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...would become its new CEO as part of its acquisition of IBM's PC-manufacturing business. When the deal is complete, Ward, a 26-year IBM veteran, will run Lenovo from his headquarters outside New York City, far from Lenovo's home base in Beijing. In September, Acer, Taiwan's best-known computer maker, tapped Italian Gianfranco Lanci to be its president. Lanci earned the post after spearheading a major turnaround of Acer's business in Western Europe, where Acer notebook PCs became the No. 1 best seller last year...
...ACER + FERRARI This laptop has nothing to do with the auto world, but why not slap on a snazzy car logo anyhow? Packed into a candy red casing, the Ferrari 3400's style is its strength...
...chance to test the industry's hypothesis using the TravelNote C100, the new tablet PC from Acer. Reasonably lightweight (about 2 kg), with a 20-GB hard drive and an 800-MHz Pentium III processor, the TravelNote looks and performs like a normal laptop computer. The screen, however, swivels around and folds back over the keyboard, creating a writing slate. A stylus serves as both a pen for note taking, and as a mouse for operating programs. Using the machine's built-in Wi-Fi (wireless-fidelity) link, for example, you can write a URL into the Internet Explorer browser...
...tablet PC also allows text input via the touchscreen's virtual keyboard - a necessary alternative, because Microsoft's handwriting-recognition software remains irritatingly inconsistent. The Acer works better than the Newton, but it interpreted my handwritten phrase "Jack ran down the hill" as "Jade full dam its lull." I may have earned a C- in second-grade penmanship class, but my handwriting isn't that...
...Unfortunately, diversification campaigns by PC manufacturers often go awry. Taiwan's Acer, for example, was once a well-known computer brand, but the company has faded from prominence and struggled to make a profit despite forays into fields such as semiconductor manufacturing. By entering unfamiliar territory, Legend risks losing focus where it truly matters-PC and server sales contribute 93% of Legend's revenues. At least one industry analyst says the company's strategy has become so diffuse he no longer understands...