∞ Acer says MacBook Air, iPad are 'short-term phenomena'

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DigiTimes:

Acer founder Stan Shih has commented that the fads for ultrabooks and tablet PCs are both short-term phenomena and urged companies in the notebook supply chain to come out with more value-added products through innovation.

You keep telling yourself that.

Some more perspective from Jon Fingas at Electronista.


  • Anonymous

    LOL! This guy obviously had a bit too much hooch in is orange juice this morning. Oh well! This statement just got locked in ‘iCal’ for future reference & laughter.

  • Lawrence Velázquez

    “more value-added products through innovation”
    He could have at least offered a concrete alternative, instead of this MBA-style bullshit.

  • Anonymous

    He’s right you know.  In a few years time we’ll all go back to using chunky laptops with serial ports and cd-burners.

    Blackberry’s will also become fashionable and functional and the car will be replaced by the horse. 

    Progress…

    • Manoj91

      Hahahaha. Acer keyboards suck as well.

  • https://plus.google.com/108662718822048224321 David A Fenton

    How very wrong! The same way Dell dismissed the iPod, which of course paved the way for iPhone. Apple is continuously building the worlds most powerful brand and this affects their products in the future as well.

  • https://plus.google.com/108662718822048224321 David A Fenton

    How very wrong! The same way Dell dismissed the iPod, which of course paved the way for iPhone. Apple is continuously building the worlds most powerful brand and this affects their products in the future as well.

  • CW Smith

    “Groups with guitars are on their way out.” — Dick Rowe of Decca Records, responding to Brian Epstein in regard to his client and recent Decca auditionees, The Beatles.

  • Anonymous

    Hey, he IS right! But he’s referring to all the “copy crap” out there right now. But he doesn’t have to call on Apple for innovation. More on the way, for sure!

  • Player_16

    One word:

    Retro.

  • Michael Adams

    I think Mr. Shih just wants to be the CEO of RIM. ;)

  • http://koronistt.blogspot.com Mark

    Another short term phenomenon is owning an Acer laptop. They seem to have a bad habit of falling apart.

  • obiwandreas

    I fully expect that when it comes time to replace my wife’s aluminum MacBook, its successor will be a MacBook Air.  My next machine will probably still be a full-thickness 17″ MBP, but I do see those eventually going the way of the iPod Classic.

  • Mike

    With stupidity like this it seems that Acer will be short term! Time for a new leader for Acer shareholders!

  • http://twitter.com/Moeskido Moeskido

    This clown sounds a bit like my Representative in Congress, whose “reports” to constituents are less about actual bills he’s sponsored than bullet-point lists of “things we must do to balance the budget.”

  • http://crankygeek.com Jack Brewster

    How the hell can I get CEO-pay to spew bullshit, rather than do it for free, like I do now?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Bell/100001788867831 Mike Bell

    LOL he’s basically thiniking: “If I wish for something not to happen, it won’t happen!”

  • Beverly

    Last year I purchased the Mac Book Pro from Apple Outlet store.  This was before the new Thunderbolt and quad core processors were being sold  or I would have waited a little longer for the better product. Just the same, this is the only Apple product I own and I am a frim believer in Apple products and ins their store. I have been to the store once for a purchase and once for a workshop class.  All of the employees were cheerful and helpful. I can not imagine anyone saying something against the Apple company or their products. They are made so well and function so nicely and have good service.