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Thursday 9 October 2003

Acer ranks second-largest among Centrino notebook vendors in 3Q
David Tzeng, Taipei; Wen-Yu Lang, DigiTimes.com


Taiwan-based Acer was ranked the second largest Centrino notebook vendor worldwide in the third quarter, trailing behind only Dell, sources quoted Intel’s internal estimates as saying.

According to sources, Acer’s total Centrino shipments in the third quarter were about 180,000-200,000 units. With an average of over 60,000 Centrino notebooks sold each month last quarter, Acer is now eyeing monthly shipments of 80,000-100,000 units. The company’s monthly Centrino notebook sales were about 15,000 units in both April and May and over 20,000 units in June, sources said.

Some industry observers attributed Acer’s success to relatively weak performance by other international brands. While Dell and Acer introduced a variety of Centrino models soon after Intel launched its new mobile platform, other major brands like Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba were more conservative in coming out with similar products.

Acer declined to comment on the ranking, but said that its complete product line could be a major reason behind its strong Centrino sales.

The competition is expected to intensify later this year, as both HP and Toshiba are gearing up to expand their Centrino product lines, with new models to be launched starting this month, according to sources.

Toshiba is ordering its new Centrino notebooks from Compal. HP’s new Centrino models are expected to be manufactured by both Compal Electronics and Inventec, according to sources.

Acer’s Centrino notebooks

Model Name
Panel size (inch)
Manufacturer
Note

TravelMate 880
14.1 or 15
Quanta


TravelMate 660
14.1


TravelMate 290
14.1
Compal
Entry-level model.

Aspire 2000
15.4
Wide-screen, to be available in October.

TravelMate 370
12.1
Wistron
Super-slim, to be available in October.

TravelMate C110
10.4
Tablet PC.

TravelMate C300
14.1
Tablet PC, to be available in October.


Source: compiled by DigiTimes, October 2003.