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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