for browsing the Internet, the Eee PC has slowly but surely str... |
25 September 2008
08:54 GMT |
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Acer, one of ASUSTek's main competitors in the dynamic market of netbooks, is expected to sell in September over 1 million units worldwide of its only netbook product so far, the Aspire One. The company, which holds a strong position in major markets such as the US and Europe, has also set up channels in emergin... |
5 September 2008
04:13 GMT |
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Acer, with its Aspire One notebook, is one of ASUS' main competitors in the netbook market, a segment that is dominated by the presence of Intel's small-sized Atom processors. Because both Acer's and most of ASUS' netbooks are powered by the same 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, only a few differences ... |
22 August 2008
10:21 GMT |
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Acer is undoubtedly one of the worldwide leading notebook manufacturers - in fact, the company is currently holding the number three spot among all manufacturers across the globe. Because of this, it is also seeking to place itself as the number 3 US notebook vendor, thus taking the spot from competitor Apple. The co... |
25 July 2008
10:00 GMT |
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Not at all surprisingly, Acer has recently announced a number of new notebook computer systems that are based on the latest Intel Centrino 2 platform. Released as part of the company's TravelMate and Aspire series, the new laptops will provide Acer fans with the power of the latest Intel technology, which includ... |
17 July 2008
11:31 GMT |
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In the light of recent reports, it seems that the flourishing netbook market isn't as flourishing as everybody initially believed. In fact, ASUS might probably want to reconsider its first estimations regarding the Eee PC, as reports are coming in saying that the company has failed to reach the initial forecasts... |
10 July 2008
08:36 GMT |
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Acer started to move towards size-shrinking its desktop computer line with the new X1200 SFF featuring AMD dual core CPUs and Nvidia graphics, as well as attractive prices. The size-shrinking feature is well known for Acer, and the owners of the American computer maker Gateway started running their Eee line to deskto... |
8 July 2008
05:59 GMT |
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Acer's Aspire One netbook has already been shipped to a couple of lucky users and some of them have wasted no time in ripping apart their new device and posting pictures of it on the web. Thanks to them, but especially to their pictures and opinions, other users should now be able to better understand Acer'... |
7 July 2008
11:14 GMT |
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About one month ago, Acer announced a 24-inch full-HD display, classified as being a "world's first". We have not seen that on the market yet, but Acer says it has another wild beast in development, the 24-inch Acer G24 LCD monitor with a 50,000:1 contrast ratio. No word on where it will be available or how much... |
5 July 2008
04:46 GMT |
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The netbook-mania has made portable computer system manufacturers work hard on their offers. ASUS is already rumored to be preparing the release of its 3G Eee PC, which is slated for a September release. And it appears that it isn't the only player in the netbook market that is preparing the release of a new mod... |
4 July 2008
10:01 GMT |
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As most of you already know, the biggest players in the notebook or portable computers market are HP, Dell and Acer. A recent study by DisplaySearch has found that while the notebook market shrunk 6% from Q1 to Q2 this year, it was up 35% on-year in Q1 2008, with 31 million units shipped. According to the same study,... |
13 June 2008
07:13 GMT |
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This year's Computex show was the place for a number of significant product releases, among which there was also the highly anticipated new lineup of ASUS Eee PCs. Prompted by ASUS' decision of finally going official with the new lineup of sub-notebooks, a number of other manufacturers, including Acer, have... |
12 June 2008
09:23 GMT |
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So far, it's been quite an impressive week for Acer, one of the leading manufacturers of portable computer systems. The company, which acquired Gateway back in 2007, has displayed at this year's Computex trade show in Taipei its very own low-cost notebook. Dubbed the Aspire One, the new product aims to prov... |
6 June 2008
03:32 GMT |
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After we've seen ASUS' new Eee PC lineup, it's time we paid a little attention as well to one of its wannabe competitors. Acer, which has seen a number of product releases this year, has announced its Aspire One during the Computex trade show. The product is nothing more than an 8.9-inch, Intel Atom-ba... |
3 June 2008
06:59 GMT |
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If you are a gamer and you also enjoy viewing the Transformers series, then Acer, one of the leading vendors in the worldwide PC market, has something for you right now. It's called Aspire PREDATOR and it is one mean-looking desktop PC. Designed mainly as a high-performance gaming rig, this system brings out all... |
21 May 2008
04:53 GMT |
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McAfee and Acer have just announced a partnership that will provide the computing company users with a more secure computing experience. Starting with the second quarter of 2008, Acer notebooks and desktop computers will be shipped with McAfee Internet Security Suite with SiteAdvisor. The software bundle comes to fur... |
12 May 2008
10:38 GMT |
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Acer has just introduced its upcoming Aspire 5920 series of notebooks equipped with a built-in WiMax module. The Taiwanese computer manufacturer plans to sell the new notebook offering through Sprint Nextel and other retail partners. According to the company, the new Acer Aspire 5920 notebook will be sold in a manne... |
22 April 2008
05:01 GMT |
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Acer plans on tightening the competition on the low-cost ultra-mobile PC market with the advent of its newest 8.9-inch sub-notebook. According to sources quoted by the tech site Digitimes, Acer's low-cost offering is expected to sell $50 less than the free-on-board (FOB) price for Asustek Computer's second-... |
24 March 2008
17:11 GMT |
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If you are one of the users hardly waiting for Acer's promised gaming console, you might want to re-consider your options, as the company just made it clear that there won't be any. The Taiwanese PC manufacturer claims that the rumors that broke last week are "a major misunderstanding" and it does not plan ... |
24 March 2008
05:18 GMT |
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Taiwanese notebook PC vendor will start manufacturing Acer-branded desktop computers, as well as fully-fledged gaming systems. The situation may seem a little confusing, given the fact that Acer has been associated with notebook PCs, but the company starts pitching at the desktop market as well.The news have been bro... |
13 March 2008
12:03 GMT |
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Notebook vendor Acer has just introduced on the market two new notebook models that feature Blu-Ray optical units along with their extremely unconventional design details. If you plan on impressing your colleagues without spending huge amounts of money on a MacBook Air, then the Gemstone notebooks are the right choic... |
13 March 2008
06:31 GMT |
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Notebook manufacturing is serious business, given the fact that 2007 is the first year when mobile systems defeated desktop computers in terms of sales. The competition in harsh, with well-delimited markets, measured in the number of notebooks shipped. Market research firm DisplaySearch issued a report that unveils t... |
6 March 2008
04:11 GMT |
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Acer, the third largest computer manufacturer in the world (after Hewlett Packard and Dell), announced it will buy E-ten, the Taiwan-based company that produces the Glofiish series of Windows Mobile powered smartphones. The acquisition, which will cost Acer about 9 billion Taiwan dollars (somewhere around $291.7 mi... |
4 March 2008
05:41 GMT |
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World's number 3 computer vendor, the Taiwanese company Acer will start selling low-cost notebooks later this year. The company's shift from the mid-range market to the low-end segment is motivated by the continuous demand in affordable notebooks. Other PC vendors, such as Asustek for instance, have sold mi... |
13 February 2008
06:01 GMT |
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The PC industry is continuously cooking and shipping more and more units in order to meet the increased demand on the market. It seems that the industry has set a new record for the last year, or at least, that is what market analyst Gartner wants us to believe.Worldwide PC shipments reached 75.9 million units in the... |
7 February 2008
06:35 GMT |
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Acer has just struck a deal with European electronics maker Packard Bell and purchased 75 percent of it in an attempt to increase its brand awareness in Europe. It seems that Acer is constantly shopping in order to consolidate its position outside the Taiwanese market.The 75 percent of Packard Bell cost Acer $45.8 mi... |
1 February 2008
06:31 GMT |
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Gateway has shown the world its latest P-series FX notebooks at CES with immediate availability within the United States. The new series of notebooks is designed for various tasks, such as gaming, digital media, and other advanced applications.The notebooks are built around the Intel Centrino technology and Core 2 Du... |
9 January 2008
04:49 GMT |
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Micro-Star International (MSI) is munching over the idea of introducing a new line of low-cost PCs. According to Sambora Chen, director of Greater China sales, the company will introduce its first new products in June this year at the earliest, with more of them to arrive afterwards.More and more companies have jumpe... |
4 January 2008
11:10 GMT |
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Back in July, Asus announced that the company will be divided into two different entities, that will allow it to separate Asustek's branded business from its manufacturing operations. Back then, worldwide analysts totally agreed that the move is for the company's best. The split is effective as of the first... |
4 January 2008
05:47 GMT |
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Intel's series of 45-nanometer processors, codenamed " Penryn" has been unveiled back in November with all the due fuss. Back then, Intel promised notebooks built around Penryns to emerge on January the 6th. More to the point, the announced headlines were the Core 2 Duo T8100, T8300, T9300, T9500 and Core 2 Xtre... |
3 January 2008
08:35 GMT |
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The Taiwanese PC vendor Acer has shifted its attention from the consumer market to the small- and midsized-business sector with its low-cost Extensa 4620 notebook. Surprisingly, the notebook has been first released on the North American market. The 14.1-inch low-cost notebook comes in two flavors: the Intel Core 2 Du... |
28 December 2007
05:04 GMT |
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Ed Coleman, Gateway Corporate Executive Officer has resigned, three months after he coordinated the sale of his company to Taiwanese PC maker Acer. Coleman started his career at Gateway in September 2006, and announced that he would terminate his contract at the end of January next year. Gateway has lost much of its ... |
17 December 2007
02:51 GMT |
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Dell announced that their notebooks and desktop systems will be available for sale at BestBuy, starting the next few weeks. The company's bestsellers will be distributed at 900 BestBuy locations: the XPS M1330 in white, the Inspiron 1521 in blue and black, the Inspiron 1420 in black, and the all-in-one XPS One d... |
7 December 2007
03:35 GMT |
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Despite Dell's efforts in consolidating their sales with campaigns aimed at specific consumer sectors (such as the Dell XPS One or XPS M1730 models), the company continues to lose important market share to competitors. Not even the aggressive moves into retail channels around the world could stop them from the t... |
4 December 2007
11:32 GMT |
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The Taiwanese computer manufacturer Asustek is not at all modest. Recent success in dominating the low-end notebook PC market made the company estimate their next year sales at 5 million new Eee PCs worldwide. The laptop manufacturer estimated global laptop shipments of 120 million units for the industry next year.Vi... |
28 November 2007
06:17 GMT |
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Immediately after Asus made a point in the low-budget sector with their Eee notebook, Acer has begun taking things seriously. According to the president of Acer Taiwanese division, Scott Lin, the company has formed a group of experts to sketch a project aiming at the low-end sector. The facts stop here for the moment... |
23 November 2007
10:36 GMT |
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Acer has recently posted a $90 million profit for the 2007 third quarter and it's beginning to take control of the computer market because it is very likely that the company could now be the third largest computer manufacturer in the world. Acer's recent growth was generated, in part, by the purchase of Gat... |
31 October 2007
06:52 GMT |
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There are two popular formats nowadays that battle for supremacy when it comes to optical discs and multimedia content. On one side we have the Blu-ray format and on the other side there is HV DVD, both offering similar capabilities and resolutions. As the two formats are each supported by groups made up of big playe... |
10 October 2007
09:06 GMT |
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Microsoft currently dominates that operating system market with Windows, as the ubiquitous platform has the lion's share with in excess of 93%. A large part of this percentage is intimately connected with the fact that Microsoft has partnered with the world's top original equipment manufacturers and system ... |
26 September 2007
11:51 GMT |
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The computer hardware manufacturing market is one of the most volatile segments of the entire industry and this is especially true for the branded computer systems that are made in big quantities while providing users with a rather limited set of options and customizable features. One of the companies that try really... |
26 September 2007
10:19 GMT |
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The Chinese computer manufacturing company Lenovo is not one to let its plans go awry so easily, nor does it accept defeat without a serious fight. Even as the company still has yet to completely integrate the European arm of the former IBM personal computer and notebook producing division, Lenovo still has many more... |
25 September 2007
10:56 GMT |
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Gianfranco Lanci, Acer's president and chief executive officer, outlined his company's global strategy for the near future at a global press conference that took place in Madrid. This conference was aimed at shedding some light on Acer's global business strategy for the upcoming year and at the same ti... |
24 September 2007
09:52 GMT |
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Acer announced the launch of a new mobile computing platform, the Ferrari 1100 series of laptops, which comes with an entirely new concept of portability, style and power. Coming as the latest Ferrari-branded notebook series, the Acer 1100 model is based on technologies pioneered by its predecessors, the Ferrari 5000... |
24 September 2007
02:53 GMT |
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Almost a month ago the Asian computer manufacturing company Acer publicly announced its plan to acquire the American system integrator Gateway for a sum of $710 million and after some legal problems with Gateway's investors the deal is one step closer to completion now.According to the news site computerworld, ... |
20 September 2007
10:44 GMT |
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One of the biggest hardware acquisitions of this summer was the Acer and Gateway deal that promoted the Asian company Acer to a strong position on the computer market in the United States as it purchased the ailing Gateway, once one of the largest American computer hardware companies. While this acquisition may insti... |
13 September 2007
11:32 GMT |
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