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February 2nd, 2010, 00:20
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We're sort of loving Acer's new bad-boy vibe -- not only have company execs recently gone on record saying that US PC manufacturers will be dead within 20 years (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-lxvi-acer-founder-predicts-extinction/) and that the "change the Microsoft-Intel environment (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/acer-to-launch-e-reader-app-store-and-chrome-os-netbook-this-y/)" but now they're standing firm while everyone else races to do a tablet. At least that's the word from Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin, who told Digitimes that while Acer can certainly produce a tablet device, it doesn't fit into the company's business model. What's more, he doubts that other companies can simply copy Apple's hardware and succeed -- instead, Acer's going to focus on ultra-thin laptops, a category Acer expects to account for 20-30 percent of its business this year. What's more, Lin also said Acer will introduce some new models that are less then 2cm (.7 inches) thick -- assuming there's an ARM-based Chrome OS (http://www.engadget.com/tag/chromeos) netbook in that mix, we can certainly see the super thin and light laptop category and the tablet category aligning as direct competitors in the near future.Acer not making a tablet, will focus on ultra-thin laptops (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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We're sort of loving Acer's new bad-boy vibe -- not only have company execs recently gone on record saying that US PC manufacturers will be dead within 20 years (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-lxvi-acer-founder-predicts-extinction/) and that the "change the Microsoft-Intel environment (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/acer-to-launch-e-reader-app-store-and-chrome-os-netbook-this-y/)" but now they're standing firm while everyone else races to do a tablet. At least that's the word from Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin, who told Digitimes that while Acer can certainly produce a tablet device, it doesn't fit into the company's business model. What's more, he doubts that other companies can simply copy Apple's hardware and succeed -- instead, Acer's going to focus on ultra-thin laptops, a category Acer expects to account for 20-30 percent of its business this year. What's more, Lin also said Acer will introduce some new models that are less then 2cm (.7 inches) thick -- assuming there's an ARM-based Chrome OS (http://www.engadget.com/tag/chromeos) netbook in that mix, we can certainly see the super thin and light laptop category and the tablet category aligning as direct competitors in the near future.Acer not making a tablet, will focus on ultra-thin laptops (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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