Acer to Buy Gateway in $710 Million Deal

Two of the world's biggest PC makers announced their agreement to merge on Monday, with Acer purchasing Gateway for $710 million in cash. At this time, Acer is the fifth largest PC maker in the world, while Gateway is number four; the acquisition will push Acer ahead of Lenovo, which was previously the third largest PC maker. Only HP and Dell command more market share worldwide than the combined Acer and Gateway.

"This strategic transaction is an important milestone in Acer's long history" said Acer chairman J.T. Wang. "The acquisition of Gateway and its strong brand immediately completes Acer's global footprint by strengthening our US presence. This will be an excellent addition to Acer's already strong positions in Europe and Asia. Upon acquiring Gateway, we will further solidify our position as number three PC vendor globally."

Previous to the purchase, Acer controlled about 5.2 percent of the market worldwide for PCs, while Gateway controlled 5.6 six. That said, Acer has been on a solid trend lately, with strong gains in both the notebook and desktop PC markets. Gateway, meanwhile, has fallen on tough times after a strong run a decade ago, and has been losing market share. Acer said will continue selling PCs under the Gateway brand in the US.

In related news, Chinese PC giant Lenovo, which sells the popular line of ThinkPad notebook computers, is reportedly in talks to purchase European-based Packard Bell in a bid to increase its presence with consumers in Europe. Packard Bell is a tiny PC maker, however, and would not provide enough sales for Lenovo to capture the number three spot.

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Huh Huh He said Packard Bell.....

fczajka August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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No one should shed a tear for Gateway; hopefully it won't bring Acer down.

The last Gateway I bought lasted exactly one month before the hard drive fried. What a cheap POS...even the Frankensystem that the Gateway replaced was better. That system was nothing but trouble (It eventually wound up with a PHB who did little more than send e-mail). Honestly, Waethorn's boyfriend could build a better system.

Of course, the dipsh1t that headed up the company's IT department spec'd out the Gateway, so there you have it. Another MCSE certificate put to good use.

The best thing Acer could do would be to bury the cow in the field and not look back.

lotsamystuff August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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"...Acer controlled about 5.2 percent of the market worldwide for PCs, while Gateway controlled 5.6 six."

5.6 six? Anyways, Gateway acquired eMachines in 2004, so now we have three companies rolled into one? What's funny is that the $450 eTower 400i I bought in 1999 turned out to be one of the best computers I've ever owned - in 2007, a few upgrades later, my family still uses it.

MozillaGen August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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"Waethorn's boyfriend could build a better system."

there you go being another a$$hole and bringing me into a conversation that i wasn't going to comment on, troll. i swear that you do this just to turn this site into a dramedy.

"Of course, the dipsh1t that headed up the company's IT department spec'd out the Gateway, so there you have it."

"The last Gateway I bought lasted exactly one month before the hard drive fried."

and as the purchaser, you actually went along with that suggestion? i see not one, but two idiots at your "company".

so why didn't you buy Mac's losta? can't afford another one on your weekly allowance? paper route not paying well? can't find enough quarters in between your sofa cushions?

seems to me that a "little" Taiwanese computer company sure is beating the bejeezus out of another from Cupertino.

"Acer who?", indeed!

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Waethorn August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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There you go, RunTimeError...another perfect example of lotsasnarkybonch being an idiotic, know nothing troll!!!

--tayme

tayme August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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@tayme:

You left out homophobic.

jersey72 August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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"and as the purchaser, you actually went along with that suggestion?"

"Waethorn", I thought you were more familiar with the inner workings of the enterprise than that. We peons at the bottom don't get to argue decisions made by the gods of IT. After all, if you can run a Windows Wizard, you're already smarter than half the administrative staff.

I argued against it, but one "the decision is made", you're SOL.

"so why didn't you buy Mac's losta?"

Again, "Waebonch", it was a corporate decision. And I did have a Mac (in fact, several) in my office. But the PC was there to run a non-Mac program (just as the Macs were there to run non-PC software). Some of us use the right tool for the job. And some of us (look in the mirror, Wae), are just tools.

"You left out homophobic."

I thought Wae was a female. S/he never said; I just assumed. My apologies if I offended his/her tender sensibilities (or yours, for that matter). But even if Wae is a guy, why can't he have a boyfriend?

lotsamystuff August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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@lotsasnarkybonch - You consider yourself a peon? Figures...the only definition of that word that fits in this case is "somebody who does boring menial work" That explains why you feel like you need to troll an IT site, and attempt to discuss things that you have no knowledge of what-so-ever.

All of us who actually work in IT have to deal with "users" like you on a daily basis...users who say things like "I know that I didn't delete that important file from the network share, it must have been a server problem...can you restore it to 9:57 this morning?"

Oh, and you'll be surprised...I don't have an MCSE...didn't think it was worth it to pay MS to tell me I am qualified...My boss, our users, and I already know that. I am also not "certified" in any of the 8 or 9 other OS's that I support on a regular basis...but I've been through that before...How 'bout you lotsa, what OS's do you support on a regular basis?

--tayme

tayme August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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losta, what kind of company do you work for where you actually have to pay for your own business computers that the IT staff has to recommend to you?!? sad. you'd have my pity, but then the company you work for already has more of that for having you as an employee.

"I just assumed"

and you know what they say about that....

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Waethorn August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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"I thought Wae was a female. S/he never said; I just assumed. My apologies if I offended his/her tender sensibilities (or yours, for that matter). But even if Wae is a guy, why can't he have a boyfriend?"

I apparently left of misogynist as well. My bad.

jersey72 August 27, 2007 (Article Rating:

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