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.
8.9-inch Aspire one netbooks performed strongly in 2008 and the company expects the model to perform even better in 2009, said Scott Lin, president, Acer Taiwan.
Based on strong sales of the 10.2-inch Eee PC 1000HA and the 8.9-inch Eee PC 900HA during the final weeks of 2008, Asustek now targets to ship 7.1-7.3 million Eee PCs in 2009, added the market sources.
Acer and ASUS expect strong netbook sales this year
Posted on Tuesday, January 06 2009 @ 6:36 CET by Thomas De MaesschalckDigiTimes reports netbook sales during the holiday season were really well for Acer and ASUS, giving both companies new confidence for 2009.
