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Acer CEO Declares a Tablets Bubble

Posted by timothy on from the that-seems-hard-to-believe dept.

retroworks writes "According to a story in Digitimes, Acer chairman JT Wang is predicting the end of 'tablet fever.' 'Commenting on tablet PC's impact on the notebook industry, [Acer chairman JT Wang] pointed out that tablet PC fever is already starting to cool down and consumers are also being attracted by notebooks again with Intel's Ultrabooks and Microsoft's Windows 8 the major attractions.' Back to the old model then... PC and laptop sales, driven by Windows upgrades?"

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  1. iPad fever? by mveloso · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is he talking about iPad fever or lame tablet/netbook fever?

    If the former, he can wait until Apple's next quarterly results. If the latter, well, he's probably right. Maybe he's talking from his own sales numbers?

  2. Re:Obligatory XKCD by Osgeld · · Score: 4, Funny

    ketchup!

    (see, that has no relevance to the article either)

  3. Well... by sootman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess it hasn't been proven scientifically that wishing doesn't work... Good luck with that, Mr. Wang!

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  4. Strange Spellings by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't know "prays" was spelled "d-e-c-l-a-r-e-s"

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  5. Re:Fever? by todrules · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sad but true.

    Citation needed.

    Metallica - The Black Album

  6. Re:Lets compare by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess he can join the guy at Decca Records who rejected four young chaps from Liverpool and told their manager that "Guitar groups are on their way out."

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  7. Re:Fever? by mjwx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Honestly, I am 30X more productive than the guys at work that dont have one. I carry autocad files with me to review and show. I annotate pdf files etc...

    As long as everyone else is 60 X less productive to compensate for what the Ipad cant do.

    Richard Boss [rboss@work.com.au]
    RE:Schedule for Job XYZ-221
    Jesus Rollerblading Christ Bob, just use your laptop.

    Bob Wanker [bwanker@work.com.au]
    RE: Schedule for Job XYZ-221
    But I want to use my iPad.

    John Worker [jworker@work.com.au]
    RE:Schedule for Job XYZ-221
    No Bob, it's a 12 MB document, use your laptop.

    Bob Wanker [bwanker@work.com.au]
    RE: Schedule for Job XYZ-221
    Can you PDF this and email it to me, I cant access the network on my iPad

    John Worker [jworker@work.com.au]
    Schedule for Job XYZ-221
    Initial costing for this job is complete, the xls is on //server/share/clientfiles/xyz-221/costing-jw-xyz221.xls

    And about 2 days later.

    Bob Wanker [bwanker@work.com.au]
    RE: Schedule for Job XYZ-221
    I havent been able to open the file on my iPad.

    Can you PDF it and email it to me.

    John Worker [jworker@work.com.au]
    RE: Schedule for Job XYZ-221
    Bob,

    I'm waiting for you to complete your part of the project costing. I can't send it to the client until you've entered your estimates.

    RAGE (and loss of productivity)

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