I was going to do a growth/Wang joke, but it's too crass, even for me :(
Acer: Windows 8 'uncertainty' deflates Wang's big growth aim
Acer Inc reckons the "uncertainty" surrounding the Windows 8 ecosystem will translate into lower-than-expected sales for the second half of 2012. The admonition was made as the Taiwanese PC company reported Q2 numbers for the period ended 30 June that showed sales fell 8.3 per cent year-on-year and 2.2 per cent sequentially to …
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Sunday 19th August 2012 21:56 GMT DarkBorn
Acer + Linux = win!
I just bought Acer notebook (Aspire 531)!
I was suspicious of cheap price, but it becomes that price was good just because of that I (intentionally) bought notebook WITHOUT Windows. Same notebook with Windows is 20% expensive just because of OS! This beast comes with some funny Linvin (?) Linux. I put over a new Linux Mint install (13 "Maya", Mate, 64bit), 8-10 minutes (!) and - all works like a charm! Everything is almost the same as Win7. If you're nostalgic, put some XP/Vista/Win7 theme upthere, WINE or even some VM and - who cares about Windows anymore... And Windows8/Metro will not miss me, that's for sure.
Btw I was not a Linux funboy, nor I do had contacts with this before.