Acer snatches third place in global laptop PC sales

zekrahminator · Apr 7, 2007

According to market analyst iSupply, Acer is doing quite well for themselves. A while back, they decided that they were going to try and nab third place in global laptop sales rankings. During Q4 2006, Acer did just that. Thanks to aggressive pricing, the lackluster sales of just about everyone else, and problems with some competitor's hardware (battery recall, anyone?), Acer achieved it's goals. The only companies selling more laptops than Acer are Dell and HP. Overall, the laptop market is looking up. Analyst firm iSupply forecasts over 98.3 million laptop sales this year, up 23.5% from last year.

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Polaris573 · Apr 7, 2007

I have a 7 year old acer desktop that's been used almost everyday since it was purchased, so I kind of like them. A friend of mine has an acer monitor he is pretty pleased with. Overall I haven't heard many complaints about them. So :toast:

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Zalmann · Apr 7, 2007

Acer have always been a budget priced brand, but their stuff is of reasonable quality, still not in the league of the tier 1 manufacturers such has HP, IBM(Lenovo) etc..

I have an Acer C2D notebook, and it works very well, I have had no regrets in purchasing it.

RaDaR · Apr 7, 2007

Zalmann said:
Acer have always been a budget priced brand

Maybe now budget priced, but my first computer was an Acer back in 1987 cost $5,500.:shadedshu

Zalmann · Apr 7, 2007

RaDaR said:
Maybe now budget priced, but my first computer was an Acer back in 1987 cost $5,500.:shadedshu

And back then, NEC and Olivetti computers costed $8000.

RaDaR · Apr 7, 2007

Zalmann said:
And back then, NEC and Olivetti computers costed $8000.

Yeah NEC was an option for me didn't see one with that big of a price tag, but I sure was a total noob then. Cant remark on the Olivetti never heard of it. By the way I still have that Acer setting right next to me now still running.

Beertintedgoggles · Apr 7, 2007

haha..... snatches

WarEagleAU · Apr 8, 2007

They made decent desktops for awhile. The Acer Ferrari brand is a nice laptop. Ive played on them quite extensively and like them alot better than most of dells offerings.

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.

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Motherboard	MSI P7N Diamond - 780i Chipset
Cooling	Arctic Freezer
Memory	6GB G.Skill DDRII 800 4-4-3-5
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD 7850 2 GB PCI-E
Storage	1 TB Seagate 32MB Cache, 250 GB Seagate 16MB Cache
Display(s)	Acer X203w
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 5
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 600 Watt
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

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Processor	Intel Core i7-2630QM
Memory	8GB (2 x GEIL 4GB DDR3 SO-DIMM C9 1333MHz)
Video Card(s)	ATI Mobility Radeon HD6570
Storage	750Gb WD 2.5" WD Scorpio Black
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

System Name	GIGABYTE
Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Brisbane 3.1GHz
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-MA770-DS3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770
Cooling	Swiftech H20-120 CPU, Video, Chipset blocks
Memory	OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 5-4-4-15 T2
Video Card(s)	AMD HD 6850
Storage	Seagate 160GB SATA
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 930B 19"
Case	Thermaltake Tsunami
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream OCZ 600 Watt
Software	Windows 7 64bit

System Name	HP Pavilion dv6
Processor	Intel Core i7-2630QM
Memory	8GB (2 x GEIL 4GB DDR3 SO-DIMM C9 1333MHz)
Video Card(s)	ATI Mobility Radeon HD6570
Storage	750Gb WD 2.5" WD Scorpio Black
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

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Storage	Crucial m4 128GB + Seagate RAID 1 (1TB x 2)
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Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling 750W
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