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Acer Pulls Back From Windows To Focus On Android and Chromebook

Posted by Soulskill on from the giving-up-the-ghost dept.

SmartAboutThings writes "More bad news for Microsoft: Acer is apparently rethinking their Windows strategy, planning to offer fewer Microsoft products and focus more on products delivered by Redmond's rival Google, in the form of Chromebooks and Android devices. This comes after Acer's second-quarter earnings call, where the Taiwanese company posted a surprise second-quarter loss, having unexpected lower sales and rising expenses. Acer's change of plans comes not long after Asus' CEO announced that the company would no longer make Windows RT products until Microsoft proves there's real demand."

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  1. Maybe Microsoft just needs more time by xgerrit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One of Microsoft's biggest fears from the late 90s was that the web browser would become more important than Windows and instead of just being an application, it would become the platform. If only Microsoft had been nimble enough to change their strategy in the past 15 to 20 years...

  2. Yes, that's the Chromebook. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Carewolf: "The Chromebook is a failure!"
    Tupe: "No, the Chromebook sells quite well"
    You: "No, they're not buing a Chromebook, they're buying 'that $199 laptop'"

    Which would be the Chromebook right? So they're buying the Chromebook, which means that someone is selling it, right? Which means it's selling, right?

    So what, exactly is the point of a tone that indicates that Tupe was wrong?

    Or is your complaing "They are buying it wrong!!!!"?