Gateway and Packard Bell is done deal
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| Packard Bell remains big in European retail circles, but is a shadow of its
| former self. When Hui bought the company it was said to be turning over $1bn
| a year and to be be lossmaking. OK, so the company will bulk up Acer-Gateway
| a little bit more. But who makes money in PC retail?
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/10/09/gateway_buys_packard_bell/
Hopefully they can tame it with Linux. Acer will acquire Gateway, which itself
was too Windows-centric. Acer, on the other hand, has Linux options
(preinstalled)The RIAA will come to regret its court win
Gateway refuses to downgrade Vista to XP
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| I tried to get a laptop downgraded from Vista Home to XP. This is the chat
| session from Gateway technical support. This was recorded at roughly 8pm CST
| on 10/8/07.
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http://roninuta.blogspot.com/2007/10/gateway-refuses-to-downgrade-vista-to.html
Related:
Man wins damages from Acer over Windows refund
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| Initially, Acer had offered only €30 if the man returned elements of the
| install at his own expense .
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42546
[Acer] I've installed Linux, now give me my Windows refund
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| Unfortunately, due to unfair licensing practices, Windows comes
| with most computers that are purchased and most people have to pay
| for Windows whether they like it or not, even if they are looking for
| a naked machine, ie one without an operating system installed. As
| you may well know that finding a naked notebook is difficult and
| can be expensive. Because of this several complaints have been put
| to the European Union asking them to investigate. This has been
| reported in the press (see
| http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/276088_msfteu01.html). This,
| as you may have heard, is referred to as the 'Microsoft Tax'.
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http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=139627
Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
|
| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
Acer: Vista Home Basic is a lemon
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| Microsoft is effectively smuggling through a price hike for Windows
| Vista - by making the entry-level version so poor that no-one will
| want to use it. So says Jim Wong, senior veep at Acer, the world's
| number four PC maker, who told UK hack Jon Honeyball: "The new
| [Vista] experience you hear of, if you get Basic, you won't feel
| it at all. There's no [Aero] graphics, no Media Center, no
| remote control."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/acer_slams_vista_home_basic/
Acer revises down this year's revenue growth projection
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| Acer Inc yesterday revised downward its revenue growth to less than 40
| percent, citing a weaker-than-expected impact from the release of
| Microsoft's Vista operating system.
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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2007/06/15/2003365394
Now get a laptop for just Rs 20k!
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| Windows fanatics or those used to the MS operating system, however may be
| disappointed as it runs on a Linux operating system.
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http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jul/07acer.htm
Acer Aspire 3680 Series with Linux OS in India Only $400
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| The good part is that it is a full laptop and even its wireless
| network works well.
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http://laptopcom.blogspot.com/2007/06/acer-aspire-3680-series-with-linux-os.html
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