A fast growth rate and recent acquisitions in the U.S. and Europe will extend Acer Inc.'s lead over Lenovo Group Ltd. as the world's third-largest PC vendor behind Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc., according to a study released by Gartner Inc. Wednesday.
The PC duo's combination could see a renewed push towards the enterprise, where neither firm has been able to seriously challenge HP or Dell. Info-Tech and IDC weigh in
The U.S. desktop firm is swallowed by the Taiwanese giant in its biggest deal ever, one that could vault Acer into the No. 3 spot in the U.S. PC market, behind only HP and Dell
NEC Corp. executives are negotiating the sale of the company's Packard Bell division, reportedly to eMachines founder Lap Shun "John" Hui. The move would leave NEC without a consumer PC brand, while it continues to supply the European professional market with NEC-branded computers.