Acer President Jim Wong, judge notebook Acer Chromebook with Google produced, marketed successfully in the United States. Quoted from page Digitimes, Tuesday (01/29/2013), contributing Chromebook contributes 5-10 percent of total sales in the U.S. Acer notebook.
According to Wong, the number 5 -10 percent earned Chromebook is somewhat large. Moreover, Acer has been more aggressively promote the sale of tablets based on Windows 8, rather than promoting the Chromebook.
"You look at all the marketing and promotion are not as big as Windows 8. So can achieve success like this is very satisfying," said Wong, quoted from Cnet page.
Wong even disappointment to unveil Windows 8. Before its launch, many are hoping Windows 8 PC could re-make the market excited. But Windows 8 fails to fulfill that mission.
"The overall market is not growing back after the release of Windows 8. This is the easiest way to determine success or failure," he said.
Non-US Markets
Because it reveals Wong Acer plans to release a Chromebook on the market other than the U.S.. But Acer's target market is a mature market. Possible Acer eyeing the European market to sell Chromebook.
Chromebook is a laptop produced by Google with a number of vendors. In addition to Acer, Samsung and Google also took Lenovo to launch laptops based on Chrome OS operating system.
Google Chromebook into a laptop design that integrates with the Internet and a number of Google services, like Gmail, YouTube, and Google search engine. (GAL)
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