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October 26, 2012 08:57 pm GMT

Some PC Partners Not So Bullish About Windows 8


Microsoft's Windows 8 release may not be the savior of the PC business that some had hoped -- at least not in the short term -- according to a couple of Microsoft's PC partners.

In particular, Acer says its PC shipments will rise 5% in the fourth quarter, a comedown from the 5%-10% jump it had previously forecast. "The experience on [Windows 8] is going to be good, but what we don't know is how soon users can actually experience the products," Acer President Jim Wong said during a news conference on Thursday.

Samsung was similarly downbeat about a fourth-quarter boost from Windows 8. The company noted in its third-quarter earnings release that "demand for PC DRAM will be weak due…
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