Bell has a big hold on england and the immediate area of europe ;)
It's a pretty dirty trick i have to say, but it makes great business sense.
Acer gains a foothold in america by getting gateway (consumers are more likely to go with a gateway, one of the three major brands (Dell, HP/Compaq being the other two) that consumers identify as making 'good' computers, than an Acer, practically a no-name when it comes to consumer computers, additionally it stands to gain in the corporate world with what little gateway has there.) and england by getting Bell (i know little about england, but i know Packard Bell isn't doing too bad and is pumping out decent computers too.
This of course will hurt Lenovo, they wanted at Bell (hinting at the fact that Bell is a worthy acquisition).
After the smoke clears this might be good, gateway may not have the best computers, but they do have a name, something acer does not (at least in america). As long as they don't do something stupid (like re-name gateway) acer should reap the benifits of gateway's good name.
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Bell has a big hold on england and the immediate area of europe ;)
It's a pretty dirty trick i have to say, but it makes great business sense.
Acer gains a foothold in america by getting gateway (consumers are more likely to go with a gateway, one of the three major brands (Dell, HP/Compaq being the other two) that consumers identify as making 'good' computers, than an Acer, practically a no-name when it comes to consumer computers, additionally it stands to gain in the corporate world with what little gateway has there.) and england by getting Bell (i know little about england, but i know Packard Bell isn't doing too bad and is pumping out decent computers too.
This of course will hurt Lenovo, they wanted at Bell (hinting at the fact that Bell is a worthy acquisition).
After the smoke clears this might be good, gateway may not have the best computers, but they do have a name, something acer does not (at least in america). As long as they don't do something stupid (like re-name gateway) acer should reap the benifits of gateway's good name.