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We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says

Posted by timothy on from the fate-is-fickle dept.

Velcroman1 writes: At a sky-high press conference atop the new World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, Acer unveiled a sky-high lineup of goods – and placed a flag in the sand for the sagging PC industry. "There are only four or five players in the PC industry, and all of us are survivors," Jason Chen, CEO of Acer Corp, told an international group of reporters. "We will be the last man standing for the PC industry." To that end, the company showed off a slew of new laptops and 2-in-1s, the new Liquid X2 smartphone, and introduces a new line of gaming PCs, called Predator. I suspect Apple will outlive Acer; who do you think will fall next (or rise next)?

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  1. PC industry by war4peace · · Score: 5, Informative

    PC industry has "4 or 5 players"? Really?
    Apple
    Asus
    Acer
    Dell
    HP
    Lenovo
    Toshiba

    Not to mention the plethora of hardware component manufacturers which are dozens.

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    ...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
  2. Re:I doubt Apple will stay in the market by jcr · · Score: 3, Informative

    Margins are thin

    Not for the Mac, they're not. Apple's the only PC maker who doesn't have to operate on razor-thin margins.

    -jcr

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  3. Re:ASUS by BlackHawk-666 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Some of use still play games. You can say bye to all the low spec crap you like, but some of us like performance, and you don't get that from laptops or SBC. Not everyone wants to play flappy-birds. Some of us want to push Rome to the limits.

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  4. Re:Dell, HP, Panasonic by mcrbids · · Score: 5, Informative

    How is Dell a laugh?

    I write this on a gorgeous Dell Precision M3800 that has it all: powerful i7 processor, space for lots of RAM (16 GB), dual SSD bays, gorgeous 4K screen, and all in a lightweight, svelte case that rivals a Macbook Air in appearance and feel.

    Oh, did I mention Linux compatibility? Ubuntu is officially supported. (My fave distro, Fedora runs without issue - literally load and forget)

    Not sure what you're looking for in a PC manufacturer, but for Slashbots, isn't this pretty much it?

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