Acer may acquire Gateway

[Pinnacle]

While J.T. Wang, Acer's chairman and chief executive, recently said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the company hopes to make an acquisition this year, industry sources indicated that the company is actually targeting US-based Gateway for the merger.

Acer is looking at some candidates which the company wants to pick up, Wang said in the interview, however, he declined to name possible targets.

The sources indicated that although Acer enjoyed growth in 2006, it still did not meet its own expectations. If the company want to increase its US revenue proportion to more than 25%, it is necessary for the company to experience further consolidation, the sources noted. Taiwan PC players also commented that if Acer purchased Gateway, the company will increase its global share to 8%-9%, narrowing its gap with third-ranked vendor Lenovo.

Last March, Wang denied rumors saying that the company was interested in acquiring Gateway. Wang said Acer will see significant growth in the US market without any acquisition in 2006. The rumors at that time even indicated that the two companies were in talks about pricing and the method to merge.

Gateway's current market value is about US$288 million. The company is the third largest PC supplier in US market, said the sources.

Acer expects to be the number three players for at least one or two quarters in 2007 and the company aims to beat Lenovo and become the third largest player next year, the company projected recently.



http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070313PD218.html

[mr_knowitall15]

wow. And i thought acer sucked asses. I would have thought a company like gateway would aquire a company like acer, not the other way around.

[bizkit35461]

never thought of Acer as good for anything except monitors....and wow..acquiring gateway... unexpected imo

[grimREEFER]

i assumed acer's monitors were bad cause everything else they sell sux lol.

[xlink]

isn't everything OEMs sell :banana::banana::banana::banana: more or less?

look at Dell and HP. 99% of their inventory is by our standards pure :banana::banana::banana::banana:.

give acer a break, i've never noted any gaping holes in their products as compared to the norm for OEMs...

[arisythila]

that is what i was going to say.... ALOT of people buy Acer, because they are cheap, same reason people buy Dell and stuff. they cheap!

~Mike

[dqniel]

Even by mainstream standards, Acer laptops seem "cheap." I get way more Acer returns than any other type in my store... Their desktop, on the other hand, is much more durable than the Compaq/HP junk.

[vitaminc]

Acer's brand is probably not worthwhile in US.

but u know some of those Dell/HP junk was OEM/ODM by acer...

[jonnyGURU]

Hey! I have an Acer laptop. :(

Anyhoo.. don't forget that Acer is also Aopen and BenQ. Put the three together and you're bigger than Gateway/eMachine.

[sbin]

What has gateway ever produced other than little badges that say gateway?

This is just an example of eliminating the middleman.
Hopefully they will outsource the over paid executives, there is a job that can obviously be done much better at a lower price:fact:

[SparkyJJO]

Gateway isn't all that great anyway.

[clayton]

What has gateway ever produced other than little badges that say gateway?

This is just an example of eliminating the middleman.
Hopefully they will outsource the over paid executives, there is a job that can obviously be done much better at a lower price:fact:
http://www.infosatellite.com/images/articlepics/gateway_box_white.jpg
Boxes covered with cow skin.:D

[xlink]

http://www.infosatellite.com/images/articlepics/gateway_box_white.jpg
Boxes covered with cow skin.:D

not, that's just cheap ink

[Super strokey]

I got an acer laptop and so does my buddy, sure they are not the best laptops for fit and finish but they are excellent values performance wise there is no debating that. This goes for pretty much everything they make, not the best but great values (bang for the buck)

Edit
I also have macbooks too for the laptop with great fit and finish

[sbin]

I got an acer laptop and so does my buddy, sure they are not the best laptops for fit and finish but they are excellent values performance wise there is no debating that. This goes for pretty much everything they make, not the best but great values (bang for the buck)

Edit
I also have macbooks too for the laptop with great fit and finish


Acer makes products people use and can afford.

Gateway makes labels and ugly boxes.

Just like lenovo they will probably pay to much for a name.
I would buy an Acer 24" monitor, unlike anything from gateway.
Never bought anything from gateway but the stuff I have seen was cheap junk!

[vitaminc]

Gateway isn't all that great anyway.

they were the first PC OEM to sell monitors!!!

[awdrifter]

Acer wasn't that bad, I have a Acer 17" LCD monitor that I've used for years. But I'm suprise they could afford to buy Gateway tho, isn't Gateway a pretty gib company? Maybe the got a really good deal?