Recently, Google has focused on agressive pricing and marketing to push its dead-simple Chrome OS laptops, and it appears that it is working. Acer President Jim Wong has told Bloomberg in an interview that five to ten percent of the company's US shipments since the Acer C7 was released on November 13th were accounted for by the $199 Chromebook. In the third quarter of 2012, Acer was the fifth largest manufacturer in terms of PC shipments, with 1,006,000 units shipped, according to IDC. Shipment estimates for Acer in Q4 aren't available as IDC only reports on the top five manufacturers, and the company was beat out by Toshiba in the quarter. However, the numbers suggest the company could have shipped close to 50,000 C7 Chromebooks...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/28/3924866/acer-chromebooks-account-for-five-to-ten-percent-companys-us-shipments
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