laptops A laptop computer, or simply laptop (also notebook computer or notebook), is a small mobile computer, which usually weighs 2.2-18 pounds (1-6 kilograms), depending on size, materials, and other factors. Laptops usually run on a single main battery or from an external AC/DC adapter which can charge the battery while also supplying power to the computer itself. Many computers also have a 3volt cell to run the clock and other processes in the event of a power failure.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

All about Acer: A Giant in Laptop Computer World


Acer is one of the popular names in the laptop world. This China based institution is the one of the top five PC manufacturers in the world. Acer has a wide range of popularity over the world for its various products. It markets desktop computers, laptop computers, personal digital assistance (PDA), monitors, digital cameras, memory chips, servers, storage device and many other products. The company has distributor over the 100 countries and over the 60 countries it has sales subsidiaries. It has 56000 dealers and distributors over the world.


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This computer hardware institution is now leading in the notebook sector in EMEA region including Europe. Middle East, and Africa. During the first quarter of 2005 the company held 18% of the total share market in this region. Acer became first in terms of its sales in 13 European countries in 2005. Though it has its biggest sales in Europe with 60% of its total sales, it is very strong in the Asia region too. It is now in the top position in the Indian PC desktop and notebook market and the highest vendor in the county’s education sector. Moreover, Acer still holds the highest 41% of the market share of laptop sold in Vietnam. Now Acer is focusing much on the Asia Pacific region because of the growing users of computer in this region. With the association of the Ferrari Formula 1 Team, it is making a huge benefit in the Europe. It introduced some Ferrari Series laptops which are getting much popularity among the users. The company has also made a contract with Formula 1 Team to sponsor this tournament till 2008. In 2004 its yearly revenue was US $ 7 billion which was about double the figure of the previous year of US$ 4.9 billion. Company’s growing rate of revenue also continued in 2005 with US$ 9.7 billion.



Acer Aspire 31o3 WLCi

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Acer is conducting its world wide business under the control of the Global Headquarter situated in Taiwan including regional Headquarters naming Acer Italy S.r.l. situated in Milan, Acer Incorporated situated in Taiwan, Acer America Corp. situated in United Sates and Acer Sales & Services Sdn. Bhd. situated in Malaysia.


Acer recently introduced their new laptop computer of Aspires series, Acer 3103 WLCi with a variety of offerings. This laptop is claimed to be a budget conscious laptop which costs just US$ 680. The laptop is powered by 1.8GHz AMD Sempron 3400+ processor with 512 MB of memory and 60 GB hard drive and many more facilities. Acer has also announced a Vista- Ready laptop recently which costs A$1599.


The company initially was named Multitech while founded in 1976. Later in 1981 the name was changed into Acer. Acer Inc. is a business unit of the Pan Acer Group which involves some other independent business groups.


If you are interested to know more information about Acer then you can have a tour in the following websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_%28company%29

http://global.acer.com/

http://www.cbronline.com/companyprofile.asp?guid=AFCD3128-E3A5-4DAB-8D1C-32726B4473A8&CType=Background

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