Acquiring Fujitsu notebook business fastest way for Acer to surpass HP, say watchers

Max Wang, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES Asia Monday 1 March 2010 2

An acquisition would be the fastest way for Acer to surpass Hewlett-Packard (HP) in terms of global notebook shipments, since Acer will need to see more than 40% on-year growth in 2010 to achieve its goal, according to market watchers.

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