Troubled Taiwanese PC maker Acer has enlisted the services of former HP and Fujitsu Siemens exec Bernd Bischoff to advise on a "ground-up restructure" of its EMEA professional business. The consultancy role was confirmed to senior staff by president Walter Deppeler as Acer, wrestling with excess kit woes and weakened demand in …

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Wednesday 13th July 2011 15:42 GMT Tom 7

When Oh When

are these troublesome laptops going to be available. Mine locks up after a couple of hours use but with these on the way I can cope...

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1. Thursday 14th July 2011 07:25 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  The story keeps on running ...
  
  but where are the laptops? Do they actually exist, or is El Reg having a nightmare?
  
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  1. Friday 15th July 2011 08:36 GMT Rob Beard
    
    eBuyer.com
    
    eBuyer.com have a really cheap Acer in, 2.1Ghz Celeron Dual Core, 3GB Ram, 320GB hard drive, 15" widescreen all for £260. Okay not a spec that will win any awards but it's nearly Netbook money, in fact nowadays possibly as cheap or cheaper than a Netbook.
    
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/241595
    
    (Note, I'm not affiliated with eBuyer, I used to work for them years ago but now I'm just an occasional customer of theirs, and a friend asked how much laptops are these days).
    
    Rob
    
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Thursday 14th July 2011 11:38 GMT Marvin the Martian

Bringing in HP and Fujitsu-Siemens knowlegde?

OK, if that's any laptop knowledge he brings then definitely no more Acers for me... I've never known of serial problems like with the three Fujitsu-Siemens' that I saw.

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