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Acer ready to join price competition, says chairman
Acer ready to join price competition, says chairman
Acer is ready to step into fierce competition in the global notebook market as rival Hewlett-Packard (HP) has kicked off price competition in some designated markets, including offering sub-US$300 models in North America, according to chairman JT Wang.
Acer Aspire 7738
Acer Aspire 7738
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Acer to target shipments of 40 million notebooks in 2010, says chairman
Acer to target shipments of 40 million notebooks in 2010, says chairman
digitimes.com — Yen-Shyang Hwang, Taipei; Ricky Morris, DIGITIMES [Thursday 29 October 2009] Acer looks set to comfortably achieve its... notebook shipments goal of more than 30 million units for 2009, and is looking to mark two major milestones in 2010, shipping more ... (more) Acer to target shipments of 40 million notebooks in ...
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Acer: We're Prepared for a Price War with HP
Maximum PC — ... , HP, and anyone else who stands in its way. And now the OEM is saying it's fully prepared to take on HP in a bit of a pricing war, which comes just a day after Acer ...

Acer prepares to initiate price war with HP
TechSpot — As HP seeks to reinforce their top spot for global PC shipments, the company is planning to cut prices all around, especially in the very low-cost laptop arena. Acer isn't far behind them, and is prepared to initiate a price war with HP over the coming year . With a substantial hardware lineup already deployed, Acer is well-equipped to offer cheap hardware in general. With this renewed approach, it'll hopefully benefit end-users by bringing a lot of very low-cost laptops to the market next year. If HP and Acer are both planning to target the low-cost market, you can assume a ...

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Acer to battle HP with lower prices
DV Hardware — Acer chairman JT Wang revealed his company is ready to enter into fierce price competition to become world's largest notebook vendor: Acer is ready to step into fierce competition in the global notebook market as rival Hewlett-Packard (HP) has kicked off price competition in some designated markets, ...

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