Acer to ship over six million low-cost PCs in 2H08

According to Digitimes Acer is planning to launch two low-cost notebooks, an 8.9" Aspire sub-portable and and 12" Slim Gemstone Aspire. It also expects to ship around 6 - 6.5 million low-cost PCs in the second half of 2008, with 8.9" models accounting for 5 - 5.5 million.

The company had also ordered 1 million 12.1" LCDs from from AU Optoelectronics (AUO) in March this year. The panels are said to be priced around US$40-50 lower than same sized high-end panels.

.9-inch low-cost PC comparison
Company	HP	Acer	Asus
Model	Mini-Note	Aspire	Eee PC 900
Processor	VIA C7-M	Intel Atom	Intel Atom
OEM	Wistron, Inventec	Quanta, Wistron	Pegatron
Launch	April	May-June	May-June
Annual shipment goal	N/A	5-5.5 million	5 million (including Eee PC 701)
OS	Linux/XP	Linux/XP	Linux/XP
Storage	Hard drive	Hard drive/SSD	SSD
Price	US$599-849	US$300-450	US$350-450

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