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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
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 than 40 million units, and becoming ...
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Acer ready to join price competition, says chairman
Acer ready to join price competition, says chairman
digitimes.com — 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. (more) Acer ready to join price competition, says chairman
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Acer aims to become biggest notebook vendor
DV Hardware — ... likely to cross the 40 million units mark in 2010, according to market watchers. The top-two vendors are also expected to widen the shipments gap between them and third-ranked Dell. Earlier in the year, Acer forecast its 2010 notebook shipments could reach between 33 million and 37 million units, the sources indicated. But strong performance in the second half has given the company more confidence prompting it to raise its forecast to 40 million. More info at DigiTimes. Acer aims to become biggest notebook vendor - More ...

Acer aims to ship over 40 million notebooks in 2010, may surpass HP
TechSpot — Acer is quickly striding toward its goal of becoming the number one PC vendor worldwide , aiming to ship more than 30 million notebooks this year, and over 40 million next year . Acer's strongest competitor at this point is HP, which currently holds the top position for units shipped, and is also forecasted to move 40 million or more notebooks in 2010. Both companies are expected to further trounce Dell in shipments. Acer's performance for the fourth-quarter of 2009 is somewhat uncertain. The company originally planned for shipments to grow 10% sequentially, but component shortages may affect that. Despite its ...

Acer Confident it Will Achieve Sales Goals of 40 Million in 2010
Maximum PC — PC vender Acer is on quite the roll as of late. They’ve finally become number two in worldwide notebook sales, beating out Dell. Now they expect to be able to ship 40 million notebooks in 2010, and take the number one spot from market leader HP. Earlier this year Acer was predicting only 33 to 37 million units shipped, but better than expected performance in the second half of the year caused them to raise expectations. One of Acer’s major problems is the ongoing shortage of hardware, including optical drives, LCD panels, hard drives, and graphics chips. Acer Chairman, JT Wang, indicated that even ...

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