Acer, Asus expand US market shares in Q4 08

From Digitimes -

Per IDC, for Q4 2008, Acer shipped 1.4-1.5 million notebooks/netbooks in the US market, good for 3rd place with a 16% share. Asus shipped about 300,000 units, good for 8th with a 3% share.

Acer's shipments represented a 57% increase over Q4 07 while top-ranked Dell experienced an 8% year decline over the same period. For the year 2008, Acer shipped over 4 million units, behind Dell's 8.8 million and HP's 8.77 million.