Acer Pulls Back From Windows To Focus On Android and Chromebook

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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Re:From the ashes into the fire?

[jedidiah]

Except MacOS has no real value as a platform. It is an obscure also ran. Tying it together with iPads for business use doesn't make much sense because no one uses Macs for business.

Microsoft's strength is the fact that it's desktop OS is an entrenched legacy platform. They have the ultimate "ecosystem" that dwarfs anything Apple has. Microsoft's problem is that they failed to make their tablet a compelling part of their ecosystem.

A warmed over iPad clone doesn't work because that's already taken care of.