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Christmas Cheer for Acer and Asus

Posted by Zealot on January 6, 2009 – 2:13 am  Share
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Acer_Aspire_One_ASUS_Eee_PC_901 It seems Santa left a lot of Aspire One and Eee Netbooks under trees, which has resulted in vendors Acer and Asus continuing to drink the good egg nog regarding their 2009 sales figures.

According to Digitimes, Acer moved 500,000 8.9 inch Aspire One-series Netbooks in the US alone during the month of December. Based on that, and with the release of the new 10 inch Aspire One supposedly just around the corner, Acer is projecting sales that exceed 12-13 million units in 2009.

A similar carol is being sung at Asustek. Based on strong sales of the Eee 1000HA and 900HA during the holiday season, Asustek now plans to ship 7.1-7.3 million Eees in 2009.

Strong sales projections, linked with anticipation over new models due to premier at CES and after should keep confidence rising in the Netbook niche, while sending further chills through Intel and other vendors still staking their futures on high margin Notebook sales.

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  • Ah, I had assumed the 12-13 million were U.S. sales. If not, that makes more sense.

    I do think that number is just netbooks, though, based on the context of the original quote:
    Having recorded sales of 500,000 Aspire one-series netbooks in the US in December, Acer expects sales to top 12-13 million units in 2009, the sources said.

    Of course, that could also be why I thought the number was U.S. sales, so who knows? ;)

    Steve
  • Zealot
    Steve...

    Remember that the 500K Netbooks is in the US only, and the 12-13 million would be worldwide.

    Also, it isn't clear if they are including Notebooks in that 12-13 million.

    Either way, they were encouraged by their holiday sales in an otherwise brutal December for most industries.
  • According to Digitimes, Acer moved 500,000 8.9 inch Aspire One-series Netbooks in the US alone during the month of December. Based on that, and with the release of the new 10 inch Aspire One supposedly just around the corner, Acer is projecting sales that exceed 12-13 million units in 2009.

    Isn't December the biggest month for tech purchases? If so, it seems they could move at most 6 million PCs, unless they think a lot of people were holding out because of the smaller display or they're hoping the economy will pick up a lot.

    Steve
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