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Acer to compete with Asustek in the budget laptop market

26.03.2008

Asustek's near-absolute success in the market for Asustek's inexpensive and portable Eee PC laptop made it clear to the Taiwanese developer's competitors that cheap laptops are and will continue to be bought. Perhaps that is why, a few months after the official announcement of the Eee PC, many manufacturers of portable computers announced their intention to present an alternative to the ASUS subnotebook in the near future.

One such company is Acer. According to the developer's press service, two models of portable PCs will soon be released - the 8,9-inch Aspire and the 12,1-inch Slim Gemstone Aspire. Moreover, the IT giant has optimistic plans for the future - in the second half of 2008, Acer plans to ship from 6 million to 6,5 million budget computers.

It is interesting to note that in March, Acer ordered 1 million 12,1-inch matrices from LCD panel manufacturer AU Optoelectronics (AUO), which, by the way, are $40-50 cheaper than high-end panels of the same size.

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