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Title: Acer to surpass Dell as the second biggest PC company Post by: Alex on June 29, 2009, 01:22:46 PM Acer to surpass Dell as the second biggest PC company
Dell has long been a massive player in the computer retailing industry, second only to Hewlett-Packard (or HP to you youngsters), but it appears that they're about to be surpassed by someone quite unexpected. That's right; according to the NY Times (registration required), Acer is set up to become the second biggest PC vendor on the planet. This is surprising for a number of reasons. Firstly, Acer is based in Taiwan; they'll be the first non-US manufacturer to reach that high in US sales, as Dell and HP are both firmly American. PC industry analyst and president of a consultancy named Endpoint Technologies Associates, Roger Kay, stated, "That is a big achievement, and they have beaten the odds. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/Po8B6h9C6AU/acer-to-surpass-dell-as-the-second-biggest-pc-company |