Commenting on market watchers' concerns that Microsoft's Surface Book could potentially hurt its PC brand partners, Acer's president of corporate business planning and operations Tiffany Huang has pointed out that Acer welcomes the release of the Surface Book and believes new devices and new technology will help stimulate consumer demand and is a good thing for the market.
Acer launched the Aspire Z all-in-one PC and Aspire R14 notebook in Taiwan on October 12. The Aspire Z features a solid state drive (SSD), multi-touch ability, a stylus and a battery, supporting five hours of operation per charge. The Aspire R14 adopts a nanometer printing processed chassis and features USB Type-C port and rotatable hinges that allows the notebook to be transformed into a tablet.
Huang also noted that 80% of Acer's channel inventory is Windows 8-based devices, but the proportion for models with Windows 10 will surpass that of Windows 8-based one in the first quarter of 2016.
Acer is currently the number one vendor in terms of Windows 10-based PC sales in Asia and Europe.
Article translated by Joseph Tsai
