Posted Aug 27th 2007 6:27AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Acer -- the third largest PC company globally -- just announced a definitive agreement to acquire
Gateway. The acquisition has been approved unanimously by both boards and is expected to close by December 2007. You know, following the usual international, anti-trust approvals. Sure seems like a win-win what with
Gateway steadily losing market share (but still
tied for third largest PC maker in the US) while finally giving Taiwan's Acer a dominant position in the Americas to match their aggressive growth in Europe and Asia. From the looks of the press release, it would appear that the Gateway (and
eMachines) brands will continue under Acer's new "multi-branded company." Fine, but could we
now get rid of the cow spots, please? It's not 1985 anymore.
source : engadget.com
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