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Acer set to launch EeePC competitor
By Planet Lowyat - January 19, 2008
According to Digitimes, Acer plans to launch low-cost notebooks available with 8-inch and 9-inch displays late in the first quarter or early second quarter of this year, with the products aimed at competing directly at similar sized Eee PCs from Asustek Computer, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Prices of Acer’s low-cost notebooks will be as competitive as those of the Eee PCs, the paper said.
Acer will outsource the production of its low-cost notebooks to Wistron, while purchasing LCD panels from AU Optronics (AUO), which will produce 8- and 9-inch panels at its fifth-generation (G5) production lines for both Acer and Asustek, the paper indicated
Personally, I like EeePC so much and I think this will be another trend for year 2008 and definitely benefits consumer like me.
Source: Digitimes
Tags: Acer, Asus, EeePC
Posted in Hardware, News |
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