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[Snuffy]

Acer CEO Talks Gateway Acquisition, Vista Rollout
Gianfranco Lanci fields questions from U.S. journalists at Madrid press event.
Harry McCracken, PC World
Friday, September 21, 2007 8:00 AM PDT

(Madrid) For most of the three hundred or so technology reporters here for Acer's Global Press Conference, this meeting is simply another annual update on the world's fourth largest PC company. In the U.S., however, Acer has long maintained a relatively low profile. So when American journalists from the U.S. and Canada talked over lunch with Acer president Gianfranco Lanci, most of the questions related to the Taiwanese company's planned acquisition of Gateway, the U.S.'s fourth largest computer manufacturer -- a buyout that promises to dramatically raise Acer's profile in the U.S. market.

source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...1/article.html
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"We're talking to customers," he said, speaking of resellers who currently sell Gateway PCs, as well as those who sell products from Packard Bell, the defunct American brand that is still prominent in Europe and which will become part of Acer as result of the Gateway acquisition. "For them, it's not going to change much, except they're dealing with a big company...that can guarantee delivery. When you play with a small company you always have doubt."

[Vistanoob]

Good article. I agree that it Vista may have been released to early as driver issues seem to be almost universal. I'm still glad I got it and it's like being an "early adopter". Every issue is a learning experience. And the need for a driver update has been the only (easily remedied) issue I've had so far.
My new computer is an Acer, which was an excellent deal! Good news for Acer, though I have heard some negative reviews on Gateway in the past.

[JoshW02@hotmail.co.uk]

Strange thing is for all people say about drivers and compat I have not really had many seroius probs.

[Vistanoob]

My computer has NVIDEA integreted graphics and when I spoke to the tech rep when I brought my system in because of black screen problems he told me that this was a NVIDEA issue. Apparrently systems with ATI graphics seemed to have the proper drivers already. I'm glad you haven't had any troubles. I wasn't really worried because once I got to the desktop everything worked, and still does flawlessly.

[JoshW02@hotmail.co.uk]

Good to know it's fine now!

[Vistanoob]

Thanks. Yeah no problems at all!