More like Apple are new Acer, less like HP

By Thomas Ricker posted Apr 1st 2011 8 pm the information behind the gap, which suddenly resign Acer CEO Gianfranco Monda (in the picture), yesterday saw begin to emerge now. Simply put, will Acer Board, more like Apple and HTC, according to Bloomberg, rake in big profits on fat margins the Taiwanese company. Monda's approach, volumes was however, aggressive and negotiate with its scale to lower prices from suppliers in a race to steal market share from Dell and HP to increase. Data from Bloomberg of Acer profit margin in the last fiscal year was only 2.3 percent compared to Apple's 21.5 percent. Einschüchternder, to say the least.

Gone with Monda JT Wang, Acer Chairman and CEO plans by temporary, further efforts in efforts expand the Smartphone and Tablet business during expansion to enterprise sales. For Wang, Monda's departure marked a break with the past, said: "recently the iPad [Tablet PC] and other new form factors had a huge impact on the PC market." "We need to change our business strategy." While still core for the company will be, said PCs Wang "we in a hurry to change the world point to become one is not that". Unfortunately his brand is more closely related to low-cost laptops, as with the premium devices required to significantly expand the profit margins for Acer. We would ' wish 'em luck, but we think Acer is better served by an innovative CEO and R & D focused.

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