“Taiwanese computer maker Acer is putting off the launch of tablets using Microsoft’s new Windows RT operating system to give itself time to see how Microsoft’s own Surface tablet fares,” Natalie Huet reports for Reuters.
“The world’s No. 4 PC vendor by shipments initially planned to roll out Windows RT tablets based on ARM chips early next year,” Huet reports. “However, the launch of Microsoft’s tablet last week and the mixed reviews it has drawn has prompted Acer to wait and see until at least the second quarter of 2013.”
“‘Originally we had a very aggressive plan to come out very early next year but because of Surface, our R&D development doesn’t stop, but we are much more cautious,’ Acer President Jim Wong told Reuters on Tuesday, Huet reports.
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Wise move. 😉
Yeah, let Microsoft take the bullet for ya. They have unlimited money to waste, right Ballmer?
Quite right. MS has to be the guinea pig for their own awesome software for once.
BTW, wonder if MS was planning on “bundling” Office with the OEM tablets? Kind of interesting that MS had give away the most “strategic reason” for using a Surface.
The smell of death is riding low on the wind.
Wow! That’s the coolest quote I’ve ever read on a MacDaily news story! I agree and thanks for the laugh!
Not so much ‘The Smell of Death’
but more …
‘The Stench of Defeat’
Whoops. Sorry. I blame the cafeteria food.
Did Ballmer fart again?
RT is stillborn.
Monkey boy decided he’s big enough to make a big splash all alone
Played For Sure™
Or to be more blatant: Played For Saps For Sure™
You’d think such a high volume player like Microsoft would have all its ducks in a row.
Never seen such a low volume coming out of “high volume” Microsoft. Steve Ballmer gets served up a heaping helping portion of humble pie. The only thing high volume now is Ballmer’s ego. Pride before fall is classic comedy.
Or his Shakespearean flaw?
Ouch! I wonder what Acer’s plan B is?
I’m guessing Ballmer T. Clown has been feeding this same nonsense to the MicroSoft board of directors and they seem to be buying it.
Acer and M$, partner and competitor. Too close to samdung and Apple.
Acer though those netbooks were going to sustain them too but . . . now they will wait and see.
No, W8!!!!
Ballmer was just bragging that MS has sold 4 million windows 8 upgrade licenses in 3 days excluding OEM copies. Don’t ever underestimate our favorite wind bag!
Situation Normal All Balmered-Up (SNABU)
RT….Ready to be Terminated?
Real Trash, Real Temporary, Return Tomorrow, Really Terrible, Retched Turd, Regurgitated Technology, etc.
Really Tacky, Raunch Trash, Reamed Tail, Rabid Tick, Rightfully Tarnished, etc…
For as long as it takes.
why not buy these guys for their production capacity and supply chain and turn them into mac/iPad/mini producers? Reproducing their capabilities would take a lot of capex and Apple would get the add’l satisfaction of killing a competitor and getter they mfr. line. In addition it’s in the good China 🙂
And so the downward spiral begins…..
MS throws a party, but no one shows up.
I think they call a party “a social.” At least they did back in the days when you could ejaculate between Zunes.