Comments on: Acer to Apple: Don’t Mind Us. We'll Just Keep Making These "Cheap Laptops."

By: constableodo

constableodo — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:30:33 +0000

Acer should continue to make cheap netbooks because that's what Windows users want. Acer is a business and there is no reason for Acer to start building tablets for a group of netbook users that only want cheap computers with physical keyboards. Acer knows it has a willing netbook market. It's been said that Apple has built a tablet hammer in search of a nail. I'm not sure if it means there's no killer apps or there's no consumer tablet market. I'm fairly confident there is a consumer market for the Apple tablet even if there isn't any for a Windows tablet. I think that Acer would rather sit back, take no risks and just see how well the Apple tablet sells before jumping into the tablet market. I'd say that is the wisest move for Acer. Acer is certainly aware that every Windows tablet in the past has been a steaming pile of failure for the consumer market, so Acer realizes the odds are stacked against their tablet succeeding.

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By: geek

geek — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:36:14 +0000

I doubt Deutsche Bank's projections. The economy overall is not healthy when people are purchasing they are looking at price and value. Acer sells a acceptable product (not junk) at a lower price point, and the fact is the people who actually buy books and read is not huge. This is not the music business.

By: macbrewer

macbrewer — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:11:52 +0000

What choice does Acer, or any clone company, have? All they can do is keep buying generic components, slapping them together and shoving Windoze on it. There is no other option for them.

It's big of him to admit that Apple's infrastructure at this point is a very wide moat. Kudos for that.

I also think the iPad will sell incredibly well. Finally, a computer as easy to use as an iPod. Sure, lots of us still need a full fledged computer, but a huge majority of people really only want to email, surf, write short documents, and presentations, etc... and the iPad will absolutely excel (no pun intended) at this. And there are no MSFT barriers (office, outllook) left that Apple hasn't completely sidestepped.

Even the old 'game' issue is moot now. There are more casual games and incredibly affordable ones at that, for the iPhone, iPod, iPad than for windows.

By: SawmillDust

SawmillDust — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:55:19 +0000

Acer is a pile of junk – no one cares because if you own one it's disposed of in a year. I'll pay more so I'm not throwing my money away each year. Write about something we don't know.

By: johnmullinax

johnmullinax — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:31:47 +0000

Actually, Acer already has a *great* tablet in the Acer 1420P. I got one like the one Microsoft gave away at their PDC09 conference a few months ago, and it rocks! Convertable tablet, beautiful 11.6 in multitouch screen, ~3 lbs, dedicated graphics + core 2 duo chip, 6GB RAM (this is not a netbook), and 7 hours of batterly life (someone forgot to tell the battery).

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