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The "Third-party OS" PC business is just a numbers game

"Can Acer hit a home run with any of these brands?"

I'm surprised by such a question!. At ZDNet, what is a home run? Acer has been hitting them over and over again, that's why they are in the top 5. But it takes more than home runs to be in first place. Acer is a winning company that understands the business of a making and selling a machine that is useless without the product of another completely independent business far out of it's control.

"These days most of the PC manufacturing is farmed out anyway so it?s really a brand game."

The kitchen appliance business has been this way for years. Whirlpool, KitchenAid and Maytag are all made by the same company sometimes in the same factory. This model has been adapted to the PC commodity industry.

Not a word about what this will do to the price of PC's? You guys don't ever do an article about Apple without talking about price. With Acer controlling a larger part of the market, what will that do to their margins? Will they become more profitable? Will they put pressure on the industry to lower prices or will prices of those big, bulky, infinitely-expandable-but-rarely-done boxes actually go up in price with less competition in the market?

Seems like a good move, though and hope nobody loses their job as a result.

Posted by: mlindl   Posted on: 08/27/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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