Acer overtakes Dell to become second largest PC maker in the world!
Things are looking bad for Dell which has now lost the second spot to Acer in the PC manufacturing market.
Hewlett Packard continues to lead the charts.
As per the latest data released by IDC, here are the market share of these companies:
HP [...]
After HP, Acer might overtake Dell globally
Dell continues to struggle in the global personal computer market.
Hewlett Packard is already ahead of them and now Acer might catch up to become the second largest PC maker in the world.
Acer is gaining a lot of market share from the sales of their cheap netbook products [...]
Acer closing in on second spot held by Dell
Dell has already lost the top spot to Hewlett Packard in the personal computer business.
Now they could soon lose their second spot to an unlikely rival… Acer.
Acer used to be on the seventh position in 2003.
But the company has made phenomenal progress in the last couple [...]
iSuppli: Laptops now dominate desktop sales in the world
iSuppli has stated in a report that laptops have finally overtake desktops in term of sales worldwide.
The research company call this development a “watershed event” for the industry.
The report said that the shipments of laptops surged nearly 40 percent to 38.6 million units.
In comparison the sales [...]
Apple third largest PC seller in USA!
Apple Computer managed to enter the top three sellers of computers in the US market in the second quarter of the year.
This was revealed in reports released by Gartner.
However, the company does not feature in the top five computer sellers when it comes to world market.
Apple managed to get [...]
Acer targeting Japan this year for growth
Personal computer maker Acer has revealed that they are now targeting the Japanese market for growth and expansion this year.
They plan to take on Sony and Toshiba in this market with their new range of products targeted at the advanced customers in Japan.
Acer added that they are also working [...]
Ed Coleman leaves Gateway
Gateway recently announced that they were being acquired by the Taiwanese PC maker Acer.
Now, the CEO of the company Ed Coleman has announced his resignation. He had joined the company in 2006 and was one of the primary forces behind the acquisition deal with Acer.
Rudi Schmidleither, President of Acer’s Pan America [...]
Lenovo post impressive profits
Lenovo Group is the world’s third largest personal computer maker after HP and Dell. The company has now posted an impressive revenue report as their profits almost tripled in the most recent quarter.
Lenovo as a result managed to beat the market expectations. The company gained from cutting jobs and expanding their presence [...]
Gateway to concentrate on notebooks now
Gateway has been acquired by Acer and the company now plans to focus on launching a complete range of notebook products which are increasingly becoming popular in the market.
Gianfranco Lanci, president of Acer spoke on their plans for this division: “Gateway’s problem in the U.S. is that it mainly sells [...]
