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Acer Displaces Dell as #2 Computer Maker

As of today, it is official, Acer has moved into second place in terms of global share of the PC market.  For the quarter ending September 30, according to Gardner Group here is the ranking:

HP (19.9%)
Acer (15.4%)
Dell (12.8%)
Lenovo (8.5%)
Toshiba (5.0%)

So while Michael Dell is bashing netbooks and wishing that customers would return to purchasing higher [...]

Michael Dell Bashes Netbooks

Last Tuesday, at a industry dinner in Silicon Valley, Michael Dell said this about netbooks:
“Take a user who’s used to a 15-inch notebook and then give him a 10-inch netbook. He’ll say ‘Oh, this is so cool, it’s so lightweight.’ Then 36 hours later he’ll say the screen’s not big enough, give me my 15-inch [...]